The Phantom of the Opera (1925)

d. Rupert Julian

Starring:

Lon Chaney

Mary Philbin

Norman Kerry

This week on TMR, Steve inadvertently reveals his creepy, gross fetish for ballerina feet, for which we mercilessly judge him, and Ryan struggles to stay awake through the 1925 silent classic “Phantom of the Opera.” The guys talk about the Phantom’s penchant for date-rapey interior decor, the unfortunate renaissance of hipster mustaches, and did we mention Steve has a fetish for ballerina feet?

Things discussed in the show:

Black Mass (Johnny Depp, Whitey Bulger)

What’s eating Gilbert Grape, Blow, Donny Brasco, Pirates of the Caribbean, Once Upon a Time in Mexico

Gary Oldman (Bram Stoker’s Dracula)

Peaky Blinders

Martin Scorsese (Gangs of New York, Taxi Driver, Raging Bull, The King of Comedy)

Robert DeNiro

New York, New York (Liza Mennelli)

Vinyl (Mick Jagger, Keith Richards)

Gimme Shelter (The Maysles brothers – Albert Maysles, David Maysles)

The Rolling Stones – Cocksucker Blues

Fugazi – Ian MacKaye

Chuck Berry, Muddy Waters, Howling Wolf

The Guest, MKUltra, Downtown Abbey

Ti West (House of the Devil, The Innkeepers)

Stravinsky

Project Greenlight (Shia LaBeouf, Holes, Battle of Shaker Heights, Aidan Quinn, Ben Affleck, Matt Damon)

Stolen Summer (Pete Biagi)

Steve’s sick obsession with ballerinas

Masque of the Red Death

Internet porn

The General (Buster Keaton)

Intolerance (D.W. Griffith)

Old Hollywood and The Black Daliah

Charlie Chaplin as a pedophile

Phantom of the Paradise (Brian De Palma)

Gaston LeRoux

Ulysses’ Gaze (Harvey Keitel)

Faust

Mom and Dad Save the World

Facial hair of the ’20s and pick up artists

Se7en (Kevin Spacey)

V for Vendetta

Dungeons & Dragons

Feng Shui

Nicolas Cage

Voldemort – C.H.U.D.

Dario Argento – Julian Sans

Scooby Doo

Predator

Lady Gaga

The Man of 1000 Faces

Lon Cheney Jr. (The Wolfman)

Fatty Arbuckle

Next week: Willow