THE FRANKENSTEIN COMPLEX
| 2016 – 107′ – Documentary, Horror, Films about Cinema.
Written by: Gilles Penso, Alexandre Poncet.
Directed by: Gilles Penso, Alexandre Poncet.
Starring: Rick Baker, Joe Dante, Guillermo del Toro, Phil Tippett, Kevin Smith, Greg Nicotero, John Landis.
Official Competition COLCOA 2016 (North American Premiere).
In English.
A Music Box Films release. |
Before CGI, the great movie creatures were designed and built by hand. Over a century of film that craft evolved into an art. From Godzilla to Gollum, this documentary celebrates that evolution, taking a peek behind the curtain at special make-up effects, puppetry, animatronics, and modern digital techniques. Interviews and workshop visits with dozens of monster masters and creature creators like Guillermo Del Toro, Rick Baker, and Lord of the Rings’ Richard Taylor reveal how movie beasts crawl, claw, bite, and growl their way into our collective imagination. And for cinephiles, there’s a banquet of exclusive, never-before-seen footage from monster classics such as Gremlins, The Abyss, and Jurassic Park, the film that ushered in the digital effects era. A rich, entertaining tribute to the movie magicians who, like Dr. Frankenstein himself, know how to toss a few simple materials together, and make it come to life.