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

[windbecame]

Dear Stevie,
I am actually A FAN! .... THANK YOU for giving me this GIFT/DOCUMENTARY esp. for ME.... I LOVE your music... ALL of your music!! MUCH LOVE ... (SO SORRY THAT lot's of people SUCK) ... SERIOUSLY

[Etisl]

Ok, I know this was posted somewhere here before...but I can't find it.

During the documentary there is a beautiful colored crystals lamp that is shown a few times..... Someone posted a link to the company that makes and sells them, but I don't recall the name or the link. Could someone please re-post?

[louielouie2000]

Originally Posted by windbecame

Dear Stevie,
I am actually A FAN! .... THANK YOU for giving me this GIFT/DOCUMENTARY esp. for ME.... I LOVE your music... ALL of your music!! MUCH LOVE ... (SO SORRY THAT lot's of people SUCK) ... SERIOUSLY

Stevie herself critiqued the documentary pretty harshly in regards to length & pacing during the screening here in Austin. She's also stated repeatedly the whole thing was Dave's idea, and she just went along with his insistence. So the documentary itself was not really her pet project which some of us are "trying" to sully. I am in fact very glad we have the documentary.

However, a huge part/purpose of art is to try & break it down & critique it so you can understand/relate to it, and what it's trying to convey. This is not something new, critiquing of art has gone on for many centuries. If we as fans aren't allowed to break down & examine Stevie's art in order to extract meaning from it, then who is? And what would be the purpose of her being an artist in the first place if no one discussed her art, or tried to interpret it?

[Dex]

Originally Posted by louielouie2000

Stevie herself critiqued the documentary pretty harshly in regards to length & pacing during the screening here in Austin. She's also stated repeatedly the whole thing was Dave's idea, and she just went along with his insistence. So the documentary itself was not really her pet project which some of us are "trying" to sully. I am in fact very glad we have the documentary.

However, a huge part/purpose of art is to try & break it down & critique it so you can understand/relate to it, and what it's trying to convey. This is not something new, critiquing of art has gone on for many centuries. If we as fans aren't allowed to break down & examine Stevie's art in order to extract meaning from it, then who is? And what would be the purpose of her being an artist in the first place if no one discussed her art, or tried to interpret it?

You are good.

[michelej1]

The movie has 40% on Rotten Tomatoes.

http://www.rottentomatoes.com/author/author-1152/

[Desiree]

[QUOTE=Christopher;1084957]
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.

I was really surprised by her admission because although we all know that she not an innocent, she calls herself a prude!!!!! She needs to look up the definition, lol!! Lindsey has made comments in the past about her saying she a prude and he's like, "really?" I mean a woman who sings Dave Matthews Crash Into Me, and does it justice! Not a prude! Funny!

[Desiree]

Originally Posted by Fireflies

my two favorite scenes:

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

That was funny! Is he married?

[jrpjr]

I couldn't wait to see this film. I had heard mixed reviews but as an obsessed Stevie fan since the mid 70's, i didnt care what people thought, it was a "must see." I appreciate the entire project but i found it quite boring and Stevie herself, i know now is in her mid 60's, is just not the "rock queen" she portrayed in the 80's PLEASE, don't anyone get defensive. I'm simply comparing her from who she was in the 80's in her 30's to who she now in her 60's. This would have been OUTSTANDING if this documentary was done for "The Wild Heart" album. Can you imagine the creativeness of THIS masterpiece of work coming to the screen??!! I find Stevie much more appealing...entertainment wise...when she was crazy. I find her older stuff much more artisticly creative and much more appealing, although I am well aware a few of IYD songs are decades old. Bottom line, it was nice to watch but i dont remember anything that stuck out..no "WOW" moments, except the weird thing she said about "Italian Summer" being a song "all Itailains are going to love" (paraphrased) SAY WHAT Stevie???!! This film should have been included as a DVD in the "In Your Dreams" CD as either a seperate bonus DVD or just included as a double like her "Crystal Visions" CD/DVD for 5 bux more. But again, ANY Stevie fan such as myself is going to watch this from beginning to end anyway. WE love her and will support all she does as she has supported all her fans with her music for decades...respectfully written

[michelej1]

Originally Posted by Desiree

That was funny! Is he married?

Yep, he is. His kids appear in IYD.

Michele

[Dodfather]

Does anyone know how non US fans can see it yet? No progress on this so far....

[Desiree]

Originally Posted by Dodfather

Does anyone know how non US fans can see it yet? No progress on this so far....

Is there some reason it can't be copied or sent via email, etc?

[porkpie]

Originally Posted by Desiree

Is there some reason it can't be copied or sent via email, etc?

I think you answered your own question there.

[PenguinHead]

Originally Posted by jrpjr

it was nice to watch but i dont remember anything that stuck out..no "WOW" moments, except the weird thing she said about "Italian Summer" being a song "all Itailains are going to love" (paraphrased) SAY WHAT Stevie???!!

That quote was hilarious for it's utter absurdity -- for the ego Stevie has to think Italians are going love her song because it references Italy. She was genuine in her sentiment, but slightly delusional.

I like the song. The dramatic effect is there, but the lyrical content is a bit thin, which minimizes the emotional impact. The appeal is mostly appreciated by Stevie's fans, but there are no universal, transcendental qualities to the song.

[michelej1]

Vancouver sun, By Katherine Monk, Postmedia News November 27, 2013

http://www.vancouversun.com/entertai...572/story.html

Stevie Nicks: In Your Dreams: Two and a half stars out of five — It’s unpredictable, fiery and completely random. Creativity can reduce the bravest, most decorated left-brained soldier into a puddle of nervous mush. For singer-songwriter Stevie Nicks, this seems to be a natural state — a lacy palace of romantic thoughts and swirling melodies that complements her actual abode, a sprawling mansion with a mega-rotunda in suburban Los Angeles. The house and Nicks’s ephemeral creative muse are essentially the two stars of In Your Dreams, a new documentary from multi-hyphenate producer Dave Stewart. Part video diary of the production process, and part artist portrait, In Your Dreams chronicles the conception, gestation and eventual birth of Nicks’s latest studio offering, which shares the same title as the movie. It conjures a feeling somewhere between nutty cat-collector and esteemed oddball artist, and we hear Nicks tell us about her life and her creative work with an unmistakable hint of Norma Desmond lurking in the folds of her black cloaks. Special features unavailable.

[michelej1]

Review: Gold dust woman Stevie nicks shares her ‘dreams’ in new documentary
Posted: Thursday, November 28, 2013 12:01 a.m. Salisbury Post

http://www.salisburypost.com/article...131129713/1011

Her name conjures imagery like no other: long, flowing blonde hair, dripping black chiffon, mystical lyrics, and witchy-woman, take-no-prisoner attitude.

After selling 150 million albums, winning multiple Grammys and being a member of one of the biggest rock bands of all time, Stevie Nicks is still a mystery.

In 2010 it had been over a decade since the world had heard any solo material from the Queen of Rock and many wondered if Nicks had called it quits on her long and wildly successful solo career. Then, rumors grew of her being holed up in her mansion overlooking the Pacific Ocean with former Eurythmics front man, Dave Stewart, and, sure enough, her publicist soon revealed that the world would once again hear the whiskey, golden voice of Stevie Nicks. But, what happened next was unlike anything Nicks had ever done: she allowed cameras to film the birth of her record.

“In Your Dreams” was released in 2011 to the best reviews of Nicks’ career.

While she was receiving stellar reception to the album, she announced that a film capturing the entire process would hit theaters on April 2, 2013.

As the film opens we find ourselves poolside at Nicks’ Pacific Palisades home.

Well, I say “home,” but it’s more like a compound. She named it “Tara” since it reminded her of the famous house from “Gone with the Wind.”

We’re immediately taken to the front door and into her sweeping foyer, complete with murals, buddhas, and an amazing grand staircase.

Although she has owned the property since 2005, she actually lives in a much smaller penthouse in Santa Monica, less than a mile away.

Nicks and Stewart are then seen seated in her beautiful closet discussing their careers and the purpose of her new album, which many now consider to be the best of her career.

Next, we are thrown into her formal living room that she has transformed into a recording studio, complete with dozens of Tiffany lamps and a beautiful fireplace.

Meanwhile, it’s 90 degrees in Los Angeles and Nicks has a roaring fire and the air conditioner on full blast. But it’s all about the ambience.

While the film offers glimpses into the recording of each song from the album, I found the most tragic segment to be about a song Nicks wrote called “New Orleans.”

It was 2005 and Hurricane Katrina had devastated the Gulf, leaving hundreds of thousands without homes.

Here Nicks offers no glossy news footage. Instead, she uses the most graphic, brutal footage of Katrina, most of which was banned from American television.

There are bodies in the streets; dogs are attacking children out of the desperation of hunger; and a woman is seen clutching her dead newborn.

A tearful Nicks declares, “It was your worst nightmare.”

While she quietly donated $1 million to the relief efforts, she also wrote “New Orleans” for the victims.

Hearing the song is one thing, but seeing the film and seeing her discuss it adds an entirely new dimension into the song.

She also speaks at length about her song “Soldier’s Angel,” which was written when she began visiting Walter Reed Hospital in 2005.

“I walked in that hospital a rock star with no problems, but I walked out a soldier’s mother, a soldier’s sister, a soldier’s wife,” she says. “That song is one of the most important things I’ll ever do in my life.”

Throughout the nearly two-hour film are interjections of glossy, expensive music videos and never-before-seen footage of a young Nicks growing up in Phoenix and Chicago.

At one point in the film, Nicks can be seen on a vacation in Napili, Hawaii, where she writes the song “For What It’s Worth” in literally minutes. Proof that inspiration can strike anytime, anyplace, and at any age.

Perhaps my favorite part of the movie was the last segment, in which Nicks introduces her soaring ballad, “Italian Summer.”

I myself spent four weeks in Italy in 2005 and in the film she says something that I believe to be one of the truest statements of the film: “I’d love to live in Italy because to be there makes you want to fall in love; you don’t know how much you love Italy until you leave.”

She also shares footage of one of the most fantastical storms you’ve ever seen, which inspired the song and its epic final note.

It’s been two hours and it’s time for us to go. In closing we see Nicks and an orchestra on her patio surrounded by her rolling, lush gardens and breathtaking panoramic views of Los Angeles.

We’re back where we started: at Tara, her house by the ocean that now feels a bit like home. Nicks is clothed in a floor-length red dress and is waving us out as the camera pans to the city below.

You can’t help but think that you have just witnessed something extraordinary.

Then again, you know this is Stevie Nicks and her world just may be a little more extraordinary than our own.

“Stevie Nicks: In Your Dreams” is unrated and is currently in high definition, digital-only release.

It is available on iTunes, Amazon, and inyourdreamsmovie.com. The film comes to DVD on Wedneday through Warner Bros. Records.

It was also recently announced that Nicks would make a highly-publicized appearance on the FX show, “American Horror Story: Coven,” in the coming weeks.

Jared Faw is an aspiring writer who lives in Rowan County.