01 Nov 2002
The 'Frankenstein' Files: How Hollywood Made a Monster
The history of Frankenstein's journey from novel to stage to screen to icon.
Filmmakers vs. Tycoons
How the cinema industry does not respect the author's work as it was conceived, how manipulates the motion pictures in order to make them easier to watch by an undemanding audience or even how mutilates them to adapt the original formats and runtimes to the restrictive frame of the television screen and the abusive requirements of advertising. (Followed by “Filmmakers in Action.”)
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Marta Belmonte Marta
Jesús Ángel Domínguez Jester
Víctor Jerez Knight
Tunet Vila Monk
Daniel Medrán Navarrete
Antonio Regueiro Philip II of Spain
Ramón Planas Priest
Tomàs Mallol Professor
Mark Schardan Receptionist
Jaume Artigas Technician #1
Joan Vall Technician #2
Enric Suñol Usher
Liv Ullmann Self
Maurizio Nichetti Self
Burt Lancaster Self (archive footage)
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