The ghost of paradiseThe rock opera very undervalued from the horror of the mind of Brian de Palma (Carrie) and Paul Williams (The Muppet movieThat)It could be receiving a new musical adaptation. Cinema reports That Williams and Sam Pressman, whose father Ed Pressman produced the 1974 cult film, is currently being developed as a stage production.
“I am excited to have the opportunity to deliver what fans have suggested for years … Pot As a stage musical, “Williams said in a statement to Moviemaker.” I think its time has come! “” American psycho Author Bret Easton Ellis has approached him (please not), but he has not committed according to the report.
If you never heard of it The ghost of paradisePut in a screening of revival theater or rent -online, especially if you are a muppets. I know it seems strange to remove a line of “Rainbow Connection” and “There are no cheeses for us” to a glam and Gorky ’70 Riff activated The ghost of the operaBut it is with me for a moment. Palma and Williams’s musical, Musical Prade, Andrew Lloyd Webber, assumed Gaston Leroux’s novel, but inspired so many artists we know and loved today. Following its launch, Williams became the Muppetation Mind behind the music of The Muppet movie and Muppet’s Christmas Carol. Meanwhile, from Palma continued the genre hop from horror films to the crowd and began Mission: impossible Franchise.
It Ghost of paradise It fits fluently The ghost of the opera by way of Faas with a ray of The picture of Dorian Gray But he imagined again in a masterful musical magazine. It follows a composer not called Winslow Leech, who pursues an agreement with the devil in the form of a music producer Swan, played by Williams in a tasty turn for the multi-hypens. (Later also interpreted Penguin at Batman: The animated series.)
Thanks to his association with Death Records, Llech’s musical talents are torn and pressured just like his face on records that do not give him credit for his songs. Includes melodies that transform the Llech Phoenix crisis, the ingented interpreted by Jessica Harper (Sigh)In a pop star. Coming -it becomes the ghost of paradise and violently pursues all the artists who Swan tries to give their music, until they enter an agreement that Leech’s music will only go to Phoenix. And from here things are really messy and bleeding, but the man, the needle drops are legendary.
So legendary that the film, similar to its creative minds behind, also inspired media artists. Guillermo del Toro is a fan of the film and has been essential to ensure that he remains in the Zeitgeist of terror. He even has one of the phantom helmets in his collection ball, which I couldn’t imagine that he would take a walk in the lacma when he was there.
The film has also become a touch of touch for other musicians. One who really called me personally was to find out – My chemical romance was very inspired by the movie. I didn’t see it until I was an adult, I deserve a circle of shame like a ghost of the universal monsters and make original novels, but I met Mcr’s The black parade. The album No Ships is essentially a rock opera and made sense to find a lot of Gerard Way Ghost In its creation. If there is something, the way should write the book for the next Williams staging and also star in it.
Another act that has been GhostThe spell offers an even more fun accomplishment: Daft Punk. In the helmets, aesthetic and sound of the Phantom, this film really gave us the largest electronic duo that he ever turned. Williams really appeared Random access reports trace “touch”, which sounds as if it were from the time machine as Ghost of paradise B-Side.
The ghost of paradise He was ahead of his time and the announcement of his music stage gives me the hope that he will find his audience. If they modernize it, I would not hate it because I see the vision. The themes are timeless even in our digital age in which talented content creators trying to create a work that artificial influential are open. This can be a lot of crap/ghost versus coded of swan sure. Williams is a cold stone legend and his dominion of music is a gift he is still giving: this year he headed Coachella with Yo Gabba Gabba!
Although the report mentioned in Palma has approached the staging, it is not a part announced. “We certainly want Brian to feel honored,” Pressman said in the article. “I went to see Brian last fall to talk about sleep. Ghost It was an early and meaningful movie for him and I would say my father’s favorite movie in his career. I think the chaos and originality of the whole experience were deeply inspiring. “
