'Frankenstein' director gets honest about its making

Frankenstein is close to Guillermo del Toro's heart, it appears, as the director reveals the length he went to make the movie.

As the movie has wrapped up filming and is set to be released on Netflix, the filmmaker, in a light-hearted manner, joked, “I’m in postpartum depression.”

It’s worth noting that previous versions of Mary Shelley’s novel had been made. But as far as Guillermo’s take is concerned, he himself shared his fondness for the story.

“I’ve been following the creature since I was kid. I waited for the movie to be done in the right conditions,” the filmmaker said in a press conference about the forthcoming movie.

He continued, “Both creatively in terms of achieving the scope to make it different, and to make it at a scale that you could reconstruct the whole world.”

Touching on the overview of his vision for the movie, Guillermo, however, dismissed the notion that the story somewhat gives a nod to the potential dangers AI poses, given that the movie is about a scientist’s misuse of technology.

"We live in a time of terror and intimidation; certainly, the movie tries to show imperfect characters.”

“And the right we have to remain imperfect, and the right we have to understand each other under the most oppressive circumstances," he said, remarking, “I’m not afraid of artificial intelligence. I’m afraid of natural stupidity."

Ahead of its release on Netflix on November 7, Frankenstein will have a limited release in cinemas on October 17.