:01:00
the attempted creation
of the monster's bride
:01:03
was always part of her original vision.
:01:05
How James Whale and Universal Pictures
played matchmaker
:01:08
for Boris Karloff and Elsa Lanchester
is quite a story.
:01:11
And, like a good cast,
well worth repeating.
:01:28
Oh. I thought I was alone.
:01:32
It's one of the great American films.
:01:34
It's right up there with
Citizen Kane and Sunset Boulevard.
:01:38
It's usually discussed as
"Oh, just a horror movie",
:01:42
but it's much more complex.
:01:44
Do you know who Henry Frankenstein is?
And who you are?
:01:48
Yes. I know.
:01:52
Made me from dead.
:01:55
The various story elements,
the intellectual elements,
:01:58
the artistic and acting elements
that came to bear in this film,
:02:03
really crystallised all the things
that had been building
:02:06
in that genre, at that studio, at that time.
:02:09
I love dead.
:02:13
Hate living.
:02:15
You're wise in your generation.
:02:18
The Bride of Frankenstein
quite simply is the most complex
:02:21
and most brilliantly achieved
and conceived horror film ever made,
:02:25
and certainly the crowning jewel in
Universal's initial series of horror films.
:02:31
You make man like me?
:02:36
No. Woman.
:02:39
Friend for you.
:02:41
It's a wonderful film. It's just delightful.
:02:45
Certainly there are some scenes
:02:48
where humour and terror
are all beautifully blended.
:02:59
When you get into Bride of Frankenstein,
you're making it all up.