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Céline Dion Is Still Aiming for Perfection
Her new documentary refuses to be a portrait of a diva in decline
Without ever really questioning the accepted model of the star-approved, publicist-molded documentary — which, directed by Irene Taylor, was co-produced by Céline’s company, Les Productions Feeling— the film lands somewhere between hand-holding fan service and brutal portrait of chronic illness. In one concert clip, she begins her hit “The Power of Love” shrouded in darkness, vocals booming from a Céline-shaped hole: “I hold on to your body / And feel each move you make …” When she arrives at “’Cause I’m your lady …” the lights come up to reveal her in gold sequins, pointing right at you: “And you are my man.” (If you’re hoping to learn more about her relationship with her late husband, René Angélil, who discovered her when she was 12 and whom she married when she was 26, you will be disappointed; all she will say is that he was “the love of my life.”) When the film opens, Céline says she hasn’t sang in two years because the illness restricts the muscles in her chest.
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