Brass & Bone

Guillermo del Toro’s spellbinding take on one of the most enduring of all modern myths, Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein, imbues the classic tale with new depths of humanity while pushing it toward dazzling heights of gothic grandeur. Shifting between the perspectives of the brilliant but callous Victor Frankenstein (Oscar Isaac) and the creature (Jacob Elordi) he fashions from flesh and then cruelly mistreats, del Toro movingly reframes the legend as a story of fathers and sons struggling to break free from cycles of trauma. A decades-in-the-making triumph of darkly ravishing visual invention and operatic storytelling, Frankenstein is a deeply personal statement from a director who has long been drawn to the realm where men and monsters merge.

DIRECTOR-APPROVED 4K UHD + BLU-RAY SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES

4K digital master of the theatrical version of the film, with Dolby Atmos soundtrack

4K digital master of Frankenstein: The Reborn Cut, a new 158-minute extended director’s cut of the film, with Dolby Atmos soundtrack

Two 4K UHD discs of the films presented in Dolby Vision HDR and two Blu-rays with the films and special features

New audio commentary on The Reborn Cut, featuring director Guillermo del Toro

The Anatomy Lesson: Director’s Cut, a new documentary on the making of the film

The Parlour, a collection of conversations on craft featuring del Toro; actors Jacob Elordi, Mia Goth, and Oscar Isaac; cinematographer Dan Laustsen; production designer Tamara Deverell; costume designer Kate Hawley; and creature designer Mike Hill

Q&As moderated by filmmaker Martin Scorsese and musician Patti Smith

Interview with composer Alexandre Desplat conducted by film-music scholar Jon Burlingame

PLUS: An essay by scholar and author Christopher Frayling

I did my own expression meme that took longer to do than I would like to admit lmao

These are some lowkey underrated tips I’ve seen floating around writing communities — the kind that don’t get flashy attention but seriously changed how I write.

1. Put “he/she/they” at the start of the sentence less often.

Try switching up your sentence rhythm. Instead of

“She walked to the window,”

try

“The window creaked open under her touch.”

Keeps it fresh and stops the paragraph from sounding like a checklist.

2. Don’t describe everything — describe what matters.

Instead of listing every detail in a room, pick 2–3 objects that say something.

“A half-drunk mug of tea and a knife on the table”

sets a way stronger tone than

“There was a wooden table, two chairs, and a shelf.”

3. Use beats instead of dialogue tags sometimes.

Instead of:

"I'm fine," she said.

Try:

"I'm fine." She wiped her hands on her skirt.

It helps shows emotion, and movement.

4. Write your first draft like no one will ever read it.

No pressure. No perfection. Just vibes. The point of draft one is to exist. Let it be messy and weird — future you will thank you for at least something to edit.

5. When stuck, ask: “What’s the most fun thing that could happen next?”

Not logical. Not realistic. FUN. It doesn’t have to stay — but chasing excitement can blast through writer’s block and give you ideas you actually want to write.

-REAL gilded edges contain egg

-you can tell apart hand sewn and machine sewn books by the fact that machine sewn uses double thread and hand sewn only has one thread

-the name bone fold(er) used to be VERY literal! Although horn is more common

-you know how a rounded spine is usually like ( ?

Sometimes they start going the other direction because of all the dirt that gets caught between the signatures over time! I've seen books bent into almost a perfect circle at the spine like a backwards c

-my favourite: when restoring moldy books you freeze them at a very low temperature to prevent the mold from growing further while you're not actively working on them :)

I hope you enjoy

I did enjoy. I enjoyed VERY much.

I want you to know that this came in and I instantly dropped everything I was doing and went inside to properly absorb what I *knew* would be valuable information.

Thank you so much, genuinely, this made my day significantly better. 🫶🫶

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Studying under a more experienced book restorer, I guess. In the Netherlands, there is an organisation called Stichting Handboekbinden (Bookbinding by hand Foundation) to which aspiring bookbinders/book restorers have to apply with some of their work in order to obtain an official certificate. Depending on your knowledge of bookbinding and restoration techniques, you can obtain more certificates proving you have what it takes to take on a book made before the 1880's, restoring parchment and/or vellum, etc. Unfortunately, bookbinding is a dying profession in the Netherlands so the foundation may not exist for much longer.