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A ball, two batteries and a reanimated corpse help make for a memorable presentation during this scene from Guillermo del Toro’s take on “Frankenstein.”
In the sequence, Dr. Victor Frankenstein (Oscar Isaac) presents his findings at a Royal College of Medicine disciplinary tribunal. He has taken parts from two dead bodies and stitched them together to make a new creature.
It’s the first glimpse that those at the tribunal (and we viewers) get of what Dr. Frankenstein ultimately has in store.
“This scene was meant to be shot always roaming, looking for Victor,” del Toro said in the video, narrating the moment. That includes swooping crane shots that land on Victor and make it feel as if he’s performing a concert.
“We dressed him very much like a rock star,” del Toro said.
The corpse creature that Victor reanimates was not computer-generated, but instead was an analog design operated on the set by puppeteers who were blue-screened out of the shot.
“What is great about this scene,” del Toro said, “is that it establishes all at once Victor’s quest, Victor’s intentions, his temperament and the absolute lack of uncertainty, which every tyrant, every villain, really has.”
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