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LordRahl 04:15 pm UTC 12/15/09 |
| In reply to: | Frankenstein: The Musical - steven_stuart 12:24 am UTC 12/15/09 |
| I dont have it on me right now (at work) but I wrote a pretty interesting paper on the novel Frankenstein. It is one of my favorite books ever, and the story/movies are always some of my favorite "monster movies". I think it is because the Creature is not so much a monster as he is a victim. And the juxtaposition of the Creature and Frankenstein's lives is amazing. When I get home Ill re-read the report and post it on here, supposing Im still happy with it. > Ryan, I'm sorry that I didn't reply to your Frankenstein > post of ten days ago. I read it and was very impressed but > something came up before I could respond and now it has > sadly almost left this page. > > Also, this is not a for-Ryan-only post. Ryan brings up > some very interesting points and it would be great to hear > comments from other posters. > > I love when you write: "you look at the songs as corpses > being exhumed because that’s essentially what would happen > if you used “Dead Ringer” and “Bad for Good”." > > That is so cool. What if you wrote lyrics for that concept > of songs as corpses being exhumed and Jim composed music > for the lyrics? > > I understand the practical point you were making when you > say: "So for me, as far as the general public is > concerned, these albums have long since been buried." > > You would be bringing forgotten songs back to life. Which > would be a fantastic thing to do. But at the same time as > you make a practical point, you come up with this really > cool and creepy concept. > > It fits right in with the whole Frankenstein thing. Like > when you say: "So it’s time to dig them up like > Frankenstein going round the graveyard at night with a > wheelbarrow, shovel and pick, searching for “materials” > for the Monster and (later) his bride." > > "But back to “Dead Ringer”, watch the film “Heavenly > Creatures” directed by Peter Jackson and that’s how I > would visualize “Dead Ringer: The Musical” being done, > except rougher and with a man who imagines his wife having > an affair. He kills her and we see the flashback to the > first time they ever met, “Dead Ringer for Love”, and he > is arrested and sings “Everything is Permitted” in a scene > similar to the last scene in Alfred Hitchcock’s > “Psycho”." > > I must make a point of watching "Heavenly Creatures". Have > any other posters seen it? > > I like the idea of "Dead Ringer" being a flashback song. > Even better is using "Everything is Permitted" for a scene > similar to the last scene in Psycho. > > You are correct when you say: "the song that came to my > mind was “It’s all coming back to me now”. Remember Jim > said that song is about dead things coming to life." > > Are you updating the script every time you get another > idea? > > You asked me: "Just curious, but what songs from the > non-Bat albums would you like to see in “Frankenstein”?" > > I'm not as good as you at knowing what songs would work. > My favourite non-Bat songs are Total Eclipse and Rock And > Roll Dreams Come Through. Total Eclipse is already in Tanz > and I'm not sure where Rock And Roll Dreams would fit. > Perhaps the Frankenstein monster could sing it as a song > of liberation. I think What Part Of My Body Hurts The Most > and Safe Sex would both work. But unfortunately I would > need you to tell me how. > > This could be an interesting thread. What Bat or non-Bat > songs would work in Frankenstein: The Musical? > > I think it also depends on whether your vision is for a > serious Frankenstein or a toungue-in-cheek Frankenstein. > > > > > > > > > | |
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