a review of 哥特风格

𝖍𝖔𝖔𝖕𝖙𝖔𝖇𝖊𝖗 𝖝 𝖓𝖎𝖌𝖍𝖙 𝖋𝖎𝖛𝖊: I'm not certain that Ken Russell sheds any particular light on Mary Shelley's actual thought process in conceiving of Frankenstein, and I was somewhat bothered that Russell has some of her actual words coming out of Percy and Byron's mouths early on. But as the film gradually built up one surreal psychosexual freakout after another on its way to the grand denouement, I did start to understand it as kind of a symbolic catalogue of the anxieties and fears that Mary put into her story. At various times in the film, all of the male characters seem to take on aspects of either Victor Frankenstein or his monster, among other notable Gothic/horror archetypes. That said, I didn't necessarily feel like I was being put into Mary's headspace so much as watching her get chased through the other characters' personal phantasmagorias. I think I'd need at least another viewing or two to really unpack all of the dense psychological and historical detail that's crammed into this movie, but at the same time I'm not sure there's anything here, save for Ken Russell's truly wild sense of cinematic style, that I couldn't also get from reading a well-researched biography of Mary Shelley or her companions. And that's enough for me, although your mileage may vary.