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Post by geode on Jun 23, 2017 6:53:23 GMT
A favorite of mine since first release, I had a crush on Jessica Harper back then. It is a parody of many sorts, including musical. Paul Williams not only wrote the songs, but plays a major role in it. Trailer
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Post by fangirl1975 on Jun 24, 2017 16:20:20 GMT
Didn't Brian De Palma direct it? It is an unusual film for him.
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Post by geode on Jun 24, 2017 17:19:39 GMT
Didn't Brian De Palma direct it? It is an unusual film for him. Yes, it is his, and has some of his trademark moves...such as a shower murder scene, split-screen and slow motion.
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Post by MooseNugget on Jul 2, 2017 18:14:29 GMT
I still listen to the soundtrack album all the time. I love that movie.
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Post by phantomoftheparadise on Jul 3, 2017 5:34:40 GMT
News Flash: I love this film!
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Post by geode on Jul 4, 2017 11:02:13 GMT
News Flash: I love this film! Never thought I'd get to meet the devil. Never thought I'd meet him face to face. Heard he always worked alone, that he seldom wrote or used a phone, so I walked right up to meet him at his place.
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Post by poelzig on Jul 4, 2017 17:48:43 GMT
I've tried several times to get into this movie but I can't. Rock operas just don't transition well to the screen.
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Post by pimpinainteasy on Jul 6, 2017 2:39:16 GMT
Dear Brian De Palma,
you really hate the American music industry, don't you? You didn't even spare The Beach Boys. The songs in the film were truly awful, lol. I guess that was deliberate. Phantom of Paradise is an over the top depiction of American excess, debauchery and bad taste. That and the characters with grotesque faces and garish sets makes Phantom of the Paradise America's Satyricon (the Fellini film) - a study of how uninhabited devotion to pleasure eventually leads to the decline of a civilization. The exaggerated social satire set to music reminded me of A Clockwork Orange. The film might have had an influence on the makers of This is Spinal Tap. William Finley is such a great actor to have in your movie. His odd long face with the big nose, peppered with the cat eyes makes him almost like a special effect. Jessica Harper was disappointing, it was hard to imagine that the talented song writer (Finley) would be so enamored by her. I wonder what you and Dario Argento saw in her. She did act reasonably well though. Paul Williams nailed the creepy and cruel music producer. I noticed some of your trademarks like split screens, long point of view tracking shots and morally repugnant Italians. I was not enamored by the film beyond a certain level. I mean, I like the fact that you are being tongue in cheek with all the over the topness. But there are times when you lost your way with this style (Get to Know Your Rabbit was also an example of this).
Best Regards, Pimpin.
(5/10)
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Post by Primemovermithrax Pejorative on Jul 8, 2017 18:40:30 GMT
The shower scene was included in Terror in the Aisles and without a context for it, it is a creepy sequence.
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Post by geode on Jul 16, 2017 18:12:52 GMT
I do enjoy this film, the Juicy Fruits opening number is a keeper, William Finley is great and Paul Williams was fine also. His music is a bit left of center, but that is what I like about it. Let's not forget Philbin and Beef either. They both steal the show in a sense, as good support should always do. It makes a good companion piece to The Rocky Horror Picture Show-75'. I wish double bills would make a comeback, but greed will probably continue to make out by exhibitors.
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Post by mszanadu on Jul 18, 2017 20:26:16 GMT
A favorite of mine since first release, I had a crush on Jessica Harper back then. It is a parody of many sorts, including musical. Paul Williams not only wrote the songs, but plays a major role in it. TrailerThanks so much geode for this movie recommendation and trailer link too . It does look like a good one .
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Post by geode on Jul 26, 2017 6:42:42 GMT
A favorite of mine since first release, I had a crush on Jessica Harper back then. It is a parody of many sorts, including musical. Paul Williams not only wrote the songs, but plays a major role in it. TrailerThanks so much geode for this movie recommendation and trailer link too . It does look like a good one . I still like it. I ordered a blu-ray copy from the UK last year that has some interesting interviews. Jessica Harper tells how she was cast as Phoenix instead of Linda Ronstadt.
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Post by Fox in the Snow on Aug 17, 2017 4:34:04 GMT
Did a mini DePalma binge many years back, which included this interesting oddity. Hope I get a chance to rewatch it someday.
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Post by geode on Aug 17, 2017 11:10:38 GMT
Did a mini DePalma binge many years back, which included this interesting oddity. Hope I get a chance to rewatch it someday. It's still a hoot.
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Post by phantomoftheparadise on Mar 18, 2018 4:53:49 GMT
I bought the DVD with the red Phantom close up cover, and knew nothing except that Paul Williams was in it, and that it was a musical with inspiration from Faust. (I never even saw the trailer or read about it at all.) I loved it so much, because every moment was just so unique, unpredictable, and enjoyable! And my whole reaction to the film is inseparable from how much I adore the songs Paul Williams wrote for the film!
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Post by geode on Mar 19, 2018 10:03:34 GMT
I bought the DVD with the red Phantom close up cover, and knew nothing except that Paul Williams was in it, and that it was a musical with inspiration from Faust. (I never even saw the trailer or read about it at all.) I loved it so much, because every moment was just so unique, unpredictable, and enjoyable! And my whole reaction to the film is inseparable from how much I adore the songs Paul Williams wrote for the film! There is this neat little ditty that Paul Williams hoped to expand upon but didn't. So it never made the soundtrack album.
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Post by phantomoftheparadise on Mar 19, 2018 19:37:00 GMT
I know it would have been another winner if PW had finished it, but at least we thankfully do have that snippet in the film, and it's a really neat little moment as it is
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Post by geode on Mar 23, 2018 10:45:42 GMT
Apparently Paul Williams has been working on songs for a musical version of "Pan's Labyrinth" and was approached to do so because Del Toro is a huge fan of "Phantom of the Paradise." "Right now I'm writing a musical based on Pan's Labyrinth with Guillermo del Toro currently, and the music is by Gustavo Santaolalla, who is one brilliant, brilliant composer. He’s won the Oscar twice for Brokeback Mountain and for Babel. The way that came to be is because Guillermo del Toro loved Phantom of the Paradise. When he was about 17 years old from Mexico, he came and brought the album to song night and I remembered that when he called me about Pan's Labyrinth." Interview link
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Post by phantomoftheparadise on Mar 23, 2018 22:38:53 GMT
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Post by phantomoftheparadise on Mar 23, 2018 22:39:58 GMT
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