Phantom of the Paradise

By Seamus 2022-09-04 23:49:42

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DePalma directed the work in 1973, obviously he was aiming for the cult route. In the name of theater ghosts, exaggerated costumes and chaotic music constitute the distinctive features of each character's extreme superficiality, like a large-scale make-up party that is gorgeous and noisy. Luckily the movie does seem to have a large cult following, otherwise I would have thought such a hilarious party with obvious imitations would have been lonely.
 
I bought this film because its cover...

By Johan 2022-09-04 19:57:47

Dr. Caligari Screening Manual: Visions of Heaven

The literal translation of the film's name should be "Paradise Illusion", the film describes a composer's inner struggle when entering the "heaven" of the recording industry. Several images in the film are not real people, but an insinuation of the author's inner state. Specifically, the composer represents the creator himself; the phoenix represents the purest thing in his heart,...

By Christa 2022-09-04 19:18:28

Phantom Paradise: The Lost Paradise of Classics and Cults / Five Reasons Why Phantom Paradise Should Be a Cult Epic

Are you still chasing the Rocky Horror Show? Do you like cult music and dance dramas that go sideways? If you haven't seen The Phantom of Paradise, Brian De Palma's self-made masterpiece that came out a year before the Rocky Horror Show, you've really missed the pearl in the sand. The Rocky Horror Show was successfully set in Dr. Ford's deformed planet and transvestites, and the Rocky android that made people feel like Frankenstein's story, plus those British glam rock-style songs and dances,...

By Jerad 2022-09-04 18:40:43

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A rare CULT boutique, I think it can be compared with the later "Rocky Horror Show", although its influence is not as great as the latter, but it created a precedent for music CULT films, its uniqueness and originality should not be underestimated , and joked about the old classics, giving people a refreshing feeling.
    Brian's director is brilliant, and every movie always surprises us differently. One of the bathroom scenes imitating "The Psycho", I don't know what Hitchcock, who has...

By Kacie 2022-09-04 18:28:21

I'm also willing to sell my soul to the devil for a rock star

Hahahahaha the rock version of The Phantom of the Opera + Faust, but it feels too huge. It's not bad enough for art rock at that time, although it's still a bit sloppy. The head of the theater is the senior of the agent of the Velvet Gold Mine, and the Phantom still has some achievements. He got the sci-fi (Phantom's shape and equipment), and he is a bit like TOXIE, hahahaha. And the actress is playing the gloomy wind. It seems that the birdiest person in it is not the Phantom, but the funny...

By Doris 2023-09-23 16:36:29

Golden Strawberry: cult song and dance, death rock, the modern Count of Monte Cristo who escaped into nothingness, the crazy and neurotic Faust, the various elements contained in Parma just...

By Laurie 2023-09-22 22:37:16

There is no doubt that Parma is the most powerful one, although the story is not clear, but this kind of film is to look at the style and see the creativity, and many pay tribute to many aesthetic...

By Aimee 2023-09-17 03:13:58

8.7 There is still such a De Palma! "The Phantom of the Opera" and "Faust" are a mixture of "freak". The bizarre art style and the extreme audio-visual effects play the camp aesthetics to the extreme, creating a sense of dizziness that goes straight to the sky. It can be said that it is very...

By Vaughn 2023-09-02 01:40:34

The film is a bit interesting. In fact, the portrayal of people like Swan can basically be found in any era. After Jiang Lang's talent is exhausted, the best way to achieve artistic beauty is to die. William Finley looks a bit like the glasses brother in Freaks and Geeks. In addition, there is a sissy who will paint a different pattern on his matchmaker mole in almost every scene. It's fun and...

By Madisen 2023-08-30 07:52:13

Rarely have I seen a movie so uncomfortable. . . . =L= I don’t know how to appreciate it...