Frankenstein (1931)

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Wikidata Q546829, film, IMDb tt0021884, TMDB 3035: matched by corpus:resolve, told apart by made by James Whale, whose Bride of Frankenstein the episode also talks about (Best Picture Power Rankings and a ‘Poor Things’ Deep Dive. Plus: Julianne Moore and Todd Haynes!).

The shows' “Frankenstein” is more than one work, told apart episode by episode: this one in 2 episodes; Frankenstein (2025) in 2 episodes.

What a model would be handed about it, for corpus:ask.

Who talked about it

The Big Picture

The Rewatchables

Came from

What the speakers say it drew on. Each is a speaker's account: “the maker said so” when they report the maker's own words, “the host's read” when the read is theirs.

No line says it drew on another film or person.

Led to

What the speakers say drew on it, marked the same way.

No line says another film or person drew on it.

Connected to

Poor Things: 1 line contrast ×1

  1. contrast (inversion): Poor Things → Frankenstein. Frankenstein is a cautionary tale about science; Poor Things uses its framework to arrive at redemption and closeness.
    “There's a lot of other ideas in Frankenstein, but this movie in many ways is the opposite.”
    The Big Picture · Best Picture Power Rankings and a ‘Poor Things’ Deep Dive. Plus: Julianne Moore and Todd Haynes! · 1:15:07 · Sean Fennessey (0.70 sure it was them)

Weird Science: 1 line lineage ×1

  1. lineage (lineage): Weird Science → Frankenstein. Ebert's review says the movie combines male teenage fantasy with Frankenstein's monster.
    “Inflamed male teenage fantasies and Frankenstein's monster.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Weird Science’ With Bill Simmons and Kyle Brandt · 0:31:04 · Bill Simmons (0.80 sure it was them)

Where it came up

What was said about it, by kind

contrast (1)

  1. contrast (inversion): Poor Things → Frankenstein. Frankenstein is a cautionary tale about science; Poor Things uses its framework to arrive at redemption and closeness.
    “There's a lot of other ideas in Frankenstein, but this movie in many ways is the opposite.”
    The Big Picture · Best Picture Power Rankings and a ‘Poor Things’ Deep Dive. Plus: Julianne Moore and Todd Haynes! · 1:15:07 · Sean Fennessey (0.70 sure it was them)

lineage (1)

  1. lineage (lineage): Weird Science → Frankenstein. Ebert's review says the movie combines male teenage fantasy with Frankenstein's monster.
    “Inflamed male teenage fantasies and Frankenstein's monster.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Weird Science’ With Bill Simmons and Kyle Brandt · 0:31:04 · Bill Simmons (0.80 sure it was them)

Fun items about it

None.

Who the speakers said made it

As said on the shows, not checked against the real credits.