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From: TJacobs.ES@XEROX.ARPA
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Subject: Purple Rain
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Date: Mon, 30-Jul-84 12:13:50 EDT
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Posted: Mon Jul 30 12:13:50 1984
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Over the weekend I went and saw "Purple Rain" with Prince in his first
motion picture role.  I went in after having heard several raving
reviews from the newspapers, so I went in expecting something good.  I
wasn't disapointed.

Purple Rain requires several preconditions from the viewer in order to
enjoy it.  First, and most important, is that you must like Prince's
music.  The movie had a lot of small night-club preforming and thus felt
as though you were watching an MTV video [especially when seen in a
stereo].  Second, you REALLY like Prince and his music.  During the 110+
minutes of this movie, there is at most only 10 total minutes without
music.     This is supposed to be a semi-factual account of his life.  I
don't know for sure which parts are real and which are made up.  

So, my reaction?  I've liked Prince ever since "Little Red Corvette" so
I liked "Purple Rain".  My feelings leaving the theater [Edwards
University] were that I had just sat through a really good, long MTV
style video.  That's the best way I can describe it.  Some people
leaving the same theater left with lesser reactions because they didn't
know who Prince was or had never heard him.  Gary Franklin [a lame KCBS
movie critic] would probably give this movie a 3 on his rating scale,
but it would get an 8 on mine.  I recommend it.

--Tom