While PSG fans were enjoying their resounding victory over Inter Milan in the Champions League final, Netflix held its TUDUM online event, where the first trailer for season 5 of Stranger Things was unveiled. But another film has captured our ambition, and it could well be the most ambitious film of the year for the company with the red N!
Netflix's ambitious gothic film
We've known for a long time now: Netflix aims to become a new El Dorado for moviegoers by partnering with such renowned filmmakers as Martin Scorsese, David Fincher, Bong Joon-ho, Adam McKay, and Guillermo Del Toro. For directors who are finding it increasingly difficult to finance their most ambitious projects in an industry largely dominated by the superhero genre and nostalgic licenses, Netflix is opening its wallet and offering the assurance of almost total freedom. For better, and sometimes for worse. Indeed, while some films stand out for their mastery, others unfortunately have not had the expected success. This year, Netflix will have a new opportunity to test the effectiveness of its formula by presenting to the public the film Frankenstein by the great Mexican filmmaker Guillermo Del Toro. Winner of the Oscar for Best Director and Best Picture for The Shape of Water, the director of Pan's Labyrinth and Hellboy had already collaborated with the platform with the red N for the magnificent live-action animated film Pinocchio, which won the Oscar for Best Animated Feature in 2023.
While we know that the action of the film Frankenstein will take place across two timelines, the trailer, unveiled last night during the TUDUM online event, focuses on the creation of the Monster by Doctor Victor Frankenstein (played by Oscar Isaac). It also includes many sumptuous shots, like Guillermo Del Toro's previous works. Moreover, it is particularly enjoyable to find the filmmaker in the register of gothic films, ten years after Crimson Peak (2015). With this adaptation of Mary Shelley's eponymous novel (1818), Guillermo Del Toro continues his autopsy of monsters, a theme that has inhabited his cinema since his beginnings and that he has always explored, even when he adopted a more realistic style in Nightmare Alley - his vibrant homage to film noir. Having become one of the first great monsters of fantasy cinema after Murnau's Nosferatu, notably through the films of James Whale, Frankenstein has all the hallmarks of the ultimate monster. src="https://static.hitek.fr/img/up_s/2158924424/42fb4_guillermodeltorosfrankensteinbringsbackthebooksframingdevice1748743970.webp">
Furthermore, Guillermo Del Toro's Frankenstein is part of a revival of the Gothic genre in cinema and television - albeit less marked than in the 1990s. Indeed, we are seeing more and more productions inspired by the Gothic movement, from Tim Burton's Beetlejuice to Robert Eggers' Nosferatu, including the series Wednesday. Will Netflix manage to win another Oscar with Frankenstein? Anything is possible!
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