PURPLE RAIN Screens Thursday May 17th at Schlafly Bottleworks

“Ladies and gentlemen… The Revolution!”

PURPLE RAIN screens Thursday May 17th at 7:00pm at Schlafly Bottleworks (7260 Southwest Avenue Maplewood, MO 63143). This is part of the A FILM SERIES “Culture Shock” Film Fest which has moved to the second Thursday of every month. 

PURPLE RAIN is pure ‘80s. The late Prince was at the top of his game in 1984, a musical genius who was bringing together everything from punk to funk to heavy metal in a singular fusion that pointed the way to a race-blind future. Everyone wanted to see this movie, which was not much more than an extended music video. The plot of PURPLE RAIN is hackneyed and has a paper-thin screenplay, Something about Prince as a small-time nightclub star in Minnesota known as ‘The Kid’ who dreams of making it big, but there always seems to be something standing in his way. That’s about it. But the film was outstanding, wonderfully scored and was a huge hit. Prince’s Academy Award for ‘Best Song Score’ was richly deserved. Morris Day steals every scene as Prince’s greatest rival and Apollonia Kotero just looks foxy as the love interest. ‘Let’s Go Crazy/’Purple Rain’ is an incredibly well done, dynamic concert sequence. Certainly Prince knew the stage/concert scene in Minnesota very well, but despite a couple of attempts (remember UNDER THE CHERRY MOON? – me neither), and a sequel, GRAFFITI BRIDGE, Prince never struck gold in Hollywood again.

A Facebook invite for the event can be found HERE
https://www.facebook.com/events/397120874030386/

$6 for the screening. A yummy variety of food from Schlafly’s kitchen is available as are plenty of pints of their famous home-brewed suds.

“Culture Shock” is the name of a film series here in St. Louis that is the cornerstone project of a social enterprise that is an ongoing source of support for Helping Kids Together(http://www.helpingkidstogether.com/) a St. Louis based social enterprise dedicated to building cultural diversity and social awareness among young people through the arts and active living.

The films featured for “Culture Shock” demonstrate an artistic representation of culture shock materialized through mixed genre and budgets spanning music, film and theater. Through ‘A Film Series’ working relationship with Schlafly Bottleworks, they seek to provide film lovers with an offbeat mix of dinner and a movie opportunities.