PHANTOM OF THE OPERA - So where are we at in 2011?

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feeds@yuku.com (Hunch and Judy) — Thu, 28 Mar 2013 16:48:12 PST

Scoundrel wrote: Any recent news on the new footage that was found and will it be available on Milestone's anticipated Blu ray...?I,too, am very interested in any updates.Jim

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feeds@yuku.com (Scoundrel) — Mon, 18 Mar 2013 16:41:29 PST

Any recent news on the new footage that was found and will it be available on Milestone's anticipated Blu ray...?

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feeds@yuku.com (NoeticHatter) — Thu, 11 Oct 2012 21:33:58 PST

Not sure which thread is for general Phantom talk, so I will go with this one. Just wanted to point out the nice Biblical reference here, suggesting perhaps that Erik thinks of himself as a kind of god?"There is no fear in love, for perfect love casts...
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feeds@yuku.com (Hunch and Judy) — Sat, 14 Jul 2012 11:09:59 PST

This showed last night at the film forum but i did not stick around to see it. The very hefty "100 years of" program book that came free with the movies (drac and frank- looked beautiful by the way) mentioned the phantom print as the '29 but a UNI-UCLA re...
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feeds@yuku.com (Wich2) — Sat, 14 Jul 2012 01:59:46 PST

Fellas, I hear ya. But: 1. We're not talking about a FRANKENSTEIN situation here: dropping in one or two cuts from a different source. We're talking about putting back together a checkerboard of two different prints over the whole length of the movie. ...
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feeds@yuku.com (pulp novelties) — Fri, 13 Jul 2012 23:17:29 PST

Gojira wrote:I think between the several dvds, we have perfectly watchable versions of Phantom, yet I think that the least one could do for posterity is make a better version of the 1925 cut, using the 35mm elements when suitable. Worked for Metropolis.I'...
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feeds@yuku.com (Gojira) — Fri, 13 Jul 2012 22:17:42 PST

I think between the several dvds, we have perfectly watchable versions of Phantom, yet I think that the least one could do for posterity is make a better version of the 1925 cut, using the 35mm elements when suitable. Worked for Metropolis.

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feeds@yuku.com (pulp novelties) — Fri, 13 Jul 2012 19:54:44 PST

Wich2 wrote:Boy, not me. Because though they are both essentially only potboiler Horror Mellers, not Great Cinema, what's missing from the later POTO materially alters the film much more than a few frames here and there does in the case of HOD. -Cra...
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feeds@yuku.com (Wich2) — Fri, 13 Jul 2012 15:33:01 PST

Boy, not me. Because though they are both essentially only potboiler Horror Mellers, not Great Cinema, what's missing from the later POTO materially alters the film much more than a few frames here and there does in the case of HOD. -Craig

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feeds@yuku.com (pulp novelties) — Fri, 13 Jul 2012 07:53:48 PST

Wich2 wrote:Pn, I don't think POTO is Great Silent Cinema, either -- that would be Murnau's SUNRISE, Gance's NAPOLEON, Sjostrom's THE WIND, and the like. And in fact, as far as classic filmed monstuh stories from the era, I prefer Robertson's DR. JEKYLL &...
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feeds@yuku.com (Wich2) — Fri, 13 Jul 2012 03:38:15 PST

Pn, I don't think POTO is Great Silent Cinema, either -- that would be Murnau's SUNRISE, Gance's NAPOLEON, Sjostrom's THE WIND, and the like. And in fact, as far as classic filmed monstuh stories from the era, I prefer Robertson's DR. JEKYLL & MR. HYDE. ...
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feeds@yuku.com (jamesenstein31) — Fri, 13 Jul 2012 02:50:43 PST

I'm with you, Rick. This has to be one of my all-time favorites and the 25' version is in such horrid condition.

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feeds@yuku.com (Rick) — Fri, 13 Jul 2012 01:13:59 PST

As one who is loathe to spend full-price for any DVD (I still haven't gotten the restored METROPOLIS and I loved it in the theatre), PHANTOM is one I'd definitely spring for immediately. If it really was an improved-as-possible, complete-as-possible...
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feeds@yuku.com (pulp novelties) — Thu, 12 Jul 2012 21:31:59 PST

Well, I should come clean. I like PHANTOM, I don't love PHANTOM. It seems more Victorian stagey in sentiment than supernatural. A Gothic romance if you will. Sure, all these films have dated, but I kind of get why there is a little less enthusiasm for PHA...
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feeds@yuku.com (Wich2) — Thu, 12 Jul 2012 20:55:41 PST

Pn, this is cordial, I promise! >METROPOLIS has more sci-fi geek appeal than PHANTOM, and NOSFERATU as got that Gothy vampire thing, just a hunch.< True. But PHANTOM has its own phantomania subset, due partly to the invigiration from the Webber v...
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feeds@yuku.com (pulp novelties) — Thu, 12 Jul 2012 20:23:48 PST

Wich2 wrote:Well, quien sabe? But if people will plunk down their repeat shekels for spiffed silents like METROPOLIS and NOSFERATU, and creaky early talkies like DRACULA, I really think a sharp POTO would sell.METROPOLIS has more sci-fi geek ap...
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feeds@yuku.com (PhantomXCI) — Thu, 12 Jul 2012 19:49:04 PST

I agree that a really good restoration would sell. My sour grapes post (#122) was meant that Universal will not undertake a restoration. If it happens at all, it will come from Image or Kino or Criterion, or somebody who accepts that it's not going to s...
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feeds@yuku.com (Wich2) — Thu, 12 Jul 2012 19:04:00 PST

Well, quien sabe? But if people will plunk down their repeat shekels for spiffed silents like METROPOLIS and NOSFERATU, and creaky early talkies like DRACULA, I really think a sharp POTO would sell.

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feeds@yuku.com (pulp novelties) — Thu, 12 Jul 2012 19:00:02 PST

I just don't know how big of an audience there is for PHANTOM to begin with, classic or not. Silent films a tough sell or we'd see more of them. Even in these parts I've heard people say "All I have is the Alpha version of......" I could believe that if s...
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feeds@yuku.com (Wich2) — Thu, 12 Jul 2012 14:42:20 PST

That's about what I was trying to say, pn. 1. Such a bells-and-whistles '25 package COULD be marketed as, "Unseen in this form since the original release!" -and, as Hunch says- 2. If containing enough differences (some...
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PHANTOM OF THE OPERA - So where are we at in 2011?

feeds@yuku.com (Joe Karlosi) — Tue, 16 Aug 2011 11:42:45 PST

There have been many threads dealing with this film but I'm trying to find something specific out about it. At this point in time, can someone please tell me what the "best" version of this film is on DVD/Blu-ray?Last night I watched portions of the TCM a...
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