Welcome to The Friday Face-Off, a weekly meme at Books by Proxy. Join us every Friday as we pit cover against cover, and publisher against publisher, to find the best artwork in our literary universe. You can find a list of upcoming topics at Lynn's Books.
This week's topic is:
Favorite Book-to-Movie Adaptation
This was a hard topic for me this week because I had a hard time thinking of any movie adaptations of books that I really love. In the end, I opted to feature The Phantom of the Opera by Gaston Leroux because it's one of the only ones I could think of where I really enjoyed the movie as well (although the music probably best, if we're being honest!). So, let's check out some (of the many) covers!
![The Phantom of the Opera](https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1327867727l/480204.jpg)
![Upiór Opery](https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1330374310l/13502807.jpg)
![El fantasma de la ópera](https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1267527647l/7803922.jpg)
1987 US Paperback | 1990 Polish | 2004 Spanish
![El fantasma de la ópera](https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1560671713l/50833391._SX318_SY475_.jpg)
![The Phantom of the Opera](https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1561621153l/45689208.jpg)
![The Phantom of the Opera](https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1347567952l/11797128.jpg)
2019 Spanish | 2020 US Paperback | 2012 Penguin Classics |
![شبح اپرا](https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1448962794l/1503034.jpg)
![Fantom iz Opere](https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1492872441l/34936024._SX318_.jpg)
![Το φάντασμα της όπερας](https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1511534908l/36653232._SX318_.jpg)
2002 Persian | 2017 Serbian | 2017 Greek
![Fantoma de la Operă](https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1461238835l/29970380._SY475_.jpg)
![Le fantôme de l'Opéra](https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1347712090l/977892.jpg)
![Fantomet i operaen](https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1364975636l/17727771.jpg)
2016 Romanian | 1992 French | 2005 Danish
My choice(s):
![Fantom iz Opere](https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1492872441l/34936024._SX318_.jpg)
This one is so beautiful and I just love the design. A lot of the covers are really fun, but I'm a sucker for some great typography and a fancy design. The colors work so well for this story as well.
What cover(s) do you like the most?
I like that one, too! You're so right about the typography,
ReplyDeleteWow there are some weird covers! That Penguin Classics is so creepy. I think I like the 2019 Spanish cover the best.
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