phantom of the paradise

DE PALMA Review

by shael stolberg “Your being critizied against the fashion of the day and when the fashion changes everybody forgets about that” “Being a director is being a watcher. We have a lot of egos in the room and you have to watch how they interact with each other” ” I did grow up in an […]

PHANTOM OF THE PARADISE @ The Royal

http://www.theroyal.to/films/neon-dreams-cinema-club-phantom-paradise/ “He sold his soul for rock-n-roll,” read the tagline for Brian De Palma’s satirical Phantom of the Opera for the ’70s rock scene. After hearing Winslow Leach (William Finley) perform a song from his Faust rock opera, Phil Spector-ish impresario Swan (Paul Williams) decides that Winslow’s opera would be the perfect debut attraction for […]