OldFriends4Sale said:

"Oh Christopher, this is so nice. I've never done it inside a piano before....." LMAO!

OldFriends4Sale said:

That look! LAWD!! YES!!!!

PurpleDiamond2009 said:

That look!!! HELL TO THE YEAH!!

sexyfunkystrange said:

What to say....





don't know whether to or or... too funny.

OldFriends4Sale said:

I love what Kristin's wearing and the headpiece...2 die 4. The movie was visually sensuous.




//that's better.

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OldFriends4Sale said:

PurpleDiamond2009 said:

There U go!!!

OldFriends4Sale said:

WOW! I love this photo! I've never seen it! Thanks for posting!!!

OldFriends4Sale said:

She has such beautiful eyes!

OldFriends4Sale said:

NICE! Excellent film image!

OldFriends4Sale said:

I could see it too

nursev said:

She was just painfully gorgeous.

TikiColadas said:

The more color images I see of the movie the more I want 2 see a colored version. Don't get me wrong I really dig the black in white. But I can just image the coloring of the outfits and what not

OldFriends4Sale said:

Reminds me a bit of Sheila E's dress
this was definately Purple or Paisley Chic

goodness

Under The Cherry Moon is one of my favorite movies. I think this was a really good time in Prince's life and I think he played the role of Christopher very well. I also love how he showed his funny side in the film.

OldFriends4Sale said:

I agree!

PHILADELPHIA DAILY NEWS
Thursday, July 3, 1986
Section: FEATURES
Page: 47

MOVIES

A BATTY PRINCE ON THE RIVIERA

By JOE BALTAKE
Daily News Film Critic

The difference between the superstar's first two films is that "Purple Rain" is a psychological/autobiographical glorified rock video starring Prince and the Revolution, while his new one, "Under the Cherry Moon," is a movie starring Prince, period.

Actually, it's several movies - part Antonioni, part Howard Hawks, part Andy Warhol, part whatzit - all jumbled together and seemingly based on the mental landscape of its kinetic, eccentric, self-consciously lascivious star. I've seen "Under the Cherry Moon," I enjoyed it enormously, but I haven't quite figured out what it's supposed to be. Still, I like it.

This overall murkiness, which probably will be exaggerated by the detractors of "Purple Rain," is what gives the film its vulnerable charm, along with the film's moody tug-of-war with itself: Prince's distinctly modernist presence never seems to be quite welcome by his own film's nostalgic Art Deco elements. This unease gives the movie a timelessness, a feeling of being out-of-place with itself, that's hugely affecting.

It took some time for me to catch on, settle back and enjoy it. "Under the Cherry Moon" gets off to a rather creepy start with just about everyone behaving as if he is a vampire in one of those once-trendy Warhol/Paul Morrissey horror collaborations. When bats appear in one scene - in a cabaret, no less - the joke is made clear: This is Prince's portrait of the expatriate as a young zombie. After the bats appear, liberating everyone, the film itself perks up.

It could have been titled "Two Gals in Paris," only in this case, we get two guys - Prince and sidekick Jerome Benton - and they're in Nice, on the Cote d'Azur, not in Paris. The boys, gigolos hoping to sponge off the jet set and get rich themselves, are simply male variations of the characters that Marilyn Monroe and Jane Russell played in Hawks' "Gentleman Prefer Blondes."

Prince is Christopher Tracy, a boy who entertains nightly in a piano bar and dares to fall in love with a swell (Kristin Scott-Thomas), much to her parents' chagrin, and he plays the part with a mixture of his usual wild-eyed randiness and a certain '40ish insouciance.

The film's dramatic structure - its simple narrative and simple psychology and sociology - is merely a matter of the girl's parents trying to keep this dapper punk away from their daughter and the kids searching for a place to be alone.

There's no question in my mind that Prince is playing Marilyn Monroe here (at times, he has the same sweet, startled, slightly addled innocence) or that the speedboat escape at the end looks like the final scene from "Some Like it Hot."

I've mentioned a lot of films and filmmakers here and, no, Prince the director is not able to make all of them hold together. But at least, "Under the Cherry Moon" isn't a trendy retread.

Word leaked out a few weeks ago that "Under the Cherry Moon" was something of a stinker. Horsefeathers! It's unique, by far the boldest film of the summer.

Parental guide: Rated PG-13 for its language.

OldFriends4Sale said:

I really think that this movie should have been in color.It would have looked more "modern-day" and had more appeal.A black-and-white movie in 1986 was a hard sell.Prince's managers tried to convince him of this,but he refused to listen.

SoulAlive said:

I actually like the Black n White, I was surprised that it actually worked.

But also seeing the colors of the Kiss video, that black black of Princes pants and rich red outfit Wendy hand on with skin tones etc etc made me want to see the texture of those cool chic outfits in color.

I think the movie would have been much more successful if it had band performances, as much as we like Prince, Purple Rain was made because of the performances 1st, and the band characters:the Revolution, the Time, Jill Jones, A6

even if there were speaking scenes to see the Family who's album was very good, Sheila E.(we do see her Sister Fate single in Prince's room in the movie) even Mazarati and of course the Revolution would have just taken the movie to another level. And it would have given promotion to your protege acts

OldFriends4Sale said:

Months before this movie was released,I read somewhere that Mazarati would be appearing in it.Maybe at an early stage,Prince wanted to feature a few musical performances? By his proteges?