I’m making a Wish List of movies I want to order this week when David gets paid. This way I have movies to watch when Charlie and David are asleep or David is at work and Charlie is working on his school work.
I’m sure before I finish my Wish List and place my order Charlie and David will order movies to the list. Which is okay because they can go in Charlie’s room to watch the movies they want.
The first movie I put on my list was Purple Rain because I had gone to Alamo Drafthouse to watch Purple Rain but Charlie was with me and he didn’t want to stay inside because parts of the movie made him uncomfortable.
Watching Purple Rain at home in the privacy of my home I don’t have to worry about offending someone and if I need to stop the movie and answer the phone or help Charlie I can and then just restart the movie.
Would you like to join me on my Movie Night? I wish I had a projector so I could create my own Drive In in my back yard. Wouldn’t that be a lot of fun because we could Roast Hot dogs and make Smores before the movie starts.
Product Description
Purple Rain (DVD)
Rock star Prince makes a spectacular feature film debut in this highly autobiographical blockbuster that won both an Oscar and a Grammy award.
Headstrong, vulnerable young musician The Kid (Prince) struggles with his own inner demons and with his alcoholic father who beats his mother. But the madness infects his music, fueling a sound that transforms the struggling, young rocker into a star.
When Prince’s dazzling and dynamic Purple Rain (movie and soundtrack album) and the hypnotic hit single “When Doves Cry” exploded onto the pop-culture scene in 1984, it seemed there was nothing the purple one couldn’t do.
The film is basically a feature-length music video, but no musician has ever had a better big-screen showcase for his many talents. The plot is really just a theme (about the son of an abusive father struggling not to continue the pattern) upon which to hang some of Prince’s most dazzling songs (including “Let’s Go Crazy” and the title tune), and some sizzling live-concert numbers.
Apollonia Kotero is ravishing as the romantic interest, and Morris Day and the Time provide some terrific musical competition. Purple Rain is an essential artifact of the mid-’80’s pop Zeitgeist. Prince took home an Oscar for the song score. –Jim Emerson
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Thank you,
Glenda, Charlie and David Cates
