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Originally Posted by Nadal Fan
I watched Phantom of the Paradise for the first time yesterday and it blew me away. Just an amazing whacky 70s musical that's insane and campy and brilliant.
The story is about a musician who is writing his masterpiece based on the legend Faust and an evil music mogual steels his songs and wants to use them to open his new music venue the Paradise. There is alot more to it, but that's kinda the basic elements.
Apparently when it was released everywhere hated the film in North America and it only lasted a week in theatres, except Winnipeg where it was huge and played there for a year.
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That is an interesting fact I have never heard before.
When I was in Wpg, Phantom was a cult favourite with my friends - we watched it and talked about far too much. Then when I would make references to quotes from it, I often got blank looks, which always surprised me.
Now I know why - no one else watched it!