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Vincente Minnelli

Vincente Minnelli (February 28, 1903 – July 25, 1986) was an American stage director and film director, famous for directing such classic movie musicals as Meet Me in St. Louis (1944), Gigi (1958), The Band Wagon (1953), and An American in Paris (1951). An American in Paris and Gigi both won the Academy Award for Best Picture, with Minnelli winning Best Director for Gigi. 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.

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I learn new things all the time.

Learn, New Things, Things, Time

If anybody reads a story in a magazine or book, different pictures compete in their minds.

Book, Compete, Competition, Different, Magazine, Mind

The Pirate is surrealism and so, in a curious way, is Father of the Bride.

Father, Pirate, Way

But I went down to Venezuela and spend a few weeks going through jungles. It's fantastic looking.

Down, Fantastic, Looking, Venezuela, Week

I seem to be drawn to things that actually happen.

Actually, Drawn, Happen, Happens, Seems, Things

I started out to be a painter and was born into the theater.

Born, Painter, Theater

I always have coffee without sugar, you know. Just cream.

Coffee, Cream, Sugar

It's the story that counts.

Counts, Stories, Story

American films are terribly popular all over the world and American movie stars are terribly important. I don't know why.

American, Films, Important, Movie, Song, Stars

Color can do anything that black-and-white can.

Black And White, Can Do, Color

No, I only like whether I like the story or not, essentially see something in it that isn't completely there.

Completely, Essentially, Like, See, Stories, Story

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.

1954, Book, Bride, Father, Men, Wrote

But I think musicals are going to have to deal with important subjects.

Deals, Important, Musicals, Subjects, Think, Thinking

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.

Fortunately, Know, Marvelous, Men, Sat, Stories

If you want to learn how to sing, listen to Ella Fitzgerald.

Ella, Fitzgerald, Ifs, Learn, Sing, Want

Once you find the right idea, then go ahead and embellish it.

Ahead, Embellish, Idea, Ideas, Right, Right Ideas

West Side Story was terribly important because of the style of the dancing and the gangs of New York.

Dancing, Gangs, New York, Side, Style, West

Cedric Gibbons was the grand cardinal of the art department.

Art, Cardinals, Cedric, Department, Gibbons, Grand

I feel that a picture that stays with you is made up of a hundred or more hidden things. They’re things that the audience is not conscious of, but that accumulate.

Accumulate, Conscious, Hundred, Made, Picture, Things

It's always the story that interests me.

Directors, Interest, Interests, Stories, Story

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