With an ongoing run of over two decades in New York City alone, plus numerous international productions, this story of love, passion, drama, and haunting beauty has remained a perennial favorite among theatergoers for years. Leroux's story has been adapted many times in many mediums, but perhaps the most famous is the musical theater rendition by English composer Andrew Lloyd Webber.
I wasn't overly fond of the film but found this piece to be pretty well-balanced and honest in people's expectations on how it turned out and what they were attempting to do with it.In 1910, French author Gaston Leroux published his novel “Le Fantôme de l’Opéra”, a story partly inspired by events that took place at the Garnier opera house in Paris during the 19th century. Overall, just about every aspect of the production is covered so fans will certainly enjoy hearing the stories. Of course, with such a gory film, we get to hear why they went into that direction and some of the people even talk about how they think the gore ruined the film. Other items discussed includes the hard make-up that Englund had to wear and the various production problems including poorly built sets and Schoelen talks about her injuries on the film. It's interesting to hear from Englund as he discusses his thoughts of being compared or mentioned with some of the earlier actors who played the part. Clocking in at 38-minutes, the film manages to give you quite a bit of information on how the film got started due to the title falling into the public domain and how Englund got on board. If you're a fan of the film then this documentary will certainly be a must see. Screenwriter Duke Sadefur is also here with make-up designer Kevin Yagher, special effects master John Carl Buechler and many others. Those two men are here to discuss the production of the film and they're joined by co- stars Jill Schoelen and Alex Hyde-White.
Little and starring Robert Englund in the title role. Behind the Mask: The Making of 'The Phantom of the Opera' (2015) *** 1/2 (out of 4) Highly entertaining documentary about the making of the 1989 version of THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA, directed by Dwight H.
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