ファントム・オブ・パラダイス
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容姿は冴えないが天才的なセンスをもつ無名のミュージシャンであるウィンスロー・リーチは、誰の後ろ盾もなく自分の曲を懸命に売り込もうとしていた。その最中に無名で駆け出しの女性歌手フェニックスの才能を見出し、ともにその将来を夢見る。だが間を置かず、大手レコード会社「デス・レコード」社長のスワンに曲を奪われ、美しい彼女は身体を奪われかけ、自身は無実の罪で投獄される。獄中でスワンが自分の作品に醜悪なアレンジを施し、大々的に売り出そうとすることを知ったウィンスローは激怒し、脱獄してレコード会社に乱入するが、警官に制止された際、誤ってプレス機に頭を挟まれ、顔と声が潰れてしまう。
製作費: $1,300,000 (2億円)
興行収入: $250,000 (0億円)
純利益: $-1,050,000 (-2億円)
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William Finley as the eponymous character and Paul Williams as the duplicitous record producer "Swan" both ham up enjoyably in this update of the Gaston Leroux novel. "Finley" is writing a cantata, parts of which are overheard by the unscrupulous "Swan" who gets his sidekick "Philbin" (George Memmoli) to pinch the score. Next thing, auditions are ongoing and the poor old writer has been well and truly sidelined. He's determined to wreak his revenge, a determination amplified after an accident sees him hideously disfigured. With chaos ensuing all around, "Swan" decides to try and make a peace with his nemesis - but pretty soon it's clear that's never going to work and as the opening night of the rock club "The Paradise" looms ever closer, you have to wonder if you'd really want a ticket after all. It's good fun this film with some entertaining performances at the top, Jessica Harper holds her own as the feisty chanteuse "Phoenix" and there's just about enough menacing megalomania to prevent it descending into farce. It's quite easy to see how many subsequent films or concepts it may have spawned as it takes much from musical theatre and high drama and mingles them into something that's a sort of an hybrid of the "Man from U.N.C.L.E" and "Jesus Christ Superstar". Williams also wrote much of the of the original soundtrack with a few power ballads packed in to keep the pace moving along and it's worth sticking about for the credits. It has dated, but I still enjoyed it.
