The Frankenstein Theory
Where do you want me to look,
here to the camera or to you?
VICKY:
Just look at me.Nah, just ignore camera.
Okay. Let's see.
Grew up in Washington D.C.
My parents were diplomats.
I attended GDS, it was a
private school in the city.
I graduated high school
when I was 16.
That's impressive.
Well, not really.
skipped 8th grade.
College was Columbia.
Double major in
history and chemistry.
Odd combination.
No, not really, not really,
not when you
consider my work.
After college I received
my Masters in European History
from Oxford.
I liked Oxford,
I liked it a lot.
That's where I met Annie.
And then, uh, then here to L.A.
for my Ph.D.
Why Los Angeles?
The department chair,
Paul Zelevansky.
He's, uh...
He's by far the best mind
in my particular
area of expertise.
Which is...
Yes, well, that is the heart
of the matter, isn't it?
These letters...
They changed my life.
My grandfather showed them
to me when I was about
And since then,
has been the focal point
of my whole life.
What is the subject?
Well, uh, here goes.
In the novel Frankenstein,
through a series of letters
that a Captain Walton
writes to his sister,
Margaret Saville.
Walton is an Arctic explorer,
his ship gets trapped
in the ice,
somewhere in the Arctic Circle,
and it is there that he meets
Dr. Victor Frankenstein.
Walton then relates
this same story to his sister
through a series of letters.
the basis of the novel.
These letters are
the basis of the novel.
What are you saying exactly?
I'm saying that, um...
I'm saying that Mary Shelley's
Frankenstein,
the novel,
is a work of non-fiction.
I'm saying
it's a work of non-fiction
disguised as fiction.
Or, or more accurately,
it is a fictionalization of
one of the most incredible,
Annie, what's up?
Can I talk to you, please?
Yes... Um...
Can I talk to you now, please?
Could you excuse me for just
one second, please?
VICKY:
Yeah, of course.No problem.
[DOOR CLOSES]
[WHISPERS]
You want me to eavesdrop?
VICKY:
Yeah.Good friend.
[INDISTINCT CHATTERING]
JONATHAN:
They'll be here as long as
they need to be.
ANNIE:
Just tell themto go please.
You know that they
gotta be here
as long as they need
to document me.
So you can do
whatever you want,
and I just have to
live with it?
You can let them finish
what they're doing
and they'll leave.
I don't even know
what they are doing.
[MOUTHING]
Should we go?
Maybe I should just
cancel my trip.
Yes, that'll be great.
I guess, that's not
important to you.
It's absolutely what
Don't "please" me.
That has nothing
to do with what we are
talking about now.
Fine. You know what?
F*** you. F*** you.
Do whatever the f*** you want.
[WHISPERS]
That's not good.
VICKY:
Okay. [CLEARS THROAT]
Is everything okay?
We just got our
schedules crossed.
Sure, is it...
Should we...
take off and maybe come
back tomorrow?
No, no, no, no, no, no.
Yes. Maybe
that's not a bad idea.
Sure thing,
we'll do that.
Okay.
Okay.
BRIAN:
Luke, Luke.Hi! My name is Brian
and I run sound
on a documentary film crew
our latest subject
is f***ing...
Frankenstein!
Are you f***ing
kidding me, Vicky?
You're welcome.
Oh, thank you.
You have got some
awesome friends.
I can't wait to see
where this goes, man.
Do not f*** this up.
Guys, do not f*** this up.
I just spent an hour
talking him down.
What I might f*** up
is his girlfriend.
Oh, come on.
Did you see her?
What she was wearing.
Hey, stop it.
She and I...
Looked at me.
Smelled me.
All right, look, guys,
I don't know
what's going on
with her right now,
'cause she's not usually
this highly strung,
but we have got two days
until we go to Canada
and she's not going with us.
So just keep it
together until then,
'cause I don't know
about you,
but I need this job.
[ENGINE STARTS]
VICKY:
Okay, so we'reback on our way
to Jonathan's.
Hopefully today
will go a little smoother
than yesterday did.
Obviously, there's some tension,
between Jonathan and Anne
over Jonathan's theory.
I've known Jonathan
since college.
He always lets his work
take priority
over the rest of his life,
it's just that right now...
Sorry. Um... Where was I?
You were talking about
your obsessive,
looking for Frankenstein.
Brian, and I say this
with love,
please have some respect
for Jonathan.
He's a friend of mine.
And if that's not enough,
do I need to remind you,
he's paying for all of this?
He has my undying respect...
As does his girlfriend.
Oh, my God!
[TIRES SCREECHING]
What the f***!
I'm so sorry.
Get the f*** out of the car!
I'm so sorry,
I didn't see you.
Get the f*** out of the car.
Get the f*** out of the car!
I'm sorry!
BRIAN:
Go! Go! Go! Go! Go! Go!VICKY:
Jesus!F***ing...
Okay, let's go.
You sure you're okay?
Yeah. I'm fine.
Busy day.
The Illuminati was
a secret society
that was founded in
Ingolstadt University
in the late 18th century.
was discovering
the origin of life,
which they felt was
the key to immortality.
They worked relentlessly
and they passed on information
and experiments
so what you have,
if you can imagine it,
is the greatest
scientific minds in Europe
building upon each
generation's work.
Culminating in the creation
of what most people call
the Frankenstein Monster.
Johann Venkenheim,
he was my grandfather's
great-great-grandfather.
This is Johann's lab.
So what does
this prove exactly?
What does it...
Well, it's a genetics lab.
That's from my family's
photo archives.
That was the first
of its kind.
I mean, f*** Mendel,
Johann was the father
of modern genetics.
His work predates Mendel
by over half a century.
While Mendel was splitting peas
and fooling around with flowers,
Johann was bringing something
miraculous into the world.
Something that's never
been done before,
hasn't been done since.
And who do I read
about in a text book?
At any rate this,
this lab...
This is where
he created him.
VICKY:
Can you explain that?JONATHAN:
The technique?No, I can't.
The technique is lost.
The notes,
the research destroyed.
It seems that Johann
they were so frightened
or appalled by
what they'd created,
that they destroyed everything
so that the experiment
could never be recreated.
BRIAN:
That sucks.That sucks?
Yeah, it sucks.
It sucks
because it means
no matter how much
evidence I collect,
no matter how much
data I collect,
my theory will
never be accepted
until I find him.
And I can say now with
the utmost confidence
that the Frankenstein Monster
is real.
That he exists,
and he's alive now,
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