Phantom of the Paradise
Phantom of the Paradise

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Evil record tycoon Swan has sold his soul to the devil for eternal youth and success - 20 years ago. Swan's current scheme is to steal the music from composer Winslow Leach to celebrate the opening of his rock palace, The Paradise. While trying to stop Swan, Leach was framed and convicted for drug dealing, and becomes the victim of a freak accident that leaves him horribly disfigured. He takes refuge in the cavernous Paradise, hiding his mangled face beneath an eerie mask and... (Full plot summary below)

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Evil record tycoon Swan has sold his soul to the devil for eternal youth and success - 20 years ago. Swan's current scheme is to steal the music from composer Winslow Leach to celebrate the opening of his rock palace, The Paradise. While trying to stop Swan, Leach was framed and convicted for drug dealing, and becomes the victim of a freak accident that leaves him horribly disfigured. He takes refuge in the cavernous Paradise, hiding his mangled face beneath an eerie mask and planning gruesome vengeance upon Swan - and everyone else who has hurt him. However, Leach signs a contract with Swan to complete his rock opera based on the legend of Faust for an aspiring singer - Phoenix.

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Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN) - 10/10 by John BeifussWith its climactic assassination attempt of a lovely songstress, this sardonic skewering of the music industry-as-America may be nothing less than a more rollicking, less sniffy predecessor to Altman's 'Nashville.'
Chicago Reader - 9/10 by Dave KehrThis was one of De Palma's early efforts, and its excesses can be chalked up to youthful enthusiasm—the ideas seem appealingly audacious even when they misfire, which is more often than not.
Projection Booth - 9/10 by Rob HumanickIf you don't love it, I have to wonder what brings you to movies in the first place.
The New Yorker - 9/10 by Pauline KaelThis is De Palma pouring the new wine of his formal inventiveness and anti-authoritarian irreverence into the old bottles of archetypal myths, and it remains a supremely entertaining anomaly within his filmography, yet entirely emblematic of his filmmaking sensibilities.
Ozus' World Movie Reviews - 8/10 by Dennis SchwartzDoes a slasher's job in cutting up the greedy music business moguls with its sharp satire.
Antagony & Ecstasy - 8/10 by Tim BraytonBravura cinematic spectacle with just enough literary antecedent and social commentary that it doesn't come across as shallow as the word "spectacle" implies.
Variety - 8/10 by Variety StaffA very good horror comedy-drama about a disfigured musician haunting a rock palace. Brian De Palma's direction and script makes for one of the very rare 'backstage' rock story pix, catching the garishness of the glitter scene in its own time.
The A.V. Club - 8/10 by Ignatiy VishnevetskyA smorgasbord of camp, Grand Guignol, and bird imagery that thumbed its metal beak at commercial considerations.
Under the Radar - 7/10 by Austin TrunickWhile Phantom of the Paradise is a mess, it's an extremely interesting mess.
The List - 6/10 by Henry NorthmoreThe film has everything a cult classic needs: eccentric plotting, weird characters (watch out for Gerrit Graham as Beef), bizarre costumes and a rocking soundtrack.

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