"I Am: Celine Dion" documentary - Official Topic

[Ukrfan]

Hmm in Irene's speech said we would be in Paris tomorrow. Do you think that means both her and Celine?

 

I don’t think so, otherwise why would the French media be in NYC?

[Nmj]

Hmm in Irene's speech said we would be in Paris tomorrow. Do you think that means both her and Celine?

 

I think their message for the screening.. there’s no way she’s flying that far last night. She went back to the hotel. Hopefully people will be keep an eye out in New York City today to see if she is leaving the hotel for promo /going into NBC soundstage for Kelly Clarkson, etc.

[scielle]

 

"We will be in Paris tomorrow"?!

 

I think she just meant that it’s being screened in Paris (possibly with a custom message from Céline).

[rathnakumar]

Seeing Céline today made my entire week. My heart is happy and full! ❤️ I just wanted to share it with you all. ❤️

[Nmj]

 

 

I think she just meant that it’s being screened in Paris (possibly with a custom message from Céline).

 

Did you think this film has a chance at Oscar?

[Ronny83]

I think she just meant that it's being screened in Paris (possibly with a custom message from Céline).

 

No info found about a screening in Paris today.

[scielle]

“Dion also thanked her other “wonderful children,” twins Eddy and Nelson, 13, who were just offstage waiting in the wings.”

 

https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/movies/2024/06/18/celine-dion-documentary-premiere/74100779007/

 

Hm, I didn’t see the twins there, but glad they were (and away from the media glare).

 

Edited June 18, 2024 at 12:05 PM by scielle

[scielle]

Did you think this film has a chance at Oscar?

 

I don’t know. It’s definitely got some confusing low points, but is also brilliant in other respects. I need some time to process (and need to go to work!) but will try to post impressions later.

 

It’s wild that they had to pause the Montreal screening because people got physically sick… maybe it had nothing to do with what’s on screen, but still.

 

Edited June 18, 2024 at 12:11 PM by scielle

[Nmj]

 

 

I don’t know. It’s definitely got some confusing low points, but is also brilliant in other respects. I need some time to process (and need to go to work!) but will try to post impressions later.

 

It’s wild that they had to pause the Montreal screening because people got physically sick… maybe it had nothing to do with what’s on screen, but still.

 

Is Montreal experiencing this higher heat wave? I wonder if had to do with that?

[anewdayhascome]

Yeah as I said in my previous post it is confusing at times. Actually I have more questions now than answers...

 

There was an ambulance situation in Toronto after the doc too.

[Nmj]

Is this the same hotel as last time?

https://www.instagram.com/reel/C8V7RH7oJd5/?igsh=OGJ2N2o3MzNwN282

[Chantemoi]

Another fan cam angle of her “apple tree” speech:

 

https://www.instagram.com/reel/C8W0dpOOdT3/?igsh=OHh1em9lZmZ6cWls

[mirage]

Since not everyone is reading the SPS topic.

And this was announced before the premiere!

 

Celine Dion Foundation Pledges $2 Million For Fight Against Autoimmune Neurology

 

https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/celine-dion-foundation-pledges-2-million-autoimmune-neurology-1235712123/

 

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[Céline RO]

Is this the same hotel as last time?

https://www.instagra...GJ2N2o3MzNwN282

 

I believe she’s staying at the Baccarat again, where she stayed in March.

[Nmj]

 

 

I believe she’s staying at the Baccarat again, where she stayed in March.

 

Here out there doing some New York City promo today!

[CelineDionFreak]

 

 

Here out there doing some New York City promo today!

Did she leave the hotel again today to go do another round of press?

[scielle]

Posted the Variety review (along with a few others so far) in the spoilers thread, but thought this excerpt was particularly poignant, given Irene's Moonlight Sonata film -

"And yet, it’s heartbreaking to hear, now that Celine has achieved greater success than that awkward, slightly horsey-looking teen could have possibly imagined, only to find it wrenched away by such an unfair affliction — one that deprives her of the ability to sing, every bit as cruel as Beethoven’s hearing loss."

[Nmj]

 

Did she leave the hotel again today to go do another round of press?

 

I have no idea.. I’m hoping she does. So far last we saw her RC entering the hotel last night.

[Ukrfan]

"In “I Am: Celine Dion,” director Irene Taylor assumes her fans know all of that, dedicating no more than five minutes of her intimate feature-length documentary to such details. This isn’t your standard VH1 “Behind the Music” special. There are no talking heads (besides Celine’s), no tawdry gossip. Instead, “I Am” depicts the side of Dion the Canadian diva doesn’t typically show: at home, sans makeup, surrounded by her kids and close-knit staff" © Variety

 

This probably explains 1h40min length as it's mostly new. Sounds amazing tbh

[ewh12]

Can’t wait to watch the screening tonight!

[Nmj]

Looks like Irene is there again.

https://www.instagram.com/stories/directorirenetaylor/3393193311853037967?utm_source=ig_story_item_share&igsh=ejl5MjBuYXdoNzZm

[drove all night]

Is this the same hotel as last time?

https://www.instagra...GJ2N2o3MzNwN282

 

Yes, like in March 2024!

Baccarat Hotel New York

28 West 53rd Street, New York, NY 10019

[marc-02]

So here are some random points that stuck with me after the screening tonight that I will probably forget tomorrow, so let me brain dump them now:

 

1. Irene said Celine wanted this documentary in her own words, not other people talking about Celine, which Irene absolutely loved as a director. Celine also gave an endowed chair to her SPS doctor, which is a big deal in the world of academia (uni professor here).

 

2. Shamrock’s tweet really touched all of us (could someone on Celine’s team actually reading her social media now?).

 

3. The initial part of the doc takes you through 1 out of 4 of Celine’s warehouses. She keeps everything like she’s told Oprah in the past. Truly a walk down memory lane. When you recognize all these artifacts of her career from over the years, you realize just how long we have followed her and how her personal items almost feel like ours because we know her so well. Such a brilliant idea to include this in the doc.

 

4. You get to see a very intimate side of Celine that we haven’t seen before of her while she’s at home. She loves having fun with the twins. Also her home has evolved quite a bit and she’s reverted from the modern style we saw when she invited Oprah into her home in 2003 and back to the classic style of her original Florida home before she took the hiatus. It stinks that she was somewhat held captive the last four years in her home due to concerns that people would not take her illness seriously, but you get to see what she was up to during all that time. Celine with her animals, Celine with her sweet kids, and with her new team of experts.

 

5. There is enough old and new concert footage to keep us happy including a new recording of TPOL.

 

6. Love Again was not a remnant of Courage. It was a brand new recording at Celine’s lowest point of her battle and you’ll see her record it for her first time back in the studio. it makes me appreciate this song even more and angry that it wasn’t nominated for an Oscar. It’s even more poignant because Celine actually contemplates during the recording if she’ll have to evolve into a softer style like this song and if the people will like it. She is truly her biggest critic.

 

7. The things you think will get a lot of coverage, like Rene’s passing, are depicted with the most simplicity and emotion by Irene. There is a moment when Celine is sitting by the pool in a lounger just quiet and you can feel how much she misses Rene without her saying a word. There’s a tender moment when she shares one of Maria Callas’ necklaces that Rene gifted to her and she uses it to summon her strength.

 

8. Ending is absolutely brutal to watch like Hoda teased during the interview. The fact that our lady is going through this torture is horrifying, but she kept her suffering silent for so long. No surprise that shortly after the SPS episode, Celine leaps right back into song as her therapy. I didn’t catch what the song was, but a lot of people wondered if it was a new song.

 

9. Sweet John Farnham tribute, seemed kind of random though, along with a shoutout to just Andre Coutu.

 

10. Amidst all the rumors, you have to wonder where Claudette was getting her information. Dave Platel really seemed to be the one in charge after Celine.

 

11. If you are expecting grandiosity and something depicting Celine‘s larger than life career, you will get only tiny hints of it, but it is definitely not at the heart of what the documentary is trying to communicate. At the core of it, it is really juxtaposing Celine the superstar with Celine the human. Of course I think we as fans would have preferred a body of work that communicated the magnitude of Celine’s success and accomplishments to a broader non-fan audience, but then I realized this body of work was created for us and not for them. We now have a peak inside the relative silence for the last four years. And it wasn’t pretty. She suffered a lot and I feel ashamed by some of the discussions I saw on here.

 

12. Don’t judge the dog or you’ll regret it.

 

I’m sure more will come to me later but for now I can say with certainty that you will all love it.

 

I thought we had a separate thread for spoilers?

[Nmj]

Well John k of Las Vegas review journal who’s been saying he’s optimistic about a late Vegas return is changing a tune slightly… beware there’s spoilers, I stopped reading.

 

“Sources familiar with Dion’s plans indicate she will not likely be on stage this year. But Dion herself has not spelled out atime line for her return.”

 

 

https://www.reviewjournal.com/entertainment/entertainment-columns/kats/celine-dion-doc-shows-jarring-seizure-scene-and-a-hint-of-vegas-return-3070771/

Edited June 18, 2024 at 03:08 PM by Nmj

[PuraVida]

There's so much to digest about the event last night! Mostly, I'm glad Celine Dion got a chance to see her fans in person. I'm so glad she was able to get through it physically, albeit if she had to cancel (?) the Q&A afterwards. I was overwhelmed just following all the content coming out of the premiere, so I can only imagine how overwhelming and perhaps overstimulating it was for Celine.

 

Glad to see her accompanied by RC again (his hair is taking the next plane out!) and she seemed so warm with Irene Taylor.

[anewdayhascome]

What puzzles me is the soundtrack. It doesn't go with the order of songs appearing in the documentary. Also, how did the choose actually those particular ones while other appear in the documentary too ( Treat Her Like A Lady, If That's What It Takes, Valse Adieu, You Are The Voice, Carmen or Tellement J'ai D'amour Pour Toi).

 

In general, though, most songs (from the soundtrack or not) are extremely brief (which is good though as it leaves more space for the doc itself, TPOL is too long for instance in my opinion)

Edited June 18, 2024 at 03:33 PM by anewdayhascome

[LukeD]

Glad to see her accompanied by RC again (his hair is taking the next plane out!) and she seemed so warm with Irene Taylor.

 

I shouldn't be laughing but can't help it.

[Nmj]

 

I shouldn't be laughing but can't help it.

 

Ellen jinxed him with the evil eye.

[Nmj]

I know I sound like Broken record, but I can’t help myself who the hell is running this idiotic team? I don’t expect anything out of them, but come on! We understood kind of the radio silence. The last 4 to 5 years Celine was battling her disorder, but now they are quite right as she is literally everywhere else. Somebody needs to fire this intern ASAP. Rant over.

[drove all night]

A part of her siblings @ the Montreal premiere yesterday, June 17th