Interview: Costume designer Kate Hawley has worked on enough films with Guillermo Del Toro to know which shade of red is Guillermo’s. On “Frankenstein,” Hawley heightens the world of the film with operatically bold colors and shapes, taking cues for silhouettes from the 1850s period setting, but ultimately turning Del Toro’s adaptation of the Mary Shelley novel into a dream of that period — or, as is sometimes the case in the film, a nightmare.
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I have yet to see Gilmore del Toro's Frankenstein in its entirety though I have been absolutely itching too since it has come on Netflix. Now that it is Thanksgiving break I will definitely watch in the upcoming days, if not over the winter holidays. I think Shelly's work is beautiful and I think gimletoro's work is also stunning and it's such a master class of artists joining them together. While I have not seen the film yet, I have seen a lot of promo and interviews surrounding the film and it's costumes and I think that they are absolutely stunning. I'm most intrigued by the design of the monster since it's definitely a departure from popular canon adaptations of Frankenstein leading up to this film. I'm really interested and excited to watch the movie and I've had first into the world and the look of one of the quintessential Gothic Victorian novels.
Wow, just what a truly beautiful movie. When I tell you, I nearly gasped at the red veil that floats about the mother's head. They mirror it back to the archangel Michael statue later. The detail they observe is absolutely what makes or breaks this piece. Frankenstein at the end of the day will always be about creation so the creative process has always tied into that in my eyes. The makeup and wolfskins on the Creature are to die for they did such a good job transforming Jacob for this role. Everyone feels very separate from their actors which is good. I think one of my other favorite things are Victors red leather gloves he wears while creating the creature. The symbolic blood on the hands and the the figurative washing away of it when he discards the gloves at the creatures birth. Just such an effective and striking visual. Something this movie excels at I believe.
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