AND MATT ZOLLER SEITZ REWATCHES PHANTOM OF THE PARADISE - "WHAT AN MFer OF A MOVIE!"
The print edition of MovieMaker magazine's Summer 2024 issue, which hit the stands a few weeks ago, includes an article titled "Phantom At 50", in which the magazine's Joshua Encinias interviews Paul Williams and the Swan Archives' Ari Kahan. This week, the article was also posted to the MovieMaker website, where it can be read in full.
In a separate bit of intriguing news, Kahan will be at the 50th anniversary screening of Phantom Of The Paradise, for which Paul Williams is an already-announced guest, at the theater where Brian De Palma's movie was filmed: The Majestic Theater in Dallas, on Saturday, October 26th. In fact, with Kahan on hand, this promises to "a very special" screening of Phantom Of The Paradise.
Meanwhile, Matt Zoller Seitz re-watched the film last night: