"The shooting was mostly frantic," recalls Prince tour manager Alan Leeds. "Prince was unaccustomed to not being in complete control of things...and he was now in a situation where he didn't have the knowledge or the skill set to assume control over certain aspects of it, and you could see that frustrating him to no end. He had absolutely no patience for the time it took to set up lighting, to set up shots, even though he had done music videos — that process was simple enough and flexible enough that his impatience might sometimes compromise a shot and everybody would go along with it. Now you're making a movie, where continuity is an...
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