Coming off his commercially disappointing album "Lovesexy",
Prince was into the whole spiritual thing. He conceived "Graffiti
Bridge" sometime in 1989, planning to make it a film with him and
his then girlfriend Kim Basinger. They broke up but "Graffiti Bridge"
was still going to be made. He took time off to compose the
"Batman" soundtrack and in late '89, he began filming "Graffiti
Bridge". Many that got first dibs on the film forewarned a lot of
people about it. "Graffiti Bridge" was released in the fall of 1990
with horrible reviews. It also bombed at the box office. People that
didn't even see the film gave it negative reviews. What people fail
to understand is that "Graffiti Bridge" is a musical. It is almost like
a homage to the old 50's musicals that were filmed on studio lots.
This was film on Prince's Paisley Park compound, giving it a
cheap look. Perhaps Prince took himself a little bit too seriously
when advertising it, and threw people off making them think it is a
regular movie. "Graffiti Bridge" is like one long music video. And
honestly, the acting is horrible. The highlight of the film has to be
the music. That is the whole point. It is a musical and nothing else.
So don't watch "Graffiti Bridge" expecting a real movie with drama
and great acting. It's a good film but it has it's flaws.
Graffiti Bridge- rated R **1/2 out of ****
