Celine Dion - The Colour of My Love Concert

Starring:Peabo Bryson, Clive Griffin, CÃ©line Dion
Director: Tony Greco
Studio: Sony
Product Type: DVD

Editorial Review:
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Filmed in Quebec in 1995, this concert souvenir captures Celine Dion as she turned the corner from pop contender to platinum princess. Long a star in Canada, and a major draw throughout the Francophone world, the QuÃ©becois vocalist was still a relatively new, if increasingly successful, commodity stateside. A clutch of single hits, augmented by two big soundtrack themes, hadn't entirely erased the suspicion that Dion's career was being bolted together on an assembly line not far from Mariah Carey's--apart from frequent overlaps in production support, both singers relied on similar mixtures of sweeping ballads and crisp, uptempo dance workouts, and both were notorious for their vocal gymnastics.

The Colour of My Love works hard, as does Dion, to convince us she's already a major diva, and the approving crowd of hometown fans obviously agrees. Dion, her hair cropped in a shorter, curly 'do, is equally chic in black suit or blue gown, a troupe of dancers invades for strategic uptempo pieces, and her studio duet partners for both "When I Fall in Love"(Clive Griffin) and "Beauty and the Beast" (Peabo Bryson) pop up to repeat their roles. The star attacks each song with laser-like focus, and she radiates a sense of theatrical drama.

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Filmed in Quebec in 1995, this concert souvenir captures Celine Dion as she turned the corner from pop contender to platinum princess. Long a star in Canada, and a major draw throughout the Francophone world, the Québecois vocalist was still a relatively new, if increasingly successful, commodity stateside. A clutch of single hits, augmented by two big soundtrack themes, hadn't entirely erased the suspicion that Dion's career was being bolted together on an assembly line not far from Mariah Carey's--apart from frequent overlaps in production support, both singers relied on similar mixtures of sweeping ballads and crisp, uptempo dance workouts, and both were notorious for their vocal gymnastics.

The Colour of My Love works hard, as does Dion, to convince us she's already a major diva, and the approving crowd of hometown fans obviously agrees. Dion, her hair cropped in a shorter, curly 'do, is equally chic in black suit or blue gown, a troupe of dancers invades for strategic uptempo pieces, and her studio duet partners for both "When I Fall in Love"(Clive Griffin) and "Beauty and the Beast" (Peabo Bryson) pop up to repeat their roles. The star attacks each song with laser-like focus, and she radiates a sense of theatrical drama.

Technically, however, the special suffers from direction that mistakes swooping camera movement, sudden zoom shots, tilted frames, and other concert video clichés for real drama. More problematic is abundant evidence of considerable post-production sweetening in the star's vocals--like other post-rock divas with arena-sized ambitions, Dion (or perhaps her producer) is apparently determined to reproduce the surreal sonic precision and scale of the records. It's a slippery slope that tempts perfectionists to leave less and less of the actual performance on the soundtrack, even though Dion's huge voice would still be impressive (and possibly more exciting) if rendered without such editorial tweaks. --Sam Sutherland

Customer Reviews:

Known Non-concert Concert!.......2006-05-14

This "Concert" was MEANT TO BE a low-budget lip-synching videolized images of Celine Dion aimed at the English-speaking North American market in order to introduce this new personality to the public in moving images. It was filmed very early in the 90's, during the time when she began to put out a lot of English language songs, composed specifically to be launched as hits. She was not a mega-star at the time, hence the amateurish production value. When you buy something like this, you just have to be sophisticated enough to realize that this is not a real concert, and just enjoy it for what it is. Yes, the title is a little misleading (ALL advertisements are truth-bending in some way, period!), but it did not say "LIVE concert"...For all we care, it was probably "taped before a live audience." Three-stars for low production value, otherwise, Celine is great as she was.

Nice Concert but its obviously made up of tracks........2005-12-22

My dad and I have many concert DVD's. This one is alright. The concert is obviously all on a track (except for one song.) I didnt like the way that most of the songs faded rather than ended like a REAL concert should have. Unless you'd like to see Celine live and not hear her live this DVD isn't for you..

One of the best concerts.......2004-05-28

Celine Dion has an incredible voice and apartently a good chorographer. The problem wth this DVD is that the person operating the camera needed to quit looking at everything else and focus on Celine! She delivers a wonderful performance just to have it degraded by the people behind the post production.
One last thing, I Cant Help Falling In Love Has LIVE after it because it's different than any album version. Also it's very evident that she does sing.

Celine DOES Sing!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!.......2004-04-09

I watched this DVD long time ago, and I loved it. I don't why people keep saying that she doesn't sing on it, I mean COME ON!!!!!! She DOES sing, and I'm not saying this because I'm one of her biggest fans, is just because she DOES. I flew all the way from Peru to Vegas just to see her new show (which was absolutely worth paying all that money) and BELIEVE me she SINGS!!!!!!!! GOD!!! WHAT A VOICE!!!! She's one of the few singers that can sing live exactly as in the CDs (and I MEAN it! VERY few can). So if you don't like the idea, maybe that's because your jealous that a woman can have such a GREAT voice and talent, as she does. That's all I've wanted to say.

P.S: Please!!! DON'T compare her to Britney Spears, I like her too (she's a great dancer), but her voice and talent have nothing to do with Celine's.

Shameful.......2004-01-27

There are many Celine Dion songs that I like. When I borrowed this DVD from my mother, I watched eagerly as she sang many of these favourites including "If You Asked Me To" and "Think Twice". Straight away I thought how fantastic her voice was, and couldn't believe that her performances sounded just like the recorded versions. Something puzzled me when I read the tracklist on the back cover and only one song had "Live" written after it ("When I Fall in Love"). I figured that it must be a typo since the whole DVD was a live concert. Well, apparently not! This pseudo concert is nothing more that Celine lip-syncing - quite shameful when you think about it. The only live song being the one just noted.

If her voice is really as good as people claim, then why does she need to lip-synch? Why even bother putting on the show? We may as well all just listen to her CD's at home! I now wonder if her voice is manipulated in the studio to make it sound so good on record.

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Customer Reviews:

Known Non-concert Concert!.......2006-05-14

Nice Concert but its obviously made up of tracks........2005-12-22

One of the best concerts.......2004-05-28

Celine DOES Sing!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!.......2004-04-09

Shameful.......2004-01-27

Overall, a very disappointing DVD. Not a real concert at all/

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