Whoa, hold on to your hats, because Guillermo del Toro just pulled a magic trick at the Venice Film Festival! His new movie, a Frankenstein-themed flick, totally stole the show. It premiered at the 82nd Venice International Film Festival and got a record-breaking, jaw-dropping, just-won't-stop standing ovation.
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| (Photo Credit: Stefano RELLANDINI / AFP) Guillermo del Toro's Frankenstein Takes Venice Film Festival by Storm |
The Big Deal: A 13-Minute Ovation
Yeah, you heard me right, 13 minutes. That's, like, more than half of a TV show episode. The crowd at the festival's main competition just kept on clapping and cheering and roaring for the film. It was the longest standing ovation of the festival so far, which, you know, is a pretty big deal. Other films got ovations, sure, but this one was like a marathon of applause. Paolo Sorrentino's "La Grazia" only got a measly four minutes, and Park Chan-wook's "No Other Choice" got a respectable eight, but del Toro's "Frankenstein" just blew them all out of the water.
Tears And Hugs And All The Feels
During the applause, you could see del Toro on stage just waving at everyone, totally overwhelmed. But the really emotional part was with the stars of the movie, Oscar Isaac and Jacob Elordi. The two of them were reportedly hugging each other and even shedding a few tears. It was a proper, big-screen, emotional moment right there on the red carpet. I mean, it's gotta be an incredible feeling to put so much into a project and have people react like that, right?
So, What's The Movie About?
Well, it's a new take on Mary Shelley's classic gothic novel from 1818. You know the one—the story of a brilliant-but-super-egotistical scientist, Victor Frankenstein, who creates a living being out of dead body parts. Oscar Isaac plays the role of the scientist, and Jacob Elordi is the monster, or "the deadly creation," as some are calling him. Del Toro has said he's been dreaming of making this movie for, like, 30 years, and it's something he feels like he's been "in training for." He's calling it his magnum opus, and a lot of people are calling it an early contender for awards season, especially the Golden Lion at the festival itself, which he won before for The Shape of Water in 2017.
The movie also stars a bunch of other really cool people, including Mia Goth as Elizabeth Lavenza, Charles Dance as Victor's super-strict father, and Christoph Waltz. It's set to have a limited theatrical release in the US on October 17th, with a global Netflix release on November 7th. So, you know, we've all got to wait a little bit to see it. Bummer.
Del Toro has said the film is about imperfect people and the right we all have to be imperfect, which sounds pretty deep and very much like something he would do. Also, in a press conference, he said something funny about not being afraid of artificial intelligence, but being afraid of "natural stupidity." That's classic GDT right there, am I right? He's such a weirdo, in the best possible way.
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