u/Vladdus7

Hi,

I (30M) have recently moved to Paris and one of the reasons I love it so much here is the diversity of film programmes. As a film buff, l've already had the pleasure to visit La Cinémathèque Française (where I bought an annual pass!), Le Champo, Le Forum des Images, Christine Cinéma Club, and Écoles Cinéma Club, among others.

If there are any other cinema enthusiasts in this subreddit who would like to meet up and go to arthouse films together, l'd love to expand my social circle!

For those interested, there are some upcoming 70mm screenings (PTA's The Master, Carpenter's Starman, and Tati's Playtime, most notably) at La Cinémathèque Française, and it would
be great to share this experience with others!

If anyone would be interested in starting a small film club, let me know! :)

A while ago, as a neophyte in Prince’s discography, I made a post on this subreddit asking for opinions on his post-80’s output. For some reason, I had the (terribly) wrong impression that he achieved his masterworks in the 1980s, and that his late period music wouldn’t be as exciting to discover.

I am now happy to say that I inaugurated my Prince vinyl collection with The Gold Experience, a record that has been like some kind of personal soundtrack to my life alone in a new country: together with Lovesexy, which has become my favourite album in the meantime, I think it captures Prince at his most inspirational and uplifting.

It took me a few listens to truly appreciate Love Symbol with its mixture of aggressive as well as operatic sound, or the darker, bitter-sounding Come, or even the raw Chaos and Disorder.

It’s also really fun to track down and listen to Prince’s lesser known projects in collaboration with the NPG, such as Goldnigga, Exodus, or New Power Soul.

Then there’s the mesmerising Crystal Ball compilation, and I am so grateful that Prince released it, as I think it’s a very telling example of his genre-defying genius and always surprising inventiveness. I hope to get my hands on the CDs eventually.

It’s such a blessing to be a Prince fan. With the exception of The Rainbow Children (which I adored), I haven’t even started with his post ’90’s work, because I’m scared that I will eventually run out of new music to discover. At the same time, I sincerely believe that his oeuvre is inexhaustible: with each subsequent listen, I began loving his albums more and more.

Has there ever been a more versatile musician than Prince?

Sorry for the long ramble, and thank you for everyone who encouraged me to go beyond his more popular albums.

Is there a particular one from his 1990-2016 period that you feel deserves more recognition?

May you all live 2 see the dawn!

As a relatively new Prince fan, I was wondering what is the general consensus among his more versed listeners regarding his post-‘80s work. Going through his 1980s output has been an incredibly exciting and rewarding journey, and here’s how I would rank the albums I’ve listened to so far:

1. 1999

2. Controversy

3. Purple Rain

4. Lovesexy

5. Sign O’ The Times

6. Dirty Mind

7. Parade

8. Prince

9. Around the World in a Day

10. Batman

(It actually feels wrong to rank them, as each of them is amazing in its own right, and I truly marvel at his creative genius and heterogenity: the way he changes his sound from album to album is nothing short of a miracle.)

I can’t wait to explore his later work, and I would really appreciate it if you could share your favourites and discuss how his style has evolved into the ‘90s and 2000s.

Thank you!