Guillermo del Toro’s CBS interview is incredible and well worth your time if you create (or want to create). He puts everything into his projects and it’s incredibly inspiring to hear about why he loves Frankenstein so much.

You are born to sing one or two songs in your lifetime. This is my song.

And:

What is beautiful about monsters is they become patron saints of imperfection.

I saw Guillermo speak at the Roger Ebert Festival during a Q&A session after a showing of Crimson Peak at the Virginia Theater and I’ve been a huge fan ever since. His films like Nightmare Alley, Pinocchio, The Shape of Water, and Pan’s Labyrinth are incredible and so I was thrilled when I learned he was making Frankenstein.

Last Thursday night, on Halloween Eve, no less, I drove an hour to see Frankenstein in theaters (curse you Netflix for your limited theatrical runs!) and absolutely loved it. The sets, performances, costumes — it is clearly the work of an auteur who loves this story and it’s a beautiful rendition of a story so seeped into our collective minds.

I came to the movie a bit naive to the myth and story of Frankenstein. I read Mary Shelley’s 1818 book (did you know Shelley was 19 when she wrote it?) on the original 3.5” iPhone when I was 16 and I’ve seen Young Frankenstein a dozen times (and even performed in Young Frankenstein in group interpretation in high school) but somehow I had never seen a true Frankenstein movie before Guillermo’s.

I highly recommend seeing it in theaters. But if you’re not near a major city I guess just stream it on Netflix on Friday? Highly recommended.

I cannot find the quote now, but I heard Guillermo say something like:

My entire life I dreamed I could make the best Frankenstein movie. Now that I’ve made the movie — I don’t know if I achieved that goal — but it’s no longer a dream, I did it.