Phantom of the Paradise | Full Movie | Movies Anywhere

A crazy, savage film -- iconoclastic and truly liberating.

De Palma, who can't tell a plain story, does something that a couple of generations of student and underground filmmakers have been trying to do and nobody else has ever brought off. He creates a new Guignol, in a modern idiom.

I watched with delight and surprise, never bored and increasingly amazed at the brilliance and originality of what I was seeing. I was very sorry when it was over and long to see it again.

So much works so well in this film that it's a crime Paul Williams's music is so dull.

Stylishly produced and directed by Brian De Palma, the film combines the legend of Faust, Phantom of the Opera and the Picture of Dorian Grey for an outrageous film with a great rock score by Paul Williams.