I Think Dancing Is A

Things Danced On The Screen Do Not Look The Way They Do On The Stage. On The Stage, Dancing Is Three-dimensional, But A Motion Picture Is Two-dimensional.

Mentally, I Write Myself A Little Story. Of Course, Sometimes You Have A Song That Says, "do That." My Best Example Is Singin' In The Rain. Arthur Freed Had Insisted That The Song Should Be In The Picture, But He Was Very Anxious About It.

Kids Talk To Me And Say They Want To Do Musicals Again Because They've Studied The Tapes Of The Old Films. We Didn't Have That. We Thought Once We Had Made It, Even On Film, It Was Gone Except For The Archives.

I Love Rhythmic Dancing - I'm Not Derogating It At All. It's Just That Sometimes You Want To Whisper, "i Adore You." And For That You Need Strings And Woodwinds.

For A Ridiculous Analogy, Let's Take Purple Rain. If You Were To Put Purple Rain And The Sound Of Music On The Desk Of A Producer, He Or She Would Know That The Majority Of Moviegoers Would Rather Listen To Prince. Since They Are In The Business Of Making Money, No One Can Blame Them. But If It Ever Came To The Decision Of Making A Film Like That I'd Say, "no." They Are Very Easy Films To Make, Though. In Purple Rain There Is Nothing Complex About The Way That They Dance. Or Sing. It Would Be A Bit Boring For An Adult To Make That Film. It Just Wouldn't Test Their Métier.