El hombre invisible
Director:
James WhaleCámara:
Arthur EdesonReparto:
Claude Rains, Gloria Stuart, William Harrigan, Henry Travers, Una O'Connor, Forrester Harvey, Holmes Herbert, E.E. Clive, Dudley Digges, Merle Tottenham (más)Sinopsis(1)
Un misterioso doctor descubre un suero que le hace invisible y que con el fin de ocultar su descubrimiento, se esconde en una aldea inglesa a la que llega cubierto de vendajes y con gafas de sol. Sin embargo, la misma sustancia que le hace invisible va impulsándolo también, poco a poco, a cometer actos brutales y atroces. (Universal Pictures España)
(más)Reseñas (6)
Uno esperaría que el protagonista se pasara la primera hora preparando el líquido para hacerse invisible, y que el drama viniera después de bebérselo, en la última media hora. Sin embargo, el guión de R.C. Sherriff nos sumerge en el drama del esfuerzo del científico por deshacerse de la invisibilidad en los primeros segundos de la película y está tan lleno de ideas y escenas emocionantes que se mete en el bolsillo cualquier cosa de la producción actual del género. Además de los grandes actores y efectos increíblemente geniales para su época. Una delicia gourmet.
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I put this one on more as an obligation and due to a feeling that I should also watch old genre classics, but I must say that there was no reason to avoid this old movie. It’s short, fun and with a lot of historical value. At times, it’s very naive (if they had straight up skewered him with the pitchfork in the barn, they would have spared themselves a lot of trouble :-D), but that’s something you can also see in much newer movies. So, I’m satisfied and very surprised that I had so much fun.
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The special effects are still worthy of admiration, but there is so much more to the film. Whale knew how to give his "terrifying outcasts" an aura of uniqueness. It's true of Frankenstein, it's true of the invisible man... Isn't it a frightening thought to have a faceless figure standing behind you?
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"The whole world's my hiding place!" The Invisible Man has the bad luck the Universal produced better movies during its golden monster era, although none of them achieved such technological advances (it is interesting that this was the same year as the original King Kong was released, perhaps making 1933 a fundamental year in terms of special effects). Griffin’s movie adventures about the (dis)advantages of being invisible are greatly entertaining with a murderous pace (even in today’s terms) and Whale’s unfathomable weakness for the squawky Uno O’Connor. But in places we find Whale piling up effect on effect, forgetting a little about the movie itself. In this respect, he was unfortunately way ahead of his time.
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A dark sci-fi story with revolutionary effects that, like the virtually ubiquitous suspense, are still impressive. I remember how long and how much the very last shot of the film used to haunt me, and I'm actually not surprised.
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It's a treat for historians and film enthusiasts alike, packed from top to bottom with great ideas that, combined with the severely limited technology of the time, inspire genuine wonder. The protagonist's behaviour was hard to like and the actions of the law enforcers often made me chuckle, so I didn't have much to cheer for, but with its narrative drive and straightforwardness, the film immediately won me over and is completely out of line with the sleep-inducing science fiction films of the time, starting with Frankenstein, also by Whale. A great leap forward in the genre.
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