‘Gods and Monsters’ to Be Screened With Commentary

Carter Burwell with Elizabeth Karlsen and Phyllis Nagy at the Hamptons International Film Festival screening of "Carol," a film that along with "Anomalisa" won him the best score of 2015 from the Los Angeles Film Critics Association.

Jennifer Landes

At The East Hampton Library

Dec. 8, 2015

Star Staff

The East Hampton Library will present “Gods and Monsters,” a 1998 film based on the last days of James Whale, the director of “Frankenstein” and “Bride of Frankenstein,” tomorrow at 4 p.m. Carter Burwell, who scored the film, will be present at the screening.

A part-time Amagansett resident, Mr. Burwell has conducted and/or scored the music for almost 100 films, among them “No Country for Old Men,” “Fargo,” “Being John Malkovich,” and “Three Kings.” The Los Angeles Film Critics Association just gave its 2015 best score award to both “Carol” and "Anomalisa," two films for which he wrote the music.

“Gods and Monsters” stars Ian McKellen as the long-retired director and Brendan Fraser as a former Marine who piques Whale’s interest, much to the disapproval of Whale’s housekeeper.