The Phantom of the Opera (1924) (Silent Film Classic)
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Movie Reviews of The Phantom of the Opera (1924) (Silent Film Classic)
Movie Review: Non Existant Film
Summary: 5 Stars
this is one of the very few silent pictures I've not picked up a good DVD version of yet and I was reading keviny01 review....
"On both DVDs, the "Bal Masque" scene is shown in two-strip Technicolor, with the color on the Milestone disc looking a little more realistic. Also, in order to duplicate the original film as much as possible, some of the color scenes on the Milestone disc were actually digitally colored (such as the phantom's red cape at the roof of the opera house), because there is no existing color footage for them."
do you mean for an original film negative or restored print?
Because if a restored print counts then YES ONE DOES!!!!
I first saw this movie in a customer's house the is a film collector and he has a restored Kodakrome print of it....with the red cape on the roof top scene. Every version I've picked up of this movie it's always in black and white which is a crying shame cause that is something to see.
Now mind you the Reds have bled out over the years but it's still something!
at least I know I can get to see it done up in this version when I pick it up.
Movie Review: Wow
Summary: 5 Stars
Now I used to own a copy of this on VHS, you know the type: the one with all the worn lines running on and off througout the movie. Anyway I finally upgraded it to DVD a few weeks ago...oh my god, the picture is freakin increadable! You can SEE EVERYTHING!! Someone went to great pains to make sure of it too, every detail is crisp with the occasional blurr and age lines, but that's to be expected, I mean the film's pretty old. But other than that, you got yourself an extremely upgraded Chaney flick, one of his most famous ones I think. Oh, did I happen to mention you actually have MUSIC going on during this too? That's right, some sound with your movie. I encourage you topurchase this, you won't regret it, at least I didn't...Movie Review: One of the greatest movies of all time
Summary: 5 Stars
The phantom of the opera with Lon Chaney is one of the greatest films ever made. Although not scary by todays standards the movie is riveting and has a great storyline. I would recommend watching this movie late at night before bed with the lights turned out as it would add to the enhancement that the movie produces.Movie Review: a must-own for fans pf gothic horror
Summary: 5 Stars
Image's lavish 2-disc set does justice to Lon Chaney's riveting performance as the "Phantom of the Opera." This has long been one of my favorite films, but felt as if I had only seen it for the first time after watching the 1929 edition included in this set. The print is beautiful, and the commentary by Scott MacQueen is insightful. The technicolor has been added to the "Bal Masque" scene, and there is a gorgeous scene of a red-cloaked Erik poised against an anotherwise blue-tinted background. Plus there are loads of stills, promotional materials, alternate music and soundtracks, as well as the 1925 cut of the film. Absolutely essential for fans of gothic horror.Movie Review: The pathos of Lon Chaney gave the Phantom its dimension...
Summary: 4 Stars
Lon Chaney was the first of the long line of Phantoms and the one against whom all his successors had to be measured...
The story, despite all its alternatives, is the familiar one of the musician avoiding the world because of his disfigurement and retreating to a hideout beneath the Opera House, from where he emerges to terrorize singers and audience alike...
He kidnaps a young girl singer - perhaps to teach her to become a great star; certainly because, in his grotesque and pathetic way, he loves her - and carries her off to a boudoir he has prepared far underground...
There was melodrama in plenty: in the first version, for example, two would-be rescuers found themselves trapped in an uncomfortable mirrored room the Phantom had prepared, where they first got a heat treatment and then were flooded...
But, beyond all the heightened effects, it was the pathos of the Phantom underscoring his lonely menace which gave the character a dimension, and the isolation of the captor and his captive, imprisoned to a literal underworld, which gave the suspense of the whole film its power...