Phantom Of The Opera Movie Analysis

Cue a black and white scene of present France. The camera leisurely zooms into an opera house abandoned and covered in cobwebs. It pans to an older generation of people with a chandelier lying broken on the wooden floor. As the auctioneer points to the chandelier, powerful music cues as it rises from the ground, unveiling the opera house as its prime. Black and white shifts to a vibrant array of colors. Christine Daae is the rising star and the Phantom is causing a string of terror. The Phantom hides behind a mask and makes his home beneath the opera house to mask himself from the atrocities of his past and showing the image he wants everyone to perceive of him, including Christine. He carries out the image through calculated scenes of scandal and murder, striking the occupants with fear so he can coerce them to follow his demands. He does this through cryptic letters sealed by a skull imprinted in blood red wax. …show more content…
This adaptation is based off the novel published by Gaston Leroux in 1909, when the beliefs of supernatural beings existing ran rampant, which is why the title alludes to a supernatural being. The supposed “Phantom” refers to a physical man who created an image of a ghost so he can manipulate everyone within the opera house in which he resided. The movie draws me in with its enchanting music, elegant gowns, poetic French dialect and accent. Yet, it brings an English cultural element to the story as well. It creates an air of mystery by keeping many elements hidden until the very end when the film brings all of them together to leave the film 's community well