Episode 145: The Anatomy of Genres โ A Conversation with John Truby
Beyond the Screenplay
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The Life Philosophy of Horror
The film is just amazing that it's operating on all these levels and it's also just super fun to watch. I think those lessons are detectable and accessible if you just kind of can zoom in a little bit and focus more. The real greatest technique comes from the original great horror story Frankenstein, which is still the greatest. And ultimately the best horror comes from seeing the inhuman, the monster in ourselves. It's the fear of what doesn't look like us, the fear of the other.
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