"Erik sobbed, and the Persian could not hold back his tears before that masked man...

[ddrhobbit]

...who, with his shoulders shaking and his hands on his chest, moaned sometimes with sorrow and sometimes with a tenderness that seemed to melt his heart."
-- The Phantom of the Opera, Gaston Leroux
A few days ago, I finished Leroux's The Phantom of the Opera, a brilliant mystery novel translated from French. The plot enraptured me like no other

Comments

[deoxyribos3]

too bad they left out the persian in the movie and had madame giry be the know-it-all, when she's supposed to be ugly and have three teeth. =/

but i LOVE the movie. cinematography = AWESOME.

yes the title is correct, the whole opera of the phantom's. but for andrew lloyd webber, he called it the point of no return.

i'm so glad you liked both book and movie. they are both wonderful

[jedifreac]

yup, when the phantom hands the musical sheet music to the conductor, he calls it Don Juan Triumphant...but the only song they sing in the movie from it is the Point of No Return...

[dhesve89]

You know, it's sad when I'm beyond getting nervous upon seeing "Damn" right next to a reference to myself.

[eurofete]

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[takemetoroom101]

heh, i tried to read 50pgs of that book 5 yrs ago.
so how's life? :)

[ddrhobbit]

Bitch.