Vincente Minnelli
Birthday: 28 February 1903, Chicago, Illinois, USA
Birth Name: Lester Anthony Minnelli
Height: 175 cm
Born Lester Anthony Minnelli in Chicago on February 28 1903, his father Vincent was a musical conductor of the Minnelli Brothers' Tent Theater. Wanting to pursue an artistic career, Minelli worke ...Show More
I made three films with Douglas, two with Charles Boyer.
I made three films with Douglas, two with Charles Boyer.
But surrealism is present in most of my pictures.
But surrealism is present in most of my pictures.
Fortunately, John Houseman is a marvelous writer and he sat in on so many story conferences. He work Show more
Fortunately, John Houseman is a marvelous writer and he sat in on so many story conferences. He worked with Welles, you know, and he's a marvelous man. Hide
No, I only like whether I like the story or not, essentially see something in it that isn't complete Show more
No, I only like whether I like the story or not, essentially see something in it that isn't completely there. Hide
It's always the story that interests me.
It's always the story that interests me.
I seem to be drawn to things that actually happen.
I seem to be drawn to things that actually happen.
But I went down to Venezuela and spend a few weeks going through jungles. It's fantastic looking.
But I went down to Venezuela and spend a few weeks going through jungles. It's fantastic looking.
Dali was the great painter then and surrealism was a way of life.
Dali was the great painter then and surrealism was a way of life.
Designing Woman was written for the screen.
Designing Woman was written for the screen.
I always liked the Van Gogh story because I was terribly involved in that.
I always liked the Van Gogh story because I was terribly involved in that.
But I think musicals are going to have to deal with important subjects.
But I think musicals are going to have to deal with important subjects.
I learn new things all the time.
I learn new things all the time.
I started out to be a painter and was born into the theater.
I started out to be a painter and was born into the theater.
I always have coffee without sugar, you know. Just cream.
I always have coffee without sugar, you know. Just cream.
Color can do anything that black-and-white can.
Color can do anything that black-and-white can.
If anybody reads a story in a magazine or book, different pictures compete in their minds.
If anybody reads a story in a magazine or book, different pictures compete in their minds.
It's the story that counts.
It's the story that counts.
We shot that in all the real places where Van Gogh worked.
We shot that in all the real places where Van Gogh worked.
I allow an area for improvisation because the chemical things actors bring to stories make it not wo Show more
I allow an area for improvisation because the chemical things actors bring to stories make it not work. Hide
Nowadays the audience has changed. No one can anticipate the audience.
Nowadays the audience has changed. No one can anticipate the audience.
I've worked with an awful lot of people. Katy Hepburn, Spencer Tracy.
I've worked with an awful lot of people. Katy Hepburn, Spencer Tracy.
[on the re-editing of "Two Weeks In Another Town"]: It's painful to talk about the ruin of that film Show more
[on the re-editing of "Two Weeks In Another Town"]: It's painful to talk about the ruin of that film even now. Hide
West Side Story was terribly important because of the style of the dancing and the gangs of New York Show more
West Side Story was terribly important because of the style of the dancing and the gangs of New York. Hide
I see wonderful films by Bertolucci, Visconti, and Fellini.
I see wonderful films by Bertolucci, Visconti, and Fellini.
In the Thirties, when I was in New York, I did the first surrealistic ballet in a show of mine.
In the Thirties, when I was in New York, I did the first surrealistic ballet in a show of mine.
I use colors to bring fine points of story and character.
I use colors to bring fine points of story and character.
Cedric Gibbons was the grand cardinal of the art department.
Cedric Gibbons was the grand cardinal of the art department.
That's what I think musicals will come to. No backstage stories, nothing of that sort.
That's what I think musicals will come to. No backstage stories, nothing of that sort.
The Pirate is surrealism and so, in a curious way, is Father of the Bride.
The Pirate is surrealism and so, in a curious way, is Father of the Bride.
I had given up the theater and everything propelled me into entertainment. And I didn't resist it.
I had given up the theater and everything propelled me into entertainment. And I didn't resist it.
Vincente Minnelli's FILMOGRAPHY
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