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- Title
The Monster and the Mob: A Critical Analysis of Fritz Lang's Fury (1936) and James Whale's Frankenstein (1931).
- Authors
Cieslik, Emma
- Abstract
Both released during the 1930s, Fritz Lang's film Fury (1936) and James Whale's film Frankenstein (1931) shed light on the threat of mob violence during a decade shaken by economic depression and social turmoil. Considered together in this film analysis, Lang's Fury and Whale's Frankenstein reveal the ways lynch violence infiltrated American cultural output during the 1930s. In turn, both directors can be seen as shedding a much-needed light on the social scourges of racism, antisemitism, and homophobia in the 1930s America by including scenes with mobs attempting to kill an innocent who is nevertheless presumed guilty without due process.
- Subjects
MOBS; RACISM in motion pictures; HOMOPHOBIA in motion pictures; FURY (Film : 1936); FRANKENSTEIN (Film); LANG, Fritz, 1890-1976; WHALE, James
- Publication
Film Matters, 2021, Vol 12, Issue 2, p36
- ISSN
2042-1869
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1386/fm_00153_7