So, let’s talk about “Repo! The Genetic Opera,† and the magic that still lingers around this town, Hollywood.

There is a lot of bother as to why studios don’t take chances, which is true from time to time. Just ask Robin Hardy; his follow-up to the original “Wicker Man† just got shut down, which is too bad, as the original “Wicker Man† is a fine piece of film. A sequel thirty years late interests me more than, say, a sequel every year on the dot, ala “Saw.†

“Saw,† however, did and does what Robin Hardy and the people of Summerisle probably could not: Make tons and tons of money. There is a silver lining, no doubt, but it has nothing to do with Robin Hardy or his “Cowboys for Christ.† I speak of the progeny of a man known primarily†¦for sequels.

Darren Lynn Bousman has made his passion project.

You see, sometimes, when you make an incredible amount of money for a studio, they will let you do something totally atypical. For example, do you really think “Schindler’s List† would have happened without the momentum of “Jurassic Park?† Wait, I’ll answer that for you. No, it wouldn’t have.

So, here we are. It is 2008, and what do we have to look forward to this summer?

“Repo! The Genetic Opera,† that’s what.

Say what you will in regards to the casting of hotel heiress, Paris, or whether or not the music suits your gentle palate, “Repo!† is bound to be a spectacle the likes of which you do not see in a theater very often. I’m not saying this is going to break box-office records, because it won’t. It will live on, I wager, much longer than many of this years sequels, prequels, re-imaginings, restarts or what have you. It will exist in those dark corners inhabited by “Dark City,† “A Clockwork Orange,† and even “Rocky Horror Picture Show,† films that were maligned, misunderstood, and overlooked. It’s an opera, sure, but this is a film that sings to the eyes.

Sounds like magic to me.

“Repo! The Genetic Opera” opens August 8, 2008.

Go to the official website to see the trailer.