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	Gods and Monsters (1998) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Originally, I thought this would be a film of gay man versus straight man. It is. But much more than that, it is a film that speaks of human strengths and weaknesses, one that studies with quirky charm and quiet strength the scenario of man versus man.
		Without getting maudlin or preachy, "Gods and Monsters" goes about telling its story about ignorance, frailty, and unconditional love, the very themes that ran throughout most of James Whale's life and films.
		Eventually, "Gods and Monsters' proves two things: that we are all at once superhuman and sub-human, and that Hollywood can still show this in a beautiful way.
	www.imdb.com /title/tt0120684 (418 words)

	Ziggy's Video Realm: Ian McKellen in Gods and Monsters (1998) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Though definitely not a film for everyone, Gods and Monsters is an excellent character study, speculatively based on the final days in the life of James Whale, the openly gay director of such classic films as Frankenstein.
		Gods and Monsters derives its title from a line of dialogue in the Whale-directed classic, Bride of Frankenstein, and is based on the book “Father of Frankenstein” by Christopher Bram.
		Gods and Monsters is not an overtly “high impact” film; in many ways it can be seen as small in scale, and it is driven more by character than by action.
	www.reelcriticism.com /ziggyrealm/reviews/godsandmonsters.html (1574 words)

	Guardian Unlimited Books \| Quizzes (books)
		As Zeus's son, he was permitted to dine with the gods, but abused the privilege when he decided to test their omniscience one night by serving them something a bit different for dinner, proceeding on the theory that if they were really all-knowing they would realise and refuse it.
		Pelops's dismembered body (the gods restored Pelops to life afterwards and replaced with ivory the part of his shoulder they'd eaten).
		Dionysus, god of wine (to whose mother Semele, Zeus appeared as a bolt of lightning).
	books.guardian.co.uk /quiz/questions/0,5957,1282721,00.html (1036 words)

	Review: Gods and Monsters (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Gods and Monsters presents a fictionalized account of the last month of Whale's life, and is replete with flashbacks to his boyhood, his time in the trenches during World War One, and his movie-making heyday.
		The "gods and monsters" of the title can have many meanings within the context of this story, but the most apparent is the one relating to the film maker and his creations.
		Gods and Monsters is a rich, multi- layered portrait of a director from Hollywood's Golden Age whose own life was as interesting as any of his movies.
	movie-reviews.colossus.net /movies/g/gods.html (728 words)

	Notherby's :: Gods and Monsters
		Like the monster, it had all the parts, but there wasn't any transforming thunderclaps, no touch of the gods.
		Comment: The 1998 film "Gods and Monsters" is a thought-provoking film that speculates on the final days of an early Hollywood film director named James Whale (1889-1957), who had directed two classic Hollywood monster films: "Frankenstein" (1931) and "Bride of Frankenstein" (1935).
		Gods and Monsters is a wonderful, dramatic, emotional experience bolstered by its visual beauty -- the final image of Whale is not easily forgotten.
	www.northerbys.com /store/B00000IQVD/Gods_and_Monsters.html (1633 words)

	Gods and Monsters
		"Gods and Monsters" is in limited release and it's a shame.
		"Gods and Monsters" is, on the surface, a movie about the old Hollywood and its hidden gay network, a misfit-friends tale but vaults beyond the interest of its surface contrasts to demonstrate how the most unlikely people affect each other in profound and unexpected ways.
		"Gods and Monsters" is a superb British production free of sentiment and schmaltz with three stellar performances and a surprisingly touching and upbeat final scene.
	www.eclipse.net /~tyrell/c_i_n_e_m_a/98_Films/Gods_and_Monsters/gods_and_monsters.html (746 words)

	dvdfuture.com :: Review - Gods and Monsters
		Gods and Monsters is one of those films.
		Gods and Monsters "To a New World of gods and monsters!" - from James Whale's classic film, Bride of Frankenstein.
		For those of you who are in areas where Gods and Monsters is not playing in theaters, or where it has already played and left, the movie is coming out on DVD sometime in the spring or summer, so we can look forward to that.
	www.dvdfuture.com /review.php?id=77 (1418 words)

	Gods and Monsters DVD (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Gods and Monsters is a fairly interesting character study of the final days in the life of the legendary director James Whale until his alleged suicide (pool drowning) in 1957.
		Gods and Monsters is based on the novel "Father of Frankenstein, by Christopher Bram.
		It should probably be billed as "Gods and Monsters; the extremely fictionalized Final Days".
	www.amateurhometheater.com /Reviews/godmonst.htm (545 words)

	Gods and Monsters
		A: Gods and Monsters was one of the most enjoyable films I have been involved with — partly because of the crew and cast whom Bill Condon (director and Oscar-winning screenplay writer) gathered together but also because of the subject matter.
		Q: Although Gods and Monsters is visually stunning throughout there is one that particular image that is so beautiful it always moves me to tears: it is the shot where The Monster/Clayton leads Whale down to trench to be 'reunited' with his lover.
		James Whale's nieces and family were not best pleased that Gods and Monsters accepted that their relative was gay, so perhaps I wouldn't be the best person to do the unveiling.
	www.mckellen.com /epost/gm.htm (2073 words)

	CNN - The 'Gods and Monsters' of James Whale - November 5, 1998
		Now his story is being told in the new movie "Gods and Monsters," starring Sir Ian McKellen and Brendan Fraser.
		Fraser plays Whale's unlikely friend, a straight handyman who begins to symbolize the legendary monster to the dying director, decades after his glory days.
		Although "Gods and Monsters" deals with fears of many kinds, some actors would be scared away from a film with frank gay themes.
	www.cnn.com /SHOWBIZ/Movies/9811/05/gods.and.monsters (316 words)

	Guardian Unlimited Books \| By genre \| Gods and monsters
		His attack was designed to force those governments to choose: you are either with the idol-worshipping enemies of God or you are with the true believers.
		These diverse movements share the belief that Muslims have deviated from God's plan and that matters can be returned to their proper state by emulating the Prophet Mohammed.
		By removing God from the realm of law, a domain that He has clearly claimed for Himself alone, human legislation amounts to worshipping a pagan deity.
	books.guardian.co.uk /departments/politicsphilosophyandsociety/story/0,6000,615187,00.html (2598 words)

	GODS AND MONSTERS (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		A speculative account of Whale's degenerative last year following a debilitating stroke, "Gods and Monsters" is a slow moving, but nearly always captivating guess about what landed the once powerful cinematic force into the swimming pool he himself never used.
		Although Condon is obviously more interested in Whale's final year and his fictitious attraction to his young male gardener, such matters would have made the film a bit more interesting and given Whale's character a bit more depth (by exploring in greater detail what helped forge his later years' demeanor).
		Even so, the film is an interesting look at the man behind the monsters of his films -- their god if you will, hence one meaning of the title -- and the inner monsters he may have battled throughout his life.
	www.screenit.com /movies/1998/gods_and_monsters.html (2036 words)

	GODS and MONSTERS (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Rounding out Gods and Monsters, which has been Lucas' baby since 1989 (featuring such luminaries as Jeff Buckley and Matthew Sweet), is the stunning rhythm section including Ernie Brooks (Modern Lovers) on electric bass and Billy Ficca (Television) on drums.
		Among the talented members who have passed through the ranks of Gods and Monsters are singers Rolo McGinty (Woodentops), Matthew Sweet, Mary Margaret O'Hara, Dina Emerson, Richard Barone (The Bongos) Jeff Buckley, and longtime drummer Jonathan Kane.
		Both were originally in the Gods and Monsters songbook of 1991-92.
	garylucas.com /www/gdmn (350 words)

	Gods and Monsters by Carter Burwell (1998) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Gods and Monsters is a fictional account of the last days of horror director James Whale (The Bride of Frankenstein, The Invisible Man), played skillfully by Ian McKellen.
		Gods and Monsters is easily one of the best scores of 1998.
		A terrific masterpiece, this is one album that should be in the collection of everyone who loves music.
	www.cinemusic.net /reviews/1998/godsmonsters.html (461 words)

	Gods and Monsters (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Gods and Monsters is the story about an aging horror director John Whale- the director of the Frankenstein movies.
		While living at home in is aging self he catches an eye on his gardener Clay Boone.
		I can only say that anything is worth trying once and this movie may be one of those things, though I would wait until you are old enough to rent the movie.
	www.angelfire.com /ga/jewliet/gods.html (193 words)

	Amazon.com: Gods and Monsters (1998) : Video (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		This is a most fragile and unsteady friendship, yet in spite of the discomfort that surrounds their bond, their is a certain degree of comfort to be found within it.
		Fraser evokes a subtle sexual tension and eroticism as Clay, whose resemblance of Frankenstein's monster is the focal point of Whale's fascination.
		Above all else, the most perplexing aspect of "Gods and Monsters" is its connection to Whale's film, "Frankenstein." Clay's resemblance and sense of naivety when in the presence of Whale is very much like the scene from that earlier film that this film's final scene.
	www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B000092T3N?v=glance (2268 words)

	Movie (Metro Times Detroit) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Gods and Monsters, writer-director Bill Condon's fictionalized reconstruction of the last months of the filmmaker's life, finds the 67-year-old Whale still agile and enthusiastic after a series of strokes.
		James Whale's films focus on the point of view of the monster(s) born of his scientific arrogance.
		In one of the most poetic passages of Condon's evocative film, Whale's past and present, reality and creative life beautifully mesh: Clay, as the monster, leads his creator through an expressionistic fl-and-white landscape until Whale comes to rest in a World War I trench beside the bodies of his fellow soldiers.
	www.metrotimes.com /editorial/review.asp?id=51796 (480 words)

	Gods and Monsters -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Gods and Monsters -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article
		Gods and Monsters is a 1997 film which recounts the (somewhat fictionalized) last days of the life of troubled film director (Click link for more info and facts about James Whale) James Whale, whose (A sexual attraction to (or sexual relations with) persons of the same sex) homosexuality is a central theme.
		The movie was adapted by (Click link for more info and facts about Bill Condon) Bill Condon from the novel Father of Frankenstein by (Click link for more info and facts about Christopher Bram) Christopher Bram.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/g/go/gods_and_monsters.htm (132 words)

	Gods and Monsters - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Gods and Monsters is a 1998 film which recounts the (somewhat fictionalized) last days of the life of troubled film director James Whale, whose homosexuality is a central theme.
		The film featured reconstructions of the filming of Bride of Frankenstein, which Whale directed.
		Gods and Monsters at the Internet Movie Database
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Gods_and_Monsters (159 words)

	Guardian Unlimited \| The Guardian \| Letters: Gods and monsters
		It is psychologically possible to derive comfort from sincere belief in a nonexistent illusion, but - silly me - I thought believers might be disillusioned with an omnipotent being who had just drowned 125,000 innocent people (or an omniscient one who failed to warn them).
		My naive guess was that believers might be feeling more inclined to curse their god than pray to him, and maybe there's some dark comfort in that.
		A comparison might be made between religion and philosophy, where the latter in Kantian argument states that the existence or non-existence of God cannot be proved by human reason, and that a positive view of noumena cannot be sustained.
	www.guardian.co.uk /letters/story/0,,1381701,00.html (391 words)

	Immortality
		"a vast grisly monster with a hundred snakelike heads "with dark flickering tongues" flashing fire from their eyes and a din of voices and a hundred serpents issuing from his thighs."
		I hope to have the other two missing pages of chapter one completed by then, which would mean the text was finished (barring the aforementioned errata).
		Okay, sincere apologies for the past week, I have been flip-flopping back and forth on when the next update was going to be and a lot of real life stuff has just been getting in the way.
	www.immortalshandbook.com (2995 words)

	Moviefone: Gods and Monsters Movie
		Synopsis: Gods and Monsters was promoted from the outset as an artistic drama, but the publicity tended to play coyly on the possibility of a homosexual...
		Gods And Monsters Movie Official Homepage The Story of James Whale
		The 1998 film "Gods and Monsters" is a thought-provoking film that speculates...
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	Amazon.co.uk: DVD: Gods and Monsters [1999] (REGION 1) (NTSC) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Flashbacks to Whale's film-making days are painstakingly authentic (particularly in the casting of look-alike actors playing Boris Karloff and Elsa Lanchester), and all of these ingredients combine to make Gods and Monsters (executive produced by horror novelist-film maker Clive Barker) a touchingly affectionate film that succeeds on many levels.
		I saw this film late one night when it happened to be on TV - I had never heard of it before - and I was stunned by its beauty and profundity.
		I suppose Gods and monsters can be described as an art house movie, and is indeed slow in places, but this is intentional and whilst it may limit the film's potential audience, it certainly isn't a negative criticism on my part.
	www.amazon.co.uk /exec/obidos/ASIN/B000092T3P (1279 words)

	Reading Rants! -- "Gods and Monsters": Teen fiction that deals with spiritual issues (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Sixteen year old Jason Bock is getting pretty sick of the Teen Power Outreach, or TPO sessions his father is making him attend at their Catholic church.
		All the girls dug him, even though he couldn't really date, seeing that he was the son of God and all.
		And he really did perform all those miracles--but Biff will be sure to fill you in on all the early ones that umm, backfired a little bit.
	tln.lib.mi.us /~amutch/jen/religion.htm (1521 words)

	GODS AND MONSTERS (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		In Boone, Whale sees traces of the sympathetic monster which appeared in all of his films, and the two even attend a Hollywood garden party together.
		Filmed in Super 35, Gods and Monsters is presented on DVD in its preferred framing of 2.35:1.
		The film itself, though, is an excellent addition to any movie library; less a horror film than a meditation on the impulses and subliminal images which haunt us throughout our lives and make us feel "different," Gods and Monsters bears repeat visits and attention far beyond the restraints of art house audiences.
	www.mondo-digital.com /godsmonstersdvd.html (447 words)

	Salon.com People \| Gods and monsters (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Well, that's sort of my point, that there is also another type of horror, one that is rooted in existentialism, where you're actually called upon to confront death and somewhat the meaninglessness of life.
		That's what I find most interesting, the loneliness of experience in a human-centric world where there's no God and where nature is disparaged.
		But the way the film ended up coming out on the page, there isn't a real monster, or it doesn't need to be real.
	www.salon.com /people/feature/2002/02/26/wendigo (1031 words)

	Gods And Monsters (1999)
		At times overt and at others ambiguous, Gods and Monsters allows for many different readings of this little drama between an important cultural icon and a simple-minded labourer.
		Condon exploits the story's thematic potential at every turn by layering references and visual in-jokes into the narrative, although not at the expense of his actors' performances, which are uniformly superb.
		If you have seen the movie and care enough to watch the documentary, there is not much point wasting time on dredging up the scene being discussed unless it is obscure or difficult to recall.
	www.michaeldvd.com.au /Reviews/Reviews.asp?ID=3246 (1797 words)

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