BUSAN, South Korea, Sept. 19 (UPI) -- Guillermo del Toro said Friday that his Netflix film Frankenstein, which made its Asian premiere this week at the Busan International Film Festival, is a monster movie with a message of tolerance in a divided world.
"The story for me is about forgiveness and imperfection," del Toro said during a press conference at the Busan festival. "We live in a time where we have polarized everything into completely good or completely bad. And there's no oxygen for humanity in those two sides."
"We should we not be imperfect?" he added. "And why should we not forgive each other for not being perfect?"
Frankenstein is the latest addition to del Toro's catalog of critically acclaimed creature features, which includes Hellboy, Pan's Labyrinth, Pacific Rim and the Academy Award-winning The Shape of Water.
The Mexican filmmaker said he has long been fascinated by monsters as a means for exploring both the beauty and the horror of existence.
