The Phantom of the Opera newspaper articles and interviews relating to the Paris Opera House, and the character Erik (the phantom) who fills the roles of the "mad genius", disfigured monster, and one of three in a love triangle all at once. Fitzpatrick argues that all of these elements make the book good for light reading. Myers agrees that the novel makes for a good "airplane read", but says that it fails in terms of being a good mystery novel. She claims that one of the book's downfalls is that one of the important characters - the mysterious Persian - is introduced too late in
The Phantom of the Opera (1925 film) slowly than the originally recorded speed. A trailer for the sound reissue, included for the first time on the DVD set, runs at the faster sound film speed, with the audio at the correct pitch. On November 1, 2011, Image Entertainment released a new Blu-ray version of "Phantom", produced by Film Preservation Associates, the film preservation company owned by David Shepard. On January 10, 2012, Shadowland Productions released "The Phantom of the Opera: Angel of Music Edition", a two-disc DVD set featuring a newly recorded dialogue track with sound effects and an original musical score. The film was also reedited,