"In Your Dreams" movie documentary - What did you think?
 

I'm curious, now that more fans across North America have viewed Stevie & Dave's documentary, what are peoples general impressions. It seems the reactions & general consensus on social media is that fans are loving it.

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I loved it of course. Honestly, Stevie and Dave should be proud. There was virtually no advertising for this and the theater I went to in San Diego last night was full. I heard a lady in line say, "if so and so hadnt told me about this I'd have never known!" There were people of all ages there. Everyone there seemed to really enjoy it and all of them stayed through the end credits.

I plan to see it one last time in Long Beach, Ca on sunday.

My favorite part is the Italian Summer portion.

Jamie

Enquiring minds want to know....
 

Glad you liked it jkmaletic, and others....I want to read reviews!:D

My friend actually won tix yesterday morning and wanted me to go, but I had to work. Knowing I will see Stevie tomorrow night, I wasn't too heartbroken(but I still want to see it).

My friend ended up giving the tix to a 20 yo neighbor girl. I don't feel bad, as Kaylee is a bright young lady that is a DJ. She should at least know who Stevie is. Hope her and her boyfriend enjoyed.

I never thought I'd ever get to see it and I said so many times here. Saw it last night with my sister in law and I loved every second of it. I really did feel like I was sitting on the couch and observing the creative process. My S-I-L said when it was over that she really liked every song and wants to borrow the CD. I wish fans from all over the world could have the chance to view this. It's not fair that it is just the USA and Canadian audiences that get to experience this in a movie theatre. I would guess there were about 50 people in attendance. The place wasn't even half full, but then it was also being shown in 2 different cities within a half hour drive from where I saw it.

My opinion of the doc hasn't changed - I loved it & wanted more! Here at Denver's Mayan Theatre it was a little over half packed & everyone seemed very enthusiastic. And like you said, a few people I talked to while in line (waiting to get into the theatre and seated) just heard about it at the very last minute. The audience clapped at the end of the movie & stayed for the end credits as well. Honestly, people seemed all aglow leaving the theatre, there was a lotta love in the room for Stevie. I fell in love with Stevie all over again (as if) and "In Your Dreams".:] What a woman, what a spirit & light, and as always, what an inspiration she is. She is such a goofball & just so lovable and entertaining. I don't think we see this side of her so much anymore. It used to come across in the 70's & 80's radio interviews (particularly Jim Ladd's) but since she started doing more TV interviews (as promotion for records changed)into the 90's until today, she stiffened up, mostly depending on the interviewer, and her self-consciousness became somtimes too painfully apparent. But between this movie/doc and the various Q&A's she's done at screenings, we get to see Stevie's sense of humor back front & center. It really did seem to feel like the best year of her life!

I thought it was pretty incredible. I was sad that Wide Sargasso Sea only seemed to get like 3 minutes devoted to it? :shrug: and I really hope this goes to DVD with extra footage. I could easily sit through 3 hours or more! :nod:

Also I really don't think Stevie is given enough credit for her ideas & imput on what she expects her songs to sound like in final form. She was clearly the mistress in control during the recording of this record, she has strong opinions, even if it's just about that "stupid" guitar solo in ELY! :laugh:
For instance, from the doc we learn that Stevie was not happy with the outcome of "New Orleans", "In Your Dreams", & "Soldier's Angel" original recordings, and insisted they be re-recorded to reflect a certain feel/mood which she wanted to convey. She also claimed she wrote (not literally) the violin part in "Moonlight".;)

Some of the song segments go by very quickly, I really hope there is additional footage -especially full length videos for "Italian Summer" & "Wide Sargasso Sea" when the Video On Demand or DVD is released.

Fave moments/segments were "New Orleans", "Soldier's Angel" & "Italian Summer".
Also laughed hard when she said she basically made out traveling across the country "on the bus" with the man that "saved her life" during the FWIW segment. :D

More highlights: Singing "Going To The Chapel" with the girls :D, Telling Dave, he can have another martini once he finishes his musical part, then we'll play disco music and have a dance party. Stevie flickin the light switch on & off (like a disco party) AND LOVED Dave & her singing "You Make Me Feel Like A Natural Woman"...to die for:wavey::laugh:

In Your Dreams was great. It was more entertaining and far less narcissistic than I expected. I was amused at how Stevie likes to tell everyone that *this song* may be the most important song she's ever done....and then she says it about the next one, and the next one.

My favorite moment was Dave telling Stevie that she is a lighthouse in a sea of moths, because that really is true. :laugh:

I'd love to hear Lindsey's thoughts on the scene from Destiny Rules being included, especially in the context that it was shown, which I found to be somewhat unflattering.

I liked the documentary a lot. Great to see her process with David Stewart, who is as unfettered and delightfully quirky as she is.

Seeing Mick and Lindsey also made my heart beat a little faster. The fact that neither of them was interviewed or given any voice outside of the studio footage was odd--conspicuous in fact. Still, it was great to see them.

One segment I resented, however, was the whole "backstory" for her composing New Orleans. I'm sorry, but recognizing the horror those sufferers went through is one thing but deciding that writing a song for them was the way you would right the wrong is not acceptable. Did she send money? Did she help organize transportation for those people out of the hell? Did she do anything that concretely helped those people in any way? She wrote a song about wearing beads on Bourbon Street. Yikes.

What saves 90 minutes of Stevie from being a narcissistic mess is her terrific sense of humor. I loved watching her party with her friends and the crew at the end. I loved watching her draw musicians into her world, without making them uncomfortable. Her laugh is so dirty! Loved it.

I appreciate your sentiment, but sometimes it's best not to be so quick to judge others. For all one knows, Stevie may have donated plenty to New Orleans. She has donated during the tsumani back in 2005--which we learned from one of the fun raisers that shared that info. We know that she has worked with the soldiers, donating iPods by the thousands. She wrote a song, yes, but I would not be surprised to learn that she did something tanglible as well for New Orleans. I don't expect her to broadcast that help. Otherwise she'd be called out for that as well.

Thing is, if it had not taken her so very long, she *could* have made an impact with that song. If she would have written, recorded and released it in a matter of *weeks* after the hurricane, with all proceeds going to one of the relief agencies, there might have been a huge financial impact. It is a classic case of too little too late.

Then again, my impression from the documentary is that the song itself is a far more important and precious gift, in Stevie's mind, than any amount of money would ever be. I'm ok with that.

Well, aren't we pious and judgey today. And what did YOU do for the victims of New Orleans, exactly? :rolleyes: Stevie has never made any claim that she somehow, with a wave of her fingerless-gloved hand, righted all of the wrongs in the delta city. She was inspired and wrote a song about them for them. That's all. Is there anything wrong in that? I suspect she donated money as well, but nobody knows for sure and it is honestly nobody else's business.

I didn't find your comment at all distastefull. It is an honest opinion and Question. I agree with KarmaContestant that had she recorderd/released the song right after the catasrophe for a fund raiser, of course it would be more relevant to the city and in general.

One can listen to the song now and realize that the City is so much more than "wearing beads and lace and stolling down Bourbon St." (Many Southeren/NOLA posters here can attest to it).

I think this is the big flaw I have with the NO song. "I wanna dress up...ohh...yeah..." The City, History, and Culture is Much bigger than Ms. Nicks.

Thank you all for sharing your reactions to IYD Documentary.

I LOVED it. I saw the screening in Philly with my boyfriend, and while they claimed it was sold out, I saw a few empty seats. They had to add a second show at a nearby theater, shown about 15 minutes later.

Not once, did I think about how long it was or about the time. I was fully engaged and entertained with a big grin on my face for most of it. I enjoyed the backstory to all the songs. My boyfriend, who is only a very casual FM fan, was really entertained as well. I love documentaries on music and behind-the-scenes stuff, and "makings-of" albums. But to see one of your favorites so candidly, makes you feel a wave of excitement. I was thrilled watching it.

The beginning with the fans and the concert footage had my heart beating fast...it really AMPED me up to see the rest of it, and I thought that was a great opener.

"In Your Dreams" seems to be Stevie's most beloved work, and her favorite solo album. I wish I could say the same. I couldn't get into it on the whole, but only a couple songs grabbed me at first. But after seeing this, it makes me want to revisit this album knowing what I now know. It seems she is SO deep about the story behind each track. She feels SO much....she thinks her words are so meaningful. Like when she left the hotel her poem because someday it would mean something great (I paraphrase). She doesn't do this because she thinks SHE is so important and that her work is like giving a gift of the gods, but rather because she truly believes the meaning behind her poems, and the reasons she wrote them, are special in the scheme of the world. Perhaps it is to capture a moment, or to inspire, or to send a message. That is why it is so important to her; NOT because she thinks her words are coming from Jesus himself or something LOL. But rather, she just has so much belief and faith in what she feels.

It is because SHE feels so so deeply, and had so much feeling for writing each song, that I feel funny then about my initial reaction to the lyrics in a lot of these songs. How could someone with so much feeling and belief in this work, have some lyrics that left me cold and untouched":shrug: The words in New Orleans don't bring to mind what happened there, but yet I know she wanted to celebrate the city, and so she wrote those fun and simple lyrics, but still...? And this is only one example...

When people by music, they don't get this automatic vision of what the creative process was like. We don't have documentaries downloaded into our brains as we listen to a new album for the first time. You have to listen and figure out what you will take from it. I had a hard time finding that. But yet I loved this documentary, and I loved the music when I heard it in the context of the film. I truly did.

When I left, I realized I was with like-minded fans and it was like an unspoken common link between us, as some of us asked each other..."are you going Saturday!?" (FM show 4/6)

I can't wait for saturday now!

I agree, and I wish we could have heard some interview segments from Sharon, Lori, Waddy, and Mike as well.

Where are you sitting(or standing as the case may be?)

Something I thought of just now - the part where Stevie is playing Dreams on the little keyboard, and singing, and then there are cuts to the footage of Dreams from the Rumours tour.

So obviously, Stevie was trying to reinforce her claim that her voice hasn't changed. :laugh:

I found this whole exchange amusing. It's like she was saying "See. I told you."

She doesn't seem to realize that she doesn't sound even remotely similar to her 70s vocal ability.

my two favorite scenes:

sharon, lori, & stevie singing that 50s song together (what the hell is the name of that song?)

stevie & dave in bed singing "natural woman," and stevie freaking out like a teenager when dave kisses her ear. :lol:

Thank you for the balanced response to my opinion. I love Stevie, but I also feel that song was all about her and really didn't benefit the people who suffered in any concrete way. Had she used the proceeds of the song for charity that'd be another story. Also , if she had donated money given the victims something that would have helped them in the way the young boy in the footage was asking, then we would have known about that...

Her use of the footage of people suffering and, in particular the boy who challenged the viewers on camera, could be construed as exploitation unless she did give concrete help, in which case that should be noted.

What did I do? Do you really want to know? Now who's being judgey. I gave an honest response. Deal with it.

Thank you. I remember her doing this.

So, the proceeds of her performance (ie: her fee) went to help the victims of Katrina? Or she lent her celebrity status to raise awareness and generate donations--or both?

It would have been nice if the documentary balanced this gesture with her impulse to write a song.

I thought it was great!

I didn't really like how she brought up the "I don't like to be told what to do" thing with Lindsey from Say You Will. But whatever.

I'm really glad that they included footage from the Wiltern show in LA (I'm happy about this for selfish reasons - I saw myself in the crowd right in front of Stevie :D )

Anyway, I thought it was really great; hope it comes out on DVD.

Fireflies, it was "Chapel of Love" :)

I loved the film! I saw it at the AFI Theater in Silver Spring, MD and it was pretty full, some empty seats. It seemed everyone really enjoyed it! I took my mom with me and she's not a fan exactly, but she'll listen to The Mac or Stevie when I play it or it comes on the radio. She said it was good and that it was interesting to see.

I loved it and kept thinking every time a scene faded out "please don't let it be the end already!" haha...I could easily sit through another hour or more of this documentary.

I loved how they touched base on all of the songs-although I wish a few got some longer moments (aka "Wild Sargasso Sea"), but I like how everything was represented (including "My Heart" playing towards the end). It was great to peak in at the whole creative process that inspired this incredible album.

One song I've been listening to even more than before now is "Italian Summer"...O M G...Stevie singing out doors in that gorgeous dress, the view...and the story behind it with the amazing fireworks display...I think I played the song 10 times today alone haha. It was absolutely gorgeous overall and you can tell a lot of time went into it. One thing that peaks my curiosity...will there be a Wiltern Theater concert DVD???? :)

Fingers crossed!

I had my own Italian Summer in September 2010. Italy is dreamy. From Milan to Stresa to Venice. We had a marvelous time. I love this song, in large part because on our last day in Italy, it rained and rained, and the wind blew, and it was just...like no other experience...that storm, on the Adriatic Sea. I relive that last day in Italy every time I hear Italian Summer. And it is so romantic, and it is so soulful. :nod:

I saw the documentary in Baltimore to a sold out show. ( A few seats available) The show exceeded my expectations. I do hope this will be released with expanded scenes and interviews. I'm glad I saw it on the big screen. Stevie has a great sense of humor that really came out on this movie.

"In Your Dreams"---Houston, Texas/Landmark River Oaks Theater

I loved the screening. Although not sold out, there was a good size crowd on hand to worship the high priestess. The crowd was very into the film, applause, hooting, calling out, etc...(River Oaks Houston is Sandy Stewart's neighborhood).

A major highlight of the event was spotting Brooke Alyson in the audience. Brooke is the leader of NIGHTBIRD: A STEVIE NICKS TRIBUTE BAND. Brooke was dressed in full Stevie attire, just like she does on stage. Check them out.

http://www.nightbirdtribute.com/

I have never attended a Stevie/Fleetwood Mac event in Texas without seeing Brooke Alyson there. Brooke is a Stevie fanatic who has devoted her life the impersonating the Welsh Witch.

thank you! i'm always amazed at how great they still sound together. the clip in the documentary reminds me of 2:00 in this video...their harmonies are the same!

I thought I remembered reading about Stevie donating to Katrina, but now I think it might have been Haiti. Even so, I've always thought she was charitable and generous. If I had to guess one way or the other, I think she gave money to Katrina.

Our area viewing isn't unitl the 7th, and although I did see it at the Mill Valley gig, I am most excited about this showing because I can relax and just watch it. At the MV deal, SN was at back of room, and I knew she'd be out for the q&a, and we had been there already all day...I want to view it leisurely. The fact that so many of us are now FINALLY being able to see it is long overdue, and I'm so glad that's it's in so many areas for viewing. From waht I can recall, I loved every second of it. Being the pic fanatic I am, I ofcourse was overjoyed at the unreleased pic spam. Amazing. And also that a Ledgie made the fan submission grade!!

You are probably right. She is generous and warm. And I believe she did do that. But I think the doc should have balanced her creative response with even the briefest mention of other kinds of support. Otherwise it just looks like exploitation.

It has been a few weeks since I saw it, but I swear in some place in the documentary when they were talking about Katrina and how her dad used to be the VP of Greyhound and Stevie is saying something like, "I just couldn't believe this! Why wasn't anyone helping?" and then a news article flashed across the screen that said something about Stevie and Greyhound, which seemed like she used her power to help get Greyhound busses there, but maybe I'm wrong. However, I didn't really see it as exploitation, but rather it simply showed what inspired Stevie to write the song. I found that part to be very touching and inspiring and I have to say I'm glad she chose to show us what/how she was inspired rather than what she did with her millions of dollars. Being that she's a musician, flaunting her charity work would seem more like exploitation than sharing her inspiration for a song IMO.

I've always loved the "behind the scenes" look at the end of this vid too! Also..always wondered what she started singing along to in the makeup chair around 1:09.
Anyone know? Sounds like one of her own songs, but then again it doesn't. :shrug:

I don't have time to read everyone else's reviews, so I suspect I may be repeating other's thoughts...:sorry:

I came away with a lot but one thing that really stood out or me is how strong she is and how amazingly good she is at standing up for what she wants out of her music. She does it very assertively but not disrespectfully. I also felt so happy that she had this year of joy. It made me a little sad that she had to wait so long to have it, but I'm glad she did.

I thought she looked much more beautiful when she was less made up. I liked that this experience brought her closer to her home.

I did read the first few posts here and saw the mention of Katrina and New Orleans. The social worker in me did wonder if she had done anything financially in support, but then I realized that a) she probably did and b) it's none of my business. It's not her job to save the world. She gave them a song from her heart.

The Moonlight segment was great (the one song I play over and over) and I loved her description of it.

The dance party with Stevie flicking the light switch was hilarious. She came across as being very warm, funny, and passionate.

Wish I had time to say more.

P.S. I have such a funny story about my experience at the show- nothing to do with Stevie- will come back to tell it when I have more time...

I saw the Documentary here in New Orleans....two screenings ( one sold out...one almost sold out)...I read somewhere that Stevie donated to a couple of Katrina Charities...one being a dog rescue operation....all I know is that during the New Orleans segment of the documentary you could hear a pin drop...I looked around and saw some wet eyes...I, myself lost everything, including my father during that storm..(dont feel bad, please...Katrina taught me some valuable lessons about life and what is truly important, and I am doing great now!) But after seeing the footage, and hearing Stevie's comments about the government, and Stevie kinda saying she wanted the song to make people wanna go down to New Orleans...well...as the segment ended, the audience slowly but collectively broke out into a round of applause before the next song segment...I guess you had to be there but it kinda gave me goosebumps..
On another note....I brought 5 casual Stevie/FM fans with me...when we left the show they were showing more excitement than even ME, a die hard fan for decades. They all expressed that the film showed that Stevie was more than just the hair and the costumes and the makeup. They all felt like she was a timeless song crafter with a special gift for creating songs that really touch people emotionally and can stand the test of time. It was really a great night!

forgot to add but very excited to be seeing Fleetwood Mac at The New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival one month from today on May 4th...this should be one of the biggest (well in terms of attendance) gigs of the tour....The Acura Stage where they will perform has a field and stands that will be filled with thousands of people at 5:00 that day....Cant wait...I have wished for this for the past 7 years and this year I get to see MY band:]

Wow, your entire post was such heartfelt reading. Thank you so much for sharing this with us. :angel:

thanks VIVFOX....i have been in the background on here for years and have only recently begun posting...I love your posts and have become a fan of yours, so...your response really made my day... :]

I'm sorry to hear you lost so much during that storm, that must have been a horrific experience. Glad to ear you're doing great now :wavey:

thanks so much Catdancer :cool: