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Andrew Weiner's The Frankenstein Theory from Image appears to be making its debut concurrently on DVD along with some theatrical exposure, and even after viewing it, I'm not quite certain how to classify it. Shot on HD video, and with no Blu-ray release from Image, the film concerns a young professor (John Venkenheim), who believe himself to be the great-great whatever of the actual scientist who created the "monster" as described in a certain 1818 opus entitled Frankenstein: or, The Modern Prometheus. As I watched this film about a documentary video crew hired by the professor to follow him on his voyage toward re-discovering his ancestor's creation in the arctic (shot in Alaska, which looks quite cold and desolate enough, thank you), my mind kept returning to a young girl tossing flower petals into a pond, and wondering where things were going to interconnect. Although one can get a decent grasp on where things will be going, even at a third of the way into this 87 minute production, I kept wondering where it was taking me. Genre-bending is probably the best description that I can give this. A bit of back woods Maryland shaky-cam, combined with continuous interaction and filming of the "crew," one waits for the appearance of our old friend. Those firmly entrenched in the Frankenstein mythology will probably find this little oddity an interesting addition to the canon, especially at its brief running time. A good looking DVD, revealing a bleak and dark environment. Worth a rental. For those lovers of books, first editions of Ms Shelley's creation continue to rise in value. A nice clean three volume first will currently set you back in excess of 100k. RAH