WELCOME TO OUR NEXT SCREENING
(And note the Lucky Draw below!)
Brian De Palma's
THE PHANTOM OF THE PARADISE
(USA | 1974 | 91 mins | M violence)
Wednesday 11 March, 7.30PM, University of Otago’s Colquhoun Lecture Theatre**
A naïve young singer-songwriter is tricked by a legendary but unscrupulous music producer into sacrificing his life’s work.
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| | “This Faustian horror/trash-rock/revenge musical... is one of the most technically impressive and energetically gonzo films of the sick ‘70s. The always-bizarre William Finley stars as the titular character Winslow, a songwriter ripped off and badly wronged by a Phil Spector-like music mogul named Swan (Paul Williams). When Swan sets his sights on the woman of the Phantom’s dreams (Suspiria’s Jessica Harper) things are going to get weird. This is De Palma’s testament to everything he loves in popular cinema, a stylistic exercise with few peers, and a great time at the movies” – Austin Film. |
| “Brian De Palma’s Faustian fulmination against the soulless corporatization of art and artist, Phantom of the Paradisestands as the fullest expression of the filmmaker’s penchant for anti-establishment satire… Hitchcock is here, of course, in the funniest Psycho parody ever filmed, but most of the allusions in this baroque fantasy are paraded with an eye for gothic classicism: Faust, The Phantom of the Opera, Frankenstein and The Picture of Dorian Gray, among others, provide the canvas onto which De Palma splashes his overwhelming filmic mojo.” – Fernando F. Croce, Slant. |
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There will be a Lucky Draw for complimentary tickets and twofers to the new New Zealand film No Tears on the Field at the screening of Phantom of the Paradise!
In this scrum, sisterhood is the strategy. |
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ADMISSION
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- or join at the door before any screening (cash only)
- you can also join at the OUSA office reception at the University of Otago (cash only)
Alternatively, you can purchase a Three-Film sampler ($25), which can be also be shared to bring two friends to one screening. The sampler does not expire and can be used over multiple years.
Membership includes generous discounts at Rialto Cinemas (from Monday to Friday) and the 2026 Dunedin Whānau Marama New Zealand International Film Festival; and FREE entry to the 2026 screenings of all other affiliated New Zealand Film Societies. Each member is entitled to ONE FREE GUEST ADMISSION to a single screening.
**To get to the Colquhoun Theatre: The Colquhoun is located on the first floor of the current Dunedin Public Hospital, above the chapel and squash courts. Stairs and lift access are from the main Hospital entrance on Great King Street.
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