Vincente Minnelli
Vincente Minnelli
Vincente Minnelliwas an American stage director and film director, famous for directing such classic movie musicals as Meet Me in St. Louis, Gigi, The Band Wagon, and An American in Paris. In addition to having directed some of the most famous and well-remembered musicals of his time, Minnelli made many comedies and melodramas. He was married to Judy Garland from 1945 until 1951; they were the parents of Liza Minnelli...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionDirector
Date of Birth28 February 1903
CityChicago, IL
CountryUnited States of America
The Long, Long Trailer (1954) actually happened and the man wrote a book about it. Father of the Bride, same thing; a banker wrote that who had never written anything else.
In the Thirties, when I was in New York, I did the first surrealistic ballet in a show of mine.
I seem to be drawn to things that actually happen.
But I think musicals are going to have to deal with important subjects.
But I went down to Venezuela and spend a few weeks going through jungles. It's fantastic looking.
Color can do anything that black-and-white can.
I allow an area for improvisation because the chemical things actors bring to stories make it not work.
I always liked the Van Gogh story because I was terribly involved in that.
It's always the story that interests me.
I had given up the theater and everything propelled me into entertainment. And I didn't resist it.
I started out to be a painter and was born into the theater.
West Side Story was terribly important because of the style of the dancing and the gangs of New York.
Nowadays the audience has changed. No one can anticipate the audience.
That's what I think musicals will come to. No backstage stories, nothing of that sort.