Guillermo del Toro on Writing and Directing the Oscar-Nominated ‘Frankenstein’
Guillermo del Toro discusses his lifelong obsession with Mary Shelley's 'Frankenstein,' which he first read at age 11 and identified with the creature's profound loneliness, culminating in an Oscar-nominated adaptation that uses the 1818 text to explore themes of paradox, suffering, and humanity through operatic visuals and meticulously researched period dialogue.