Nostalgium Arcanum - Episodes Tagged with “Phantom”

The Masque of the Red Death

Doug Lief — Sat, 26 Oct 2024 00:15:00 -0700

It's a bonus episode on top of a bonus episode! We're doing another Halloween reading, this time we're commemorating the Phantom of the Opera's favorite costume by revisiting Edgar Allen Poe's immortal classic, The Masque of the Red Death. The short story features Poe's gloomy mysterious prose, and strikes at our shared anxieties about pestilence and mortality.

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Musical Credits:

Intro - Dark Flute (Jim Guthrie)
Leyndell, Royal Capital (Yuka Kitamura)
Edgar Allen Poe (Larry Grossman / Hal Hackady)

The Phantom Of The Opera (1925)

Doug Lief — Fri, 18 Oct 2024 00:15:00 -0700

We can't stay silent about the classic 1925 version of The Phantom of the Opera. From Lon Chaney's iconically inhuman make-up to his all-too-human performance, the film still thrills and chills nearly 100 years later. We're joined once again by writer/director of The Canyon, Alex Sosin, to venture into the depths below the Paris opera house and revel in the true face of what dwells within.

Check out the teaser for The Canyon here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NFFWbNbdtKA

And if you want to watch The Canyon in its entirety check it out at the Twin Cities Film Festival or stream it here: https://twincitiesfilmfest.org/film-fest-movie/the-canyon/

To watch Phantom of the Opera itself (the version we're referring to in the cast) watch it here: https://youtu.be/TUamUHcxMVY?si=VpW4QjvN0tMfpaJJ

And if you want bonus Phantom '25 content, please subscribe to our friend Jala Prendes' podcast, Jala-Chan's Place, to hear us delve into the notable production and film preservation issues surrounding the film. That companion episode will release on October 25.

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Musical Credits:

Intro - Dark Flute (Jim Guthrie)
Score from The Phantom of the Opera by Gustav Hinrichs
M.A.S.K. - Haim Saban / Shuki Levy

The Phantom of the Opera

Doug Lief — Mon, 10 Oct 2022 01:00:00 -0700

We've passed the point of no return as we dissect Andrew Lloyd Webber's masterpiece, the O.G., The Phantom of the Opera. The musical will soon close on Broadway after a record-breaking 35 years, over 10,000 performances, and a staggering $6,000,000,000 profit. On this episode we'll peer behind the mask to better understand why this show had such an impact and lasting legacy.

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Musical Credits:
Intro: Dark Flute - Jim Guthrie
All other tracks from The Phantom of the Opera Original Cast Recording, music by Andrew Lloyd Webber and lyrics by Charles Hart.