Brian De Palma’s Phantom of the Paradise is a Phantom of of the Opera and Dante’s Inferno send-up, but within it there’s an homage in a fake play where one of the film’s most standout characters, Beef, performs a Frankenstein-inspired song “Life at Last,” penned by the film’s songwriter, composer, and star Paul Williams (who also wrote The Muppets’ “Rainbow Connection”).
Brian De Palma’s Phantom of the Paradise is a Phantom of of the Opera and Dante’s Inferno send-up, but within it there’s an homage in a fake play where one of the film’s most standout characters, Beef, performs a Frankenstein-inspired song “Life at Last,” penned by the film’s songwriter, composer, and star Paul Williams (who also wrote The Muppets’ “Rainbow Connection”).