The movie, Young Frankenstein, came out in theaters in December of 1974, this was more than a decade after Mary Shelley’s novel and the twist of the movie set a completely different social and historical culture of that time. The social and historical culture of Young Frankenstein is much more advanced and much more appropriate for that time. Although, the movie can be said to be quite scandalous and very opposite of the book, it was still a major hit. The crazy thing Mel Brooks did do is keep the movie in black and white, trying to symbolize the time period in which he wanted the movie set, this I believe helped relate the movie to the book Mary Shelley wrote. Mel Brook’s put an interesting spin on the movie compared to the book, but he did it in a way that the audience could still enjoy Mary Shelley’ creation of Frankenstein as
The movie, Young Frankenstein, came out in theaters in December of 1974, this was more than a decade after Mary Shelley’s novel and the twist of the movie set a completely different social and historical culture of that time. The social and historical culture of Young Frankenstein is much more advanced and much more appropriate for that time. Although, the movie can be said to be quite scandalous and very opposite of the book, it was still a major hit. The crazy thing Mel Brooks did do is keep the movie in black and white, trying to symbolize the time period in which he wanted the movie set, this I believe helped relate the movie to the book Mary Shelley wrote. Mel Brook’s put an interesting spin on the movie compared to the book, but he did it in a way that the audience could still enjoy Mary Shelley’ creation of Frankenstein as