Stevie Nicks Through the Looking Glass: A Documentary Film

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A new British-produced documentary DVD on Stevie's career came out today. It isn't bad. I'd give it a solid three stars out of five. It has the look and feel of the Fleetwood Mac documentary that aired on the Biography channel a few years ago. The first hour focuses on Fleetwood Mac, pre-Bella Donna and the second hour starts from Bella Donna and stops at Trouble in Shangri-La, with brief mentions of In Your Dreams and the 2013 Mac tour.

Pros

• New interviews with Keith Olsen, Ken Caillat (with three copies of his new book displayed behind him, LOL!), and Rick Vito. It's great to hear Keith talking about RAL and co-writing "HAEWAFY"; Ken describing how no one wanted be in France to record Mirage; and Rick sharing thoughts about Greatest Hits, Behind the Mask, and writing music with Stevie.
• NPR's Ann Powers interview - she's extremely articulate and interprets Stevie's career decisions extremely well.
• Archival material from Fritz and Buckingham Nicks era
• Seeing European interviews of Stevie and Fleetwood Mac, though this may be old footage for European fans
• Being able to use original studio recordings (e.g. "Crying in the Night," "Gold Dust Woman") in the DVD.

Cons

• Some cheesy production values: use of bad fonts, original music written to sound like actual Fleetwood Mac/Stevie Nicks songs, being able to see a lamp cord in one of the interviews, LOL
• A few incorrect facts (e.g. Menlo-Atherton High School being in Los Angeles, Stevie having four songs on Mirage, a new solo album scheduled for 1984 release--it was delayed and changed names, but I don't think it was ever intended to be released in 1984, just a year after The Wild Heart).
• Use of A LOT of previously released footage: Rosebud film, Tusk doc, Red Rocks, MTV interviews, The Dance, Classic Albums: Rumours

The DVD is on Amazon if you want to buy. Or preview it here.