David Bianculli

But the back of my mind, I was thinking, but all I ever did was yesterday, let it be, long and windy road, hello to Rigby, later Madonna.

F*** you, John.

Me and Linda were over to John's apartment in the Dakota.

He said, oh, this is a big show over here, Saturday Night Live.

We got kind of excited.

We just go down, we show up.

Hey!

But it was like, why?

You know, I mean, it would be great for them.

Would it be great for us?

We've come full circle, and now we're off on another journey.

So we just decided to just have another cup of tea and forget the whole idea.

This is Fresh Air.

I'm David Bianculli.

Guillermo del Toro's film Frankenstein is nominated for nine Academy Awards, including Best Picture, Supporting Actor, Cinematography, Original Score, and Adapted Screenplay.

Del Toro wrote and directed this new reimagining of Frankenstein, which takes inspiration from the 1931 film Frankenstein, one of the most enduring horror monster films, and from Mary Shelley's 1818 novel Frankenstein.

In Del Toro's movie, the final part of the story is told from the creature's point of view.

Here's a clip from it, in which the creature, played by Oscar nominee Jacob Elordi, is shot and left for dead by hunters.

Some of the themes of del Toro's new film echo themes with which he's been obsessed for years.

Misunderstood creatures, men who behave like monsters, father-son relationships, religion, empathy, cruelty, misguided scientific experiments that take a terrible turn.