Revised and Updated, this Third Edition of Phantoms of the Opera: The Face Behind the Mask includes lots of new material from the Gerard Butler-Emmy Rossum Phantom as well as dozens of other productions that have come out in the 15 years since the book was last printed. Mention The Phantom of the Opera at a dinner party, and each guest will have his or her own vivid, almost visceral, recollection of the tale of a disfigured musical genius and his unrequited love for a beautiful, young singer. Someone will undoubtedly pantomime the famous scene from the silent era film in which Mary Philbin (as Christine Daae) sneaks up behind the Phantom, while he is playing the organ in his subterranean lair, and unmasks the great Lon Chaney, revealing his horribly disfigured face to the audience and her. Another guest is likely to burst into song, recalling The Music of the Night from the Andrew Lloyd Webber musical. Still another guest may describe the scene in which the Phantom cuts the cables free and sends the magnificent chandelier crashing down upon the patrons of the Paris Opera House. The original story contains so many richly textured scenes that each of us, at one time or another, has been seduced by the Phantom, and embraced the dark, labyrinthine world of author Gaston Leroux. Most of the productions have been as equally rich with great scenes and great performances. This book is a tribute to Leroux, his most famous novel, and those adaptations inspired by it.
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John L. Flynn, Ph.D. is a three-time Hugo nominee, and a member of the Science Fiction Writers of America and the Mystery Writers of America.. He has written nineteen books, one optioned but as yet unproduced screenplay, many short stories, articles, columns, reviews, and essays. He has appeared on television (notably the Sci-Fi Channel), in the recent documentary Finding the Future, and spoken on the radio about science fiction. He is a regular guest/attending professional at the San Diego Comic Con, DragonCon, MegaCon, and Florida SuperCon. His other books include Future Threads,Cinematic Vampires, Phantoms of the Opera, The Films of Arnold Schwarzenegger, Dissecting Aliens, Visions in Light and Shadow, War of the Worlds: From Wells to Spielberg, 75 Years of Universal Monsters, 50 Years of Hammer Horror, 101 Superheroes of the Silver Screen, The Jovian Dilemma, 2001: Beyond the Infinite, Everything I Know About Life I Learned from James Bond (with Bob Blackwood), Future Prime: The Top 10 Science Fiction Films (with Bob Blackwood), Intimate Bondage, Architects of Armageddon, Murder on Air Force One, Terror at G-20, and Merchants of Death. John makes his home in Lake Worth, Florida.
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