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Dwarf Minor 
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TITLE |
Island of Dr. Moreau, The (1996) |
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DISABILITY |
Allergy
Genetic engineering Dwarf |
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DIRECTOR |
John
Frankenheimer
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NOTES |
Re-make of
Island of Lost Souls (1933) and The Island of Dr. |
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Though now
more scientifically plausible with all the present |
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day talk of
DNA and genes this film fails perhaps because it |
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can't
'exist' in the present climate. |
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Despite the
cast, especially Brando and Thewlis, the |
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grotesquery
of this film simply doesn't work. |
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Ship wreck
is updated to plane crash, the special effects are |
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superior but
the characters are unengaging. |
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I've just
watched this again. It's a high gloss production but is |
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firmly stuck
in its genre. Thewlis looks out of place, Brando |
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is killed
fairly early on and the 'science' is made up. |
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Brando is as
grotesque as anything in the film. The excuse |
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for the
white make-up is that he has an allergy to the sun. I |
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don't think
he can be classed as an albino. Strange creatures |
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part human,
part animal roam the island, some dress in |
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clothes. The
community of mutated creatures live in a |
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settlement
in fear of the 5 finger men and are kept under |
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control by
an electrical device under skin. |
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Full of
disparate elements plus inconsistencies (?) like a |
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working lift
but flares used for lighting. And of course as is |
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typical of
such films there is a dwarf character. |
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Notes
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