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A monster created from cadavers
out of rifled graves?
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The money was available to him
:08:10
to make a much more elaborate film
than the first one.
:08:14
Because of the success,
they let him go with the sets,
:08:19
and go with the care and the time
and the photography and the music,
:08:23
so that he could polish
and refine and elaborate,
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in a way that the earlier films, which were
made faster, wouldn't have permitted.
:08:32
It's an odd sequel in many ways.
:08:34
For example, after a brief glimpse of
the monster in the beginning of the movie,
:08:38
he doesn't show up again for a half-hour,
a third of the way into the movie.
:08:43
Meanwhile, you've spent most of your
time with this odd character, Dr Pretorius.
:08:48
I think if you look at Dr Pretorius,
:08:50
that's an example of how the movie has
changed so radically from the first one.
:08:54
In the first one, there was
the boring Dr Waldman.
:08:59
And in this one, suddenly
there's this full-blown eccentric,
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very, very gay and funny character,
:09:05
that was created by Whale
:09:08
in the development of the screenplay
for the second film.
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Frankenstein.
:09:15
Yes, there have been developments
since he came to me.
:09:19
Unlike the original film, Mary Shelley's
novel featured a highly articulate monster.
:09:25
Bride of Frankenstein
restored the monster's speech.
:09:28
Before you came, I was all alone.
:09:31
It is bad to be alone.
:09:33
Alone. Bad.
:09:38
Friend. Good.
:09:40
Speech was the essential difference
between the original Frankenstein
:09:44
and the Bride of Frankenstein.
:09:46
My father really objected
to the monster being given speech.
:09:52
He felt it would take away
from the original portrayal,
:09:57
and I think he was wrong.