Film
dir. Brian de Palma, 1974, 92 mins
Composer Winslow Leach hides his wounded face beneath a sinister silver mask and writes his music for the woman he loves. Betrayed by evil producer Swan, he decides to haunt his rock palace, the Paradise. Brian de Palma’s rock opera is a flamboyant horror comedy loosely adapted from Gaston Leroux’s The Phantom of the Opera.
The screening will be preceded by an introduction by Dr Annette Davison (University of Edinburgh)
Related / Latest Publication:
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Gaston Leroux, The Phantom of the Opera, translated by Mireille Ribière (Penguin Classics, April 2012) |