So rad... Man Prince was ahead of his time....

There's a movie ??????

paisleyparkgirl said:

There's a movie ??????

That mini movie is soooo campy, its a scream, I love it. Here it is https://www.youtube.com/w...vKWtDaz5L0 Enjoy

I TRIED to watch......ughhhh

in all fairness,Brenda has said that this "movie" isn't finished at all.A little more work and polish, and this could have been really great

SoulAlive said:

in all fairness,Brenda has said that this "movie" isn't finished at all.A little more work and polish, and this could have been really great

No, it couldn't have

CalhounSq said:

SoulAlive said:

in all fairness,Brenda has said that this "movie" isn't finished at all.A little more work and polish, and this could have been really great

No, it couldn't have

SoulAlive said:

This is a lot deeper than I thought it would be? That anti-consumerism message, and that man in the cart? Deep. Did he become the product? *mind blown*

Terrible but quite fun to watch. Felt like I'd watched a porn movie by the time it had finished.

Prince's beats, eh?

It's a cinema classic that will finally be appreciated in the future, that its my prediction

When we shot the long-form video for the Apollonia 6 album...Presumably, you are talking about the "Mr. Christian" video project. The project was a concept of doing an extended EP per se, only in a video format as opposed to an audio EP: take one of the songs from the album ("Happy Birthday, Mr. Christian"); write a story line around the subject of that song and incorporate other songs from the album into the story to create a mini movie. It was a great idea and the project was a lot of work, but fun. I'm just sorry that it didn't get completed and released. Someone out there got their hands on it and released it on YouTube in its unfinished version. It created a lot of cult interest and keeps appearing from time to time.

-Brenda Bennett

Brenda Bennett:

One of them was a “mini-movie” version or long-form video of the album where there was a story line and parts were acted out to coincide with four of our songs off the album. The project was dubbed “Mr. Christian’s Birthday.” As long and hard as the hours were on this project, I really enjoyed doing it. I could see a lot of potential in this being a good tool for promotion. One of the biggest highlights of this project for me was working with Ricky Nelson. He played Mr. Christian. It was about a month later that he died in a plane crash. Unfortunately, Prince never liked the “Mr. Christian” project and it never got any further than the first edits. Such a waste of time and money…but, somehow, somewhere along the line, someone got their hands on it and parts of it will show up on YouTube now and then. The other project we did was a semi-nude photo session using live doves. There were a dozen or more cages of all these white doves that were set free once we got on the set and began to start posing. The photo session was to produce a poster. I never saw the finished product, but I do know it got out there finally.”

http://www.ripopmusic.org...da-mosher/

FILL EAT BUY

A four-track video was filmed, based on the Apollonia 6 album, directed by Brian Thomson (Australian production designer of the original stage versions of The Rocky Horror Show and Jesus Christ Superstar), scripted by Keith Williams (concept writer for music videos by Phil Collins, Ray Parker, Jr., and Donna Summer), with a cast consisting of Ricky Nelson, Edy Williams and Buck Henry. Shot in a Los Angeles film studio in 1985, and produced by British video firm Limelight, the video never went beyond rough cut.

FILL EAT BUY

A mini film project as four-track video was filmed, loosely based on the Apollonia 6 album. It was directed by Brian Thomson, an Australian Production Designer of the original stage versions of Rocky Horror Show and Jesus Christ Superstar and scripted by Keith Williams, concept writer for music videos by Phil Collins, Ray Parker, Jr., and Donna Summer, with a cast comprising Ricky Nelson, Edy Williams and Buck Henry. Shot in a Los Angeles film studio in 1985, and produced by British video firm Limelight, the video never went beyond the rough-cut stage.

The plot introduced three lingerie clad widows gathered to listen the reading of Mr Christian will and testament which leaves them nothing and encourage them to work. The imagery and set is very 1960's revamped into 1980's colorful graphic trends. The scenes show prominent neons words such as 'FILL' at a gas station for Blue Limousine, where Brenda Bennett has the main vocal role, 'EAT' at a diner's for Ooo She She Wa Wa, where Susan Moonsie leads while the two other find themselves struggling in front of piles of dirty dishes to wash. The part featuring Apollonia as leading role feature the word 'BUY' in a supermarket set.

-PrinceVault

2020 said:

Even in 84 that would have been bad...Prince never was a great movie or video director. Can't be great at every thing!

'my name is susan ...and i'm a oozin'




oy the 80s. lololol

terrig said:

SoulAlive said:

terrig said:

'my name is susan ...and i'm a oozin'




oy the 80s. lololol

that song has funny lyrics

some things made sense in the 80s as it happend....now, not so much lolololol

seand67 said:

I TRIED to watch......ughhhh

baaaaad bad bad

2020 said:

Even in 84 that would have been bad...Prince never was a great movie or video director. Can't be great at every thing!

Diidn't he direct WDC and RB? If so, he did a good job there.

GeniusLuv said:

seand67 said:

I TRIED to watch......ughhhh

baaaaad bad bad

That's why its good, good ehem good, cause its bad hence a cult classic

It was campy. I loved Apollonia in it. I wanted to be her when I was little.

[Edited 7/19/16 20:15pm]

terrig said:

I like the idea of a "video album".Beyonce does one of these with every album she makes.Back in 1985,it was unheard of for a female group to do something like this.