![]() ![]() I decided to place Rupert Julian’s silent version from 1925, Arthur Lubin’s version from 1943, and Joel Schumacher’s 2004 big screen version of the Andrew Lloyd Webber musical in head-to-head competition. Having recently read Gaston Leroux’s 1909-1910 novel The Phantom of the Opera, I thought it would be interesting to see how different cinematic versions succeeded or failed at presenting the musical maniac, his conflicted crush Christine, and his romantic rival Raoul. ![]() Directors and writers can take characters into new genres, time periods, and universes while ensuring that our artistic past never remains too far from our present. One of the best things about having stories in the pop culture consciousness for so long is seeing how they evolve and are reinterpreted over time.
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