SoulAlive said:

That performance was HOT!

lottielooloo1968 said:

Tame said:

Ok, you really are crazy.

purplesweat said:

GB over UTCM ... ...interesting

GB sucks

JMO

Another piece of bullshit that appeared as a movie in 1990 was Dick Tracy.

It was nice that GB and UTCM got reissued a few years ago when Purple Rain did . .. riding on that 20-year anniversary of Purple Rain.

I'm glad I picked them all up to replace my VHS tapes, but I won't be watching GB much, if at all. It's more for a complete collection.

muleFunk said:

COSIGN!!!!!
but the special effects makeup was the shit

purplesweat said:

'Under The Cherry Moon' is a masterpiece compared to 'Graffiti Bridge'.At least with 'Cherry Moon',there are some genuinely funny parts and the scenery throughout is fantastic.Plus,there are some great songs on the soundtrack.I always thought that the critics were too harsh in their assessment of this film.

'Graffiti Bridge' is a sad,depressing,cheap-looking,long form music video.There's very little humor.

I read somewhere that G B was origanly writen for The Time as a comeback project .Prince wanted it to be their story as Purple Rain was his but warners didnt want to know unless Prince was in the film .
A real shame i think as the final film was a real mess.
Just a load of ideas weakly stitched together.Once the plot had Madonna involved,she turned it down (good move for both partys)then Kim which might have fitted in better after the Batman project but i think a complete waste as Prince was very populer at the time,
He could of increased his popularaty world wide with something better!!
Maybe the aborted Camille film and album!

purpleparty3000 said:

Yeah,I heard this too.It was supposed to be a Time movie,directed by Prince (who was also slated to make a brief cameo).In the mid-to-late 80s,there were alot of rumors about a Time movie and reunion.At one point,Janet Jackson was mentioned as a possible co-star.Warners were interested,but they wanted Prince to play a major role in the film.




Did you ever read the early script? This is the script that Prince presented to Madonna in September 1987 when she visited Paisley Park.It is horrendous In this version of the film,Cat is competing with Madonna for Prince's affection...lol...I think Madonna's character is named "Ruthie Washington",if I remember correctly.Prince's character is named Camille.




In the fall of 1989,it was rumored that Kim was gonna co-star in 'Graffiti Bridge' with Prince.She had helped him rewrite the script.For some reason,I don't think she was really serious about co-starring in this project.It's inconceivable that she would follow up her successful role in "Batman" with a role in a risky $7 million musical.I had heard that Prince was simply using Kim as a "bargaining tool" in his negotiations with Warners.Initially,they didn't think the movie was worth funding but when Prince mentioned Kim as a possible co-star,they suddenly got excited about it.They gave Prince the green light to go ahead with it.




On a recent thread,I made an interesting observation about Prince.Whenever he has a really successful period,he always seems to screw it up the next year He doesn't know how to ride the momentum and use it to his advantage.In the summer and fall of 1989,Prince was enjoying a very big comeback.The 'Batman' soundtrack and first single had both reached Number One,his singles were all over the radio,and he was suddenly "hot" again.1990 would have been a perfect time for Prince to release a Greatest Hits collection,looking back on his 80s highlights.He also could have done a huge US tour.Instead,he started 1990 off with his worst movie and a less-than-spectacular soundtrack.

SoulAlive said:

does a movie have to be funny to be good?
i think that interpreting any of Prince's film should be
kindof like literary critisism. there are meanings on
different levels...one simply needs to take the time to
see what they might be. then again, if a fan thinks little
of Prince's spirituality, then GB is not for them, because
it really is about his views on what is good, pure or
tempting. it's a personal thing.

MyLawd said:

No,a movie doesn't have to be funny to be good but it at least has to be watchable,with some redeeming qualities.As for the spiritual aspect of it...I totally "get" the point that Prince was trying to make.I understand the whole "good vs. evil" thing.That's not the problem.The problem is,storytelling isn't one of Prince's strengths.The plot in this film is almost non-existent.

Efan said:

I really loved the Tick Tick Bang performance too. But, man, anyone who loves the art of film-making has to admit that GB, as a piece of film, is baaaaad.

LOL
It was a horrible film.Horrible.The acting was worse even than in Under the Cherry Moon.

The whole thing of it being on Sets I think came from the Sign O Times Movie/Concert.

Bad Idea.

BaileyWalker said:

Sure fire way to sterilize a film is to have every scene shot on a set!! Hey, I just realized that GB looked alot like Sesame Street. Sesame street without the assless pants!

DesireeNevermind said:

Not everything in the movie was filmed on a set (but most of it was).

The motorcycle scene from the Thieves In The Temple segment was filmed in Minneapolis at/around the real 7 corners.

DesireeNevermind said:

Holy crap - up until this point, reading this thread, I thought 'JJ' stood for Jellybean Johnson! Now there's a whole 'nother movie!!!