‘Frankenstein’ Has Always Held Up a Mirror. What Does It Show Us Now? - The New York Times

In Guillermo del Toro’s new version, the answer lies in how deeply it explores the relationship between creator and created. Credit... Photo illustration by Hannah Whitaker Supported by By Parul Sehgal It is, perhaps, the most famous origin story in literature, and it begins with blood-red snow falling from the sky. The year 1816 brought forth freakish weather set off by the explosion of a volcano in Indonesia. Blizzards battered New England in June. Rivers swelled and filled with the bodies of drowned animals. Crops failed, hay rotted, typhus raged. In Paris, the pamphleteers warned of the end of the world. In Switzerland, near Lake Geneva, heavy summer rains forced a group of friends to huddle indoors at the Villa Diodati. To amuse themselves, they competed to see who could come up with the most terrifying tale. Their little circle had been named “the league of incest” by the British press, not entirely without reason. Among their ranks was “mad, bad” Lord Byron, who was said to have

In Guillermo del Toro’s new version, the answer lies in how deeply it explores the relationship between creator and created. Credit... Photo illustration by Hannah Whitaker Supported by By Parul Sehgal It is, perhaps, the most famous origin story in literature, and it begins with blood-red snow falling from the sky. The year 1816 brought forth freakish weather set off by the explosion of a volcano in Indonesia. Blizzards battered New England in June. Rivers swelled and filled with the bodies of drowned animals. Crops failed, hay rotted, typhus raged. In Paris, the pamphleteers warned of the en