Black & White, mute, with a classical music soundtrack.
As the intrigues goes on, one can fully appreciate that the movie was made when cinema was still at its debuts and consisted in theatrical mimics and music -not quite, and I'm astonishing myself by saying that, the refined art one can see nowadays. However, one can also see how influencial this movie was to its followers, especially the 2005's version, which translates most of it into our cinematic epoca.
Characters:
Carlotta: she's the Opera star singer; her mother wants her to keep the lead even when the Phantom threatens her.
Erik, The Phantom: He looks like death himself -having no nose and less eyes than holes in the place of eyes; furthermore, he sleeps in a grave like place. However, he's got "a melodious voice, like the voice of an angel". At first, he seems to be Christine's mentor, telling her to "forget all worldly things and think only of your career" and sabotaging performances for her sake, but then one discovers he's in love with her and desires to keep her for himself. Moreover, he's supposed to be an escaped, insane strangler.
Christine: At first, she believes her master is spiritual and seems kinda possessed by the spirit of Opera ; she's ready to belong to him until he reveals he is the Phantom. When she sees his horrid face, she betrays him and chooses to elope with Raoul.
Raoul de Chagny: He loves Christine and wants to marry her; she at first rejects his proposal saying that she shall never leave the Opera, and then changes her mind.
As the intrigues goes on, one can fully appreciate that the movie was made when cinema was still at its debuts and consisted in theatrical mimics and music -not quite, and I'm astonishing myself by saying that, the refined art one can see nowadays. However, one can also see how influencial this movie was to its followers, especially the 2005's version, which translates most of it into our cinematic epoca.
Characters:
Carlotta: she's the Opera star singer; her mother wants her to keep the lead even when the Phantom threatens her.
Erik, The Phantom: He looks like death himself -having no nose and less eyes than holes in the place of eyes; furthermore, he sleeps in a grave like place. However, he's got "a melodious voice, like the voice of an angel". At first, he seems to be Christine's mentor, telling her to "forget all worldly things and think only of your career" and sabotaging performances for her sake, but then one discovers he's in love with her and desires to keep her for himself. Moreover, he's supposed to be an escaped, insane strangler.
Christine: At first, she believes her master is spiritual and seems kinda possessed by the spirit of Opera ; she's ready to belong to him until he reveals he is the Phantom. When she sees his horrid face, she betrays him and chooses to elope with Raoul.
Raoul de Chagny: He loves Christine and wants to marry her; she at first rejects his proposal saying that she shall never leave the Opera, and then changes her mind.
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