A cult classic from 1974, Phantom of the Paradise is a modern take on Phantom of the Opera. By modern of course, I mean 70s modern and holy hell is this ever a period piece. Next to nothing looks like it could happen at sci-fi movie reviews just any point in history, it all screams mid 70s. Nevertheless, this film written and directed by Brian De Palma did rather poorly when initially released.. Is there a big (blog post) overarching reason for that? No, seriously I want to know I'm confused about this.
Source: Phantom of the Paradise Movie Review - (blog post) Decker Shado