"I Am: Celine Dion" documentary - Official Topic

[ryba]

 

 

I think they started production around early 2022 (based on that LinkedIn post where Vermilion was trying to hire a French-speaking /Quebecois producer), and Julie has it listed on her Staff Me Up profile as 9/21-10/23. So I think Irene was hired just shortly before the initial announcement in Sept'21.

So Julie Snyder is involved in this docu?

[Celine Fan 77]

One detail that I find weird about the trailer is that they took the SPS announcement clip from Instagram, so it appears cropped on the sides. I wonder why they didn’t take the YouTube version which is full screen…

[RosieBarron]

I suppose that they must have clashed because he unfollowed her. Otherwise why would he do that?

 

But I'm glad that this relationship and phase in her life is over. He didn't have a good influence on her. She was overly crazy back then and didn't come accross very well IMO. Also, her style was terrible at that time. I'm happy that she decided to go back to being classy again.

 

Totally, I may have mentioned it several times back then but I just couldn't stand the guy. He came out of nowhere and was suddenly everywhere. Was all very odd and must have been a very unequal friendship. I seem to recall him deleting stuff off his social media almost as soon as he was noticed around her. The rumours about them certainly benefited him but not her.

[Nmj]

The official “I Am: Cèline Dion” trailer now has 2 million views, in 2 days. Lots of interest.

 

Edited May 25, 2024 at 08:06 PM by Nmj

[CelinesDIVO5]

 

 

Totally, I may have mentioned it several times back then but I just couldn't stand the guy. He came out of nowhere and was suddenly everywhere. Was all very odd and must have been a very unequal friendship. I seem to recall him deleting stuff off his social media almost as soon as he was noticed around her. The rumours about them certainly benefited him but not her.

 

I met Pepe in Birmingham and he was very nice. He didn’t act like he was the best friend of a celebrity. He was just kind and fun to be around. I can’t comment on their friendship, as I’m obviously not an insider, but like it was said above, sometimes people come into your life for a short period of time and that’s all the time they were meant for. Maybe they had a falling out. Maybe after Covid, their lives took different paths. Maybe Celine just cut people out during the time she was trying to get better. We may never know.

[Nmj]

AMAZON is trying to promote this film or it seems they will ramp up… a friend of mine was at the movie theaters tofay and the trailer was played.

 

I find that surprising that a streaming service would be allowed to advertise in a cinema as they compete in certain aspects but I guess Amazon paid and money talks!!

Edited May 25, 2024 at 08:25 PM by Nmj

[scielle]

So Julie Snyder is involved in this docu?

No, I’m referring to Julie Begey Seureau.

 

I think the rehersals were filmed for the purposes of a docu (just like for 3BAANS back in 2010), but then they decided to put the focus on her condition

She never rehearsed though. The band did, but without her.

 

Edited May 25, 2024 at 08:56 PM by scielle

[Nmj]

She never rehearsed though. The band did, but without her.

 

Are you sure , I was under the impression that she rehearsed but then stopped and the band kept rehearsing?! No?

[LukeD]

Totally, I may have mentioned it several times back then but I just couldn't stand the guy. He came out of nowhere and was suddenly everywhere. Was all very odd and must have been a very unequal friendship. I seem to recall him deleting stuff off his social media almost as soon as he was noticed around her. The rumours about them certainly benefited him but not her.

Just because he benefited more from this interaction does not mean he is the villain of the story. I met him in person as well and he seemed fine, agreed to take pics and have small chat, despite reading a book by himself when we approached him. There is a good chance none of them is at fault. Sometimes relationships do not work because people are simply incompatible, not because they are mean. It is like mixing ketchup with vanilla ice-cream, both taste great but together they simply don't work. Edited May 25, 2024 at 11:21 PM by LukeD

[LukeD]

To think Celine experienced the first SPS symptoms back in 2007-2008 means that at the time Rene was dealing with cancer again (2013) she was dealing with SPS.

 

So unfair. Their reach, wealth, priviledge created the illusion of invincibility. What has happened is so difficult to accept.

Edited May 25, 2024 at 11:28 PM by LukeD

[Állex Sodi]

Just because he benefited more from this interaction does not mean he is the villain of the story. I met him in person as well and he seemed fine, agreed to take pics and have small chat, despite reading a book by himself when we approached him. There is a good chance none of them is at fault. Sometimes relationships do not work because people are simply incompatible, not because they are mean. It is like mixing ketchup with vanilla ice-cream, both taste great but together they simply don't work.

 

Agreed with you. Plus, it was fairly recent friendship. I don’t think it was deep enough for him to be involved in the process of SPS, even her family seemed to know very little about it. There was also a pandemic in the middle. They probably just grew apart.

Anyway, I always believe that if we don’t know what happened, assume the good, not the bad. It’s only fair.

[Nmj]

To think Celine experienced the first SPS symptoms back in 2007-2008 means that at the time Rene was dealing with cancer again (2013) she was dealing with SPS.

 

So unfair. Their reach, wealth, priviledge created the illusion of invincibility. What has happened is so difficult to accept.

 

I’m wondering if the fragility of her voice during some of the CWT concerts was due to the SPS, starting to show in her vocal cords. Because it was inconsistent, some nights she sounded pristine other nights she was at her worst of her career… and it was no rhyme or reason. It would’ve been different if she was consistently weaker in her vocal but she wasn’t.

[Nmj]

The official “I Am: Cèline Dion” trailer now has 2 million views, in 2 days. Lots of interest.

 

 

It’s averaging 100k a hour which is insane nearly at 1.2 million now.

[Nmj]

https://www.instagram.com/p/C7aLs9MtrT7/?igsh=MWJmaWRsdHBtMnJwYQ==

 

[karatedude317]

Does anyone know the exact time frame when Irene began filming…I’m

Wondering if the RW rehearsals were filmed along with the decision to cancel the shows start?

 

I’d like the see the BTS of that.

I thought it was before the diagnosis and around when vegas was about to start up, and then they had to pivot to SPS

 

Sony Music Entertainment announced in September 2021 that a feature-length documentary is already in the works

 

[Nmj]

 

I thought it was before the diagnosis and around when vegas was about to start up, and then they had to pivot to SPS

 

Sony Music Entertainment announced in September 2021 that a feature-length documentary is already in the works

 

So if filming began before November there should be rehearsal footage of the RW residency. I’m dying to know what she had planned for that show especially in terms of a setlist. Because even if a show does happen in Vegas I’m sure the idea and setlist will be different.

Edited May 25, 2024 at 11:58 PM by Nmj

[scielle]

Are you sure , I was under the impression that she rehearsed but then stopped and the band kept rehearsing?! No?

 

Yeah I don’t think she ever rehearsed. Believe the band and techs rehearsed without her until they pulled the plug on the whole thing.

 

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https://www.reviewjournal.com/entertainment/entertainment-columns/kats/celine-dion-delays-resorts-world-residency-for-medical-reasons-2462467/amp/

“Celine Dion’s residency at The Theater at Resorts World continues to forge ahead, even if the star cannot. Equipment cases with the Celine brand have been hauled into the hotel. Her backing band and singers are performing inside the new venue. The sound and lighting are being designed Dion’s first performance in Las Vegas since she closed at the Colosseum at Caesars Palace in June 2019. All that is missing is the headliner.”

 

Edited May 26, 2024 at 12:46 AM by scielle

[Nmj]

 

 

Yeah I don’t think she ever rehearsed. Believe the band and techs rehearsed without her until they pulled the plug on the whole thing.

 

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“Celine Dion’s residency at The Theater at Resorts World continues to forge ahead, even if the star cannot. Equipment cases with the Celine brand have been hauled into the hotel. Her backing band and singers are performing inside the new venue. The sound and lighting are being designed Dion’s first performance in Las Vegas since she closed at the Colosseum at Caesars Palace in June 2019. All that is missing is the headliner.”

 

I remember this, but I thought the band and Celine began rehearsals first and she had to stop and they continued rehearsals in the event the show was still going to open. Since filming was happening for the documentary at the time, I hope we get to see how the process played out. And and when and how Celine had to make the ultimate call to postpone and to en cancel the shows. If Rene was alive it would’ve him as we saw when she got ill during the TC world tour we saw Rene make the call right from the doctors office, giving orders on when the shows could start and when the cancelled tours would be scheduled, he wasted NO time lol.

 

[Del]

If I may, and in my humble opinion, after all those years, it sounds like a childish attitude. Too bad for them.

Agreed. She doesn't owe the Quebec press anything. Celine has lived in the USA for over 30 years. She is bi-lingual. Bore off.

That's incredibly silly lol. The film is being directed by an American woman, and she's most likely mostly being spoken to in English for the duration of the film. Of course she'd be speaking English. Seems like faux outrage to me.

 

While I’m not from Quebec, I have family that live there so I do understand when I read some of the public /media may be upset. Quebecers are extremely proud of their French language and as we know they like to think of Céline as their’s. To outsiders looking in it may seem strange but I get where they are coming from as they are protective of their heritage and I guess some might see her doing just an English documentary as the fact they are losing her. Which I don’t think would ever be the case.

I’d say most of them, as we are here on the forum, will be intrigued to see the struggles and fight she’s been going through these past several years.

[mirage]

 

 

I see Quebec press are upset about her talking in English and it being subtitled. And that she allowed a foreign Amazon crew into her home.

https://www.journaldemontreal.com/2024/05/23/la-bande-annonce-du-nouveau-documentaire-sur-celine-dion-est-devoilee

 

That's what I posted earlier this week, I was wondering how it would be received in Quebec.

Looks like they didn't read the Vogue interview on why Irene was chosen.

 

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[scielle]

Since filming was happening for the documentary at the time, I hope we get to see how the process played out.

I think it may have been in pre-production, rather than filming, at the time.

[Nmj]

 

I think it may have been in pre-production, rather than filming, at the time.

 

Okay so at point are we speculating this documentary began actual filming… did it start before or after the actual diagnosis? If so I wonder if Irene and the crew was there when Celine actually got the news… I wonder how “open” she was during the filming or how many days per week they were with Celine or if it was more of a “appointment” filming and it was strictly just like one week of actual camera crews around Celine… I guess we will get the answers soon.

Edited May 26, 2024 at 01:13 AM by Nmj

[québecflower]

That's what I posted earlier this week, I was wondering how it would be received in Quebec.

Looks like they didn't read the Vogue interview on why Irene was chosen.

 

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[Nmj]

 

 

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Celine doesn’t owe anyone, anything… there’s a reason Celine still resides in Vegas, now that she isn’t working, Rene is buried in Canada, and her twins are homeschooled and RC is an adult, she could’ve easily moved back to Canada at least until there was a real

Chance of performing again, yet she didn’t. Like I said, to the Americans Celine is toooooo Canadian and to the Canadians she’s too American and it’s sad honestly.

[québecflower]

Celine doesn’t owe anyone, anything… there’s a reason Celine still resides in Vegas, now that she isn’t working, Rene is buried in Canada, and her twins are homeschooled and RC is an adult, she could’ve easily moved back to Canada at least until there was a real

Chance of performing again, yet she didn’t. Like I said, to the Americans Celine is toooooo Canadian and to the Canadians she’s too American and it’s sad honestly.

on ne change pas.

[Nmj]

on ne change pas.

 

Sometimes change is good.

 

Edited May 26, 2024 at 02:13 AM by Nmj

[scielle]

AMAZON is trying to promote this film or it seems they will ramp up… a friend of mine was at the movie theaters tofay and the trailer was played.

Watched a movie on Amazon tonight - not my account, but someone with zero Celine in their browsing history - and the only commercial in the middle was a 30-second edit of the Celine trailer. So it seems Amazon is really pushing this to the general public.

[Nmj]

 

Watched a movie on Amazon tonight - not my account, but someone with zero Celine in their browsing history - and the only commercial in the middle was a 30-second edit of the Celine trailer. So it seems Amazon is really pushing this to the general public.

 

Hopefully the 30’second edit wasn’t just Celine talking about her wardrobe and shoes but the more juicy parts? Sometimes they can really ruin a trailer when they have to shorten them up.

 

Now will team Celine follow suit or put it all on Amazon?

Edited May 26, 2024 at 03:42 AM by Nmj

[Nmj]

 

Watched a movie on Amazon tonight - not my account, but someone with zero Celine in their browsing history - and the only commercial in the middle was a 30-second edit of the Celine trailer. So it seems Amazon is really pushing this to the general public.

 

Also, I don’t want to get ahead of myself but after seeing the initial trailer it seemed this film IS “good enough” to at least been in one major film festival so I’m beginning to think they never intended or submitted this film for consideration to the festivals which is if true is a very odd move on their part. I’m sure even if this documentary ends up being mediocre at worst, (which don’t think will be the case with Irene at the helm…) there probably have been films of even lesser quality at some point that were shown at the fests and probably films without the star power of someone like Celine Dion. Her name alone and her battle with sps should’ve been enough.

Edited May 26, 2024 at 03:33 AM by Nmj

[CelinesDIVO5]

To think Celine experienced the first SPS symptoms back in 2007-2008 means that at the time Rene was dealing with cancer again (2013) she was dealing with SPS.

 

So unfair. Their reach, wealth, priviledge created the illusion of invincibility. What has happened is so difficult to accept.

 

When Rene was diagnosed the first time, Celine was very adamant to say that no matter how rich or famous someone may be, they are not exempt from disease.