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Thread started 07/31/02 4:59pm

IceNine

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Does Prince draw inspiration from movies?

We have often times seen Prince discuss different movies... he was arrested for sexual activity in a movie theater and he took all the celebration customers to a movie as well.

What I want to know is... what are Prince's favorite movies?

I think that he could find inspiration from the late Italian director, Lucio Fulci.

What kind of music do you think Prince would come up with after watching a movie like "The Beyond" or "Zombie" by Lucio Fulci? I think that it would inspire him to create something entirely new and fresh. It would be good to get a little more balance in his world.



The imagery of these films would give Prince a different view and might help steer him in directions that he has yet to go. One cannot ignore the fact that life is filled with many different views and experiences. As was said in a song by The Dwarves, "It's a shame the kind of pain you can inflict... it's sick, but I know that deep down low you're loving it."



The horrors of life can be expressed through music, just as they can be expressed by the wonderful work of cinematic masters. Prince's music has gone too far toward the fairy land of pixies and dancing elves. In his quest for "Love for one another," Prince has become unbalanced. He has ignored the stark face of horror and has sugar-coated the world to a large degree. Has Prince ever written a song that could express the true horrors of the world?



These images are what is missing from Prince's music... pure images of HORROR and evil. These are the things that make pleasure pleasureable and without them joy is an empty experience.

EDIT: Changed title.
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[This message was edited Wed Jul 31 17:23:21 PDT 2002 by IceNine]
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Reply #1 posted 07/31/02 5:03pm

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IceNine,your such a softie...LOL
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Reply #2 posted 07/31/02 5:07pm

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thanks2joniandu said:

IceNine,your such a softie...LOL


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Thank you... I am a very, very sensitive individual.

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Reply #3 posted 07/31/02 5:13pm

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well... I am 100% sure he liked Kevin Smith's DOGMA!!!

he actually hired Kevin to shoot his documentary last year because.. he was so into Dogma
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Reply #4 posted 07/31/02 5:17pm

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Well, hell, what's not to love about Dogma?
I'm firmly planted in denial
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Reply #5 posted 07/31/02 5:25pm

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Nothinbutjoy said:

Well, hell, what's not to love about Dogma?


Dogma was a great movie, but there was no real HORROR there... sure, some angels started killing people and there was a shit demon... and Salma Hayek's tits were very good... but nobody was eviscerated on screen, zombies did not walk the earth and eat the brains of the living or any of their other bodily organs and there were no people run through meat grinders.

I think Prince should check out some extreme horror.
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Reply #6 posted 07/31/02 5:27pm

Vagina

Ice these are Brutal. I'd prefer him to get his inspiration from Love.
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Reply #7 posted 07/31/02 5:28pm

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Vagina said:

Ice these are Brutal. I'd prefer him to get his inspiration from Love.


Okay, we can videotape ourselves engaged in the love act and send him copies...
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Reply #8 posted 07/31/02 5:34pm

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So you're talking Hannibal type horror and then some...

Real labotomy at the dinner table type shit.

It might work... Prince does need to ease off the artsy fartsy "fairy land of pixies" stuff and get raw again.
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Reply #9 posted 07/31/02 5:47pm

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"The Idol-Maker".Godfather,The Mack,Car Wash,Which Way is Up?,&Films from the 30's through 50's you can tell with Under the Cherry Moon.IMHO
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Reply #10 posted 07/31/02 5:51pm

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Hey, that last picture looks just like my ex!

After I sorted her, obviously...
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Reply #11 posted 07/31/02 6:43pm

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OUCH! That's GOTTA hurt! wink
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Reply #12 posted 07/31/02 8:36pm

IceNine

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There is a tie-in with Prince and this movie!!! Olga Karlatos was in this movie!

I would like to see Prince write a good Zombie song based on his interpretation of these images:



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Reply #13 posted 07/31/02 8:48pm

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So cool Icenine. 8) I wish I could find those movies around where I live. They look good and gorey. Damn it makes me miss those old horror flicks. sad
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Reply #14 posted 07/31/02 9:21pm

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True evil is being a counterfeit of something good. Selah.
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Reply #15 posted 07/31/02 9:23pm

ADORA

U mean he didnt write emancipation from this inspiration???



butchery, slaughter, and obessive death were in that..


well atleast it turned out that way
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Reply #16 posted 08/01/02 2:01am

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Hey Ice, are you a big horror film fan? If so, can you give me some recommendations for a few? Ones that could be found in a video store without too much trouble.

I think the last very good horror film I saw was Rosemary's Baby... though The Omen wasn't too shabby, either. (By the way, I find the images you posted here truly terrifying and gross... I love it!)
I mean, like, where is the sun?
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STARFISHNCOFFEE said:

So cool Icenine. 8) I wish I could find those movies around where I live. They look good and gorey. Damn it makes me miss those old horror flicks. sad


Great stuff, really...

You should be able to find these movies too, as they have been released in America and Europe.

The pictures are from two movies by Lucio Fulci:

"The Beyond"
"Zombie"

These movies are certainly not for the squeamish, but they have their place.

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Reply #18 posted 08/01/02 5:04am

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Natsume said:

Hey Ice, are you a big horror film fan? If so, can you give me some recommendations for a few? Ones that could be found in a video store without too much trouble.

I think the last very good horror film I saw was Rosemary's Baby... though The Omen wasn't too shabby, either. (By the way, I find the images you posted here truly terrifying and gross... I love it!)


Oh, yeah! I am a big fan of horror movies... they are the best. Here are a few movies that should be pretty easy to find:

If you like zombie movies, I would suggest:

"Dellamorte Dellamore" (edited and released in America as "Cemetery Man")
"Let Sleeping Corpses Lie"
"Zombie"
"Dawn of the Dead"
"Night of the Living Dead"

Slasher movies:

"Hellraiser 2"
"The New York Ripper"
"Don't Torture a Duckling"
"Friday the 13th, Part 2"
"Maniac"

Movies about good, old-fashioned EVIL:

"Rosemary's Baby"
"The Beyond"
"Evil Dead"
"Evil Dead 2"
"Army of Darkness"
"Evil Dead Trap"
"House by the Cemetery"
"Deep Red"
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Reply #19 posted 08/01/02 5:27am

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You left out "Reanimator"
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Reply #20 posted 08/01/02 5:33am

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herbthe4 said:

You left out "Reanimator"


A good point has been made!

I have the new special edition of that one too...

I also left out "In the Mouth of Madness" which was another fine Lovecraft-inspired movie.

There is also a new release called "Dagon" that is based on an H.P. Lovecraft story.

That list was VERY incomplete... I was just thinking of things off the top of my head...
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Reply #21 posted 08/01/02 5:43am

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"Videodrome" - not really "horror", but very cool and creepy
"The Fly"
"Trilogy of Terror" - 3rd chapter wink
"Evil Dead 2"
"The Thing" - 1982
"Ed Gein" - true story
"Jacobs Ladder"
"the Exorcist" - of course

I still say "Jaws" was one of the scariest and most suspenseful movies ever made.

As for Prince, I know he loves "Barbarella", which is scary in its own right, and "The Matrix", which contains the usual scary acting from Keanu Reeves.
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Reply #22 posted 08/01/02 5:59am

2the9s

Speaking of horror movies, you also left out the Adventures of the Ya Ya Sisterhood, or whatever the hell that movie was called...scary shit.

I couldn't sleep for weeks.

~~~shudder~~~ eek
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Reply #24 posted 08/01/02 7:11am

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herbthe4 said:

"Videodrome" - not really "horror", but very cool and creepy
"The Fly"
"Trilogy of Terror" - 3rd chapter wink
"Evil Dead 2"
"The Thing" - 1982
"Ed Gein" - true story
"Jacobs Ladder"
"the Exorcist" - of course

I still say "Jaws" was one of the scariest and most suspenseful movies ever made.

As for Prince, I know he loves "Barbarella", which is scary in its own right, and "The Matrix", which contains the usual scary acting from Keanu Reeves.
[This message was edited Thu Aug 1 5:47:14 PDT 2002 by herbthe4]



Good choices...

I obviously love "Trilogy of Terror," as you can see from my beautiful avatar! What a classic!!!

"Ed Gein" was a pretty good movie, but it was not completely accurate... They could have really shown some strange stuff... Ed was very unique guy. By the way, the naked woman with the swastika and stuff was the best part of the movie, even though she was only in the movie for 1 second.

"Videodrome" is one of my favorites too, although not horror. "Long live the new flesh!"

Are we talking about Cronenberg's "The Fly" or the original? Both were cool.

John Carpenter did a very good job with the remake of "The Thing." I liked it a lot...

Great stuff.
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Reply #25 posted 08/01/02 9:00am

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Prince liked Caligula, I don't know if he still does now. It was the inspiration for the Gett Off video. Barbarella was the inspiration for the tone box mentioned on the symbol album. Under The Cherry Moon was inspired by the black and white movies of the 40's. So I would have to answer yes to this questions. Oh and when he says "If we're ever naked in the same machine" on Joint to Joint. I saw a scene from a movie that starred Angela Bassett where she and a guy were in a machine and they were naked and you don't see them have sex or even touch but the next thing you know she looks at him and a baby is born. I couldn't help but refer to Joint 2 Joint while watching this scene. Can anyone else think of some?
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Reply #26 posted 08/01/02 10:08am

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Yeah, he dug Barbarella big time. It was all over the Diamond & Pearls and Symbol album era. 1/2 of the song Live 4 Love is taken from that movie. The yellow faux fur that was drapped around the keyboards at his live shows and the cover 2 Gett Off was taken from the inside of Barbarella's ship. And what was that video were Prince was making out with Troy Beyer in the movie theater? Barbarella was being shown in the background.
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Reply #27 posted 08/01/02 11:02am

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He certainly inspires bad ones. wink
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Reply #28 posted 08/01/02 11:06am

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Just like you Ice, to bring something so gory into such a pure website! What's the matter with you?!

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Reply #29 posted 08/01/02 11:07am

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and a smile smile Horror movies rock! Too bad they aren't making real ones anymore...
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