Gods and Monsters

This film (drama)Also known asGods and Monsters，is aUSA, UKProducerwomen sex，At1998Released in year 。The dialogue language isEnglish, Hungarian，Current Douban rating8.1(For reference only)。

This film tells the story of the famous Hollywood director James Whale (played by Ian McKellen) in the last years of his life in 1957. The director, who created one of cinema's most terrifying characters, Frankenstein, has retired from the film industry and is now immersed in painting, while still frequently dating various men in his free time. When the housekeeper Hannah (played by Lynn Redgrave) hires a new gardener, the strong and robust former Marine Boone (played by Brendan Fraser), Whale’s interest gradually shifts entirely to Boone. Like a spider crawling toward a fly, Whale approaches Boone step by step, leading him into a carefully crafted trap. Although Whale has stopped making films, he discovers that Boone remarkably resembles Frankenstein, the character in his film—tongue-tied, innocent, and difficult to understand. Whale feels unable to cool the passion within him; only Boone can alleviate his suffering. His plan is to lure Boone into ultimately killing him, thereby allowing him to realize the most perfect movie plot of his life... This film delicately portrays the complex homosexual feelings through the subtle interactions between the elderly Hollywood director and the young gardener, triggered by fragments of past memories, sketching a world filled with emotions such as friendship, respect, love, rejection, disgust, and fear. The film constantly intersperses scenes and dialogue from "Frankenstein," cleverly aligning the common discriminatory status and fearful situations of both homosexuals and the creature. The director playfully and calmly elaborates on the final journey of a homosexual director's life, making it a masterpiece of black comedy. "Gods and Monsters" won the Oscar for Best Adapted Screenplay that year and was nominated for Best Actor and Best Supporting Actress. This film is also one of the most important and outstanding performances in the acting career of Sir Ian McKellen, who gained worldwide fame as "Gandalf."