I Want My MTV: The Uncensored Story of the Music Video Revolution

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I've watched some clips of the making of the Hold Me video that were on youtube or somewhere. There's bits of Stevie shooting her part on the chaise and I think also walking carrying the large painting in her full high heeled boots on shifting sands. And while I have no doubt FM is no picnic to work with when they are all being pissy, I have to say I found the film people pretty clueless about what the band members were going through to get the shots the director wanted. They just left Stevie sitting there at times while they dithered around with their cameras/lighting/whatever and then gave sort of cryptic commands about what they wanted them to do in a given shot and basically treated them like props. I can see where that would be annoying to anyone but especially so to 'ROCK STAHS" used to telling everyone else what to do.... add in being out in the middle of the desert and putting up with that tediousness for hours and hours... bad mix.