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
Having started as a designer I have a lot to do with settings and costumes, because I think they relate to the story and character, explain it.
But the idea of a man being killed during an episode of love and coming back as a woman started to impress me more and more and more.
I work to please myself. I'm still not sure if movies are an art form. And if they're not, then let them inscribe on my tombstone what they could about any craftsman who loves his job: "Here lies Vincente Minnelli. He died of hard work.
You have to be a producer nowadays. You have to find the subject, find the writer, find the cameraman, cast it, and then you go to a producer.
We shot that in all the real places where Van Gogh worked.
That's what I think musicals will come to. No backstage stories, nothing of that sort.
Nowadays the audience has changed. No one can anticipate the audience.
I made three films with Douglas, two with Charles Boyer.
Cabin in the Sky ... Ain't It the Truth.
I started out to be a painter and was born into the theater.
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.