Phenomena - The Film Debate

[Nosferatu@Cult Labs]

Originally Posted by Paul@Lovelockandload

I I have absolutely no love for Phantom of the Opera and The Mother of Tears--that I will never, ever sit through again!

Phantom of the Opera is really the worst film Argento has ever made and some of the blame has to be laid at the feet of Julian Sands who is truly an abysmal actor. I've only seen Mother of Tears once but really want to watch it again at some point.

Originally Posted by Paul@Lovelockandload

...and it's got Donald Pleasance playing a Scottish professor and a homicidal chimpanzee. There really is a lot to love.

Donald Pleasance plays a Scottish professor and a homicidal chimpanzee? That really is some thespian feat!

[Paul@TheOverlook]

I think MOTHER OF TEARS is Argento's worst by far. As bad as PHANTOM OF THE OPERA is, at least it didn't try and piss on the memory of two great films.

Originally Posted by Nosferatu@Cult Labs

Phantom of the Opera is really the

Donald Pleasance plays a Scottish professor and a homicidal chimpanzee? That really is some thespian feat!

The roles are pretty much interchangable.

[ZigZagZombie]

Originally Posted by Nosferatu@Cult Labs

Donald Pleasance plays a Scottish professor and a homicidal chimpanzee? That really is some thespian feat!

Lol, would pay serious money to see that version of the film

Depending what mood I'm in I'd say this ties with Suspiria and Inferno as my favourite Argento film. Whilst I prefer those two more celebrated works for their music, lighting and atmosphere I think it's fair to say I find Phenomena more fun to watch due to its sheer balls-out craziness. Always love the bemused look I get off people when I try and tell them what it's about; unfortunately most of them find the premise a little too far out to consider actually watching it. Ah well, their loss eh?

[necroluciferia]

Beautiful film. Amazing atmosphere, a fun story and I love some of the characters in this film (namely Jennifer, the Professor and the adorable chimp ) The dream sequences make it quite surreal in parts and I think the soundtrack is just incredible!

[vinncent]

Where are the BD reviews??

[Nosferatu@Cult Labs]

Originally Posted by vinncent

Where are the BD reviews??

They'll be a way off yet as my review copy only arrived this morning and the reviews generally only go up in the week prior to release. This is something that I am keen to watch and review ASAP but want to re-watch the DVD first to see how the HD picture and sound compares. Anyway, as soon as there are reviews around, there will be a thread in this section where you can find all the links and quotes.

[vinncent]

Thanks..but isn´t the release date the 14th? Then this is the week prior to release!

[Nosferatu@Cult Labs]

Originally Posted by vinncent

Thanks..but isn´t the release date the 14th? Then this is the week prior to release!

The release date is actually March 7th, so look for reviews at the end of February and the beginning of March.

[skyofcrack]

Phenomena was only just classified uncut by the BBFC a mere 8 days ago.

Title « British Board of Film Classification

@111:14 PAL that would be 115:41 NTSC for the Italian Cut of the film. 6 min. longer than the Director's Cut. @109:39.

Really looking forward to this.

[The Reaper Man@Cult Labs]

Nice to see that.