The film, Mary Shelley, shows Frankenstein is always a story for our times
- Written by Deirdre Coleman, Robert Wallace Chair of English in the School of Culture and Communication, University of Melbourne
Elle Fanning as the author Mary Shelley. IMDB
The lives of young Romantic artists continue to fascinate filmmakers, from Ken Russell’s Gothic (1986) about Lord Byron, to Jane Campion’s Bright Star (2009) about John Keats. With the 200th anniversary of Frankenstein upon us, a new film focuses on its author, Mary Shelley.
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