Not Purple Rain. Purple rain is one of the ten greatest rock films ever made. Why?

1. The work ethic shown

2. Drugs are seen as a hinderance and not a normal part of evveryday life which actually means something but I wont get into that

3. This was oen of the only movies where an enigmatic rock star who already had some credentials allowed himself to be seen in a way that was not submissive but got slapped aroyund..Francis L fixing his clock in the movie and the protagonist not doing anything about it but later vowing to use more eye-liner was something relatively new

4. The cinematography is ...beautiful

5.It took a nation by storm for 10 days


6. Every music star wants to have the impact that Purple Rain did for Prince

7. there was a quote that said "make way for Prince..or get mown down". The movie was cause for that quote.





Im humping this edit like Prince did the speakers in Darling Nikki
[This message was edited Mon Apr 21 20:21:13 PDT 2003 by rdhull]

In other news:

Water is wet.

The sky is blue.

OJ did it.

Prince is short.

Why does it matter?

but the acting is crap... it's a bit of fun sure... but nothing profound

MrBliss said:

The Beautiful Ones and Computer Blue would eclipse L. Olivier doing Hamlet. The Beautiful Ones and Computer Blue performances are profound enough. They are Brando in The Godfather.

but the acting is crap... it's a bit of fun sure... but nothing profound

rdhull said:

...blasphemy!!

you know you're chewin' bubble gum... you know what it is but you still want some

the music is great... but the movies are talentless pieces of crap... but i guess you already knew that huh?

MrBliss said:

No really they are...CB and Beauty Ones are Prince doing On The Waterfront. He is doing the "it was you Charlie.. you made me take those dives" soliloquy. In The Cotton Club which was directed by Coppola who directed Brando , Sandman Williams, a Club featured tap dancer as played by Gregory Hines is pissed because of the blatant racism and disrespect as well as violence put upon him by The Cotton Clubs bouncer. Gangtser Larence Fishburn as Bugsy I believe tells him that eh himself is a gangster and what he does is gangster business..he takes care of his business in the streets illegally with guns, knives, racketeering..thats where he does his "work" albeit that was what he was left with. He asks Sandman Williams that is how "he" dances..he asks Sandman Williams "where do you dance"? Sandman replies.."I'm gonna kill him with my tap shoes". He will tap him to death in his dance..in other words he will utilize his "skill" to break free of the boolshit position he is in etc.

The Beautiful Ones and Computer Blue is where Prince dances ..or...acted..did his eloquent reading of Shakespeare. Did his Brando, his Morgan Freeman, his Nicholson, his Potier. When he did those performances he was literally doing On The Waterfront. Folks were taken aback just as they were with Terry Malloy and his plight and spiel in that car..talkin to his brother.





sirloin aint all that and bubblegum is a legitimate food and drug item and very underappreciated edit
[This message was edited Mon Apr 21 21:35:26 PDT 2003 by rdhull]

the music is great... but the movies are talentless pieces of crap... but i guess you already knew that huh?

MrBliss said:

How many great musicians star in films that are the equal of their music?

MrBliss said:

This becomes even clearer after seeing 'Dancer In The Dark', doesn't it?

TRON said:

yessireee .. it's funny... i was half way through my previous post when the phone rang... i hadn't read this when i posted it... but so true... you've read me like a book

Supernova said:

very few... i guess i'm just pissed because i saw Bjork in 'Dancer In The Dark' the other night, and she was AMAZING... i got to thinking that it's a shame that Prince didn't do a movie that really had some substance

You are a duck of extremes.

There's a grand canyon between shit and Lars von Trier's "Dancer in the Dark".

But I know you know that and are just trying to get activity on your thread.

I have not sen Dancer yet but plan too. And I have heard from everyone who has sen it that its a moving film..someone whom I never expected spoke of it moving him but...

the Terry Malloy speech which is sometimes seen as the most sought after or most referenced and influencial sceen of most actors even to this day..is powerful yes..and that power CAN also come from Computer Blue and Beauty Ones. In the sense that not that Bjork didn;t move ya..not that ya couldn't feel her, her performance and believe it..but most fellas want to BE singing Computer Blue etc so to speak. They want to put a ciggy intheir mouth and brood etc...thats why I say Rain is equal to any decent motion picture as well. The performances captured the passion of a generation like a Brando, Scarface, Cagney, Portier or denzil did/woud/could. Not saying its better or worse but just as powerful and important. The emotive acting is where Bjork "danced"... that is where she did her rare form Computer Blue...Prince did his right after Morris tried to mack and the night before Apollonia 6 opened at The Taste.
Bjorks swan dress edit
[This message was edited Mon Apr 21 22:34:42 PDT 2003 by rdhull]

And getting back directly to the topic at hand, I'd say Prince's movies are all over the map, ...to the near great ("SOTT").

Supernova said:

very few... i guess i'm just pissed because i saw Bjork in 'Dancer In The Dark' the other night, and she was AMAZING... i got to thinking that it's a shame that Prince didn't do a movie that really had some substance

the music is great... but the movies are talentless pieces of crap... but i guess you already knew that huh?

And getting back directly to the topic at hand, I'd say Prince's movies are all over the map, from the embarrassingly awful ("GB"); to the mediocre cult classic ("UTCM"); to the Good ("PR", which means it's among the greatest rock films); to the near great ("SOTT").

MrBliss said:

Well, if Prince hasn't re-examined his participation in feature films in general I doubt he wants to improve in the acting department, simply because acting isn't his passion. And I also doubt he wants to interpret someone else's cinematic vision for someone else's script. He likes to have his hand in almost everything (not just in front of the camera, but screenwriting and directing too). Movies aren't his strength. He's better at wearing multiple hats in the studio than he is when it comes to movies. It's no biggie (anymore) especially since it's not his "day job"...:O