Visual interpretations

Visual interpretations

1. Boris Karloff 1931

   • Scene with the child and flowers

2. Nick Dear/Danny Boyle 2012

   • Train - industrial rev
   • Rape scene 'I am a man now'
   • Johnny Lee Miller used baby - spasmodic movements
   • BC shellshocked people
   • Canvas shell
   • Dual characters
   • Fate unclear at end

3. Kenneth Branagh 1994

   • Mother dies in childbirth 'bring her back!'
   • Lightning scene - spark between fingers
   • 'How do brothers and sisters say goodbye'
   • Creature/VF homoerotic slimy wrestling
   • First word creature learns is 'friend'
   • Frog animated by electricity and smashes glass