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If you didn’t see White Diamond last night, you missed it. In the cinema at least. It was a one-night-only showing of the film that documents Kylie’s return to the stage after winning her fight against breast cancer. It will be out on DVD in time for Christmas.
In the two hours it took to tell the story, the behind-the-scenes movie followed the diminutive singer across countless stages, whisked us around the world in private jets, took the audience with her as she met kids with cancer, and documented the strange husband and wife relationship she shares with the film’s director, William Baker, her stylist for longer than many real-life marriages last.
To say it gives you an insight into a Kylie we’ve not seen before would be taking things a little too far. There are no dirty secrets, no shocking revelations; nothing but more of the bubbly, endlessly endearing personality we know from countless hours of TV and stage appearances.
And perhaps that’s why The Times gave it two stars, claiming that Baker’s relationship with Minogue was too close for the film to be truly revealing. It’s right, of course, as you can’t help but come away with the feeling that the director was far too close to his subject for the film’s own good. So close, some times, that it could more accurately be described as ‘Will Baker: My Life with Kylie’.
Those points aside, it remains an entertaining and highly watchable film, particularly if you overlook Baker’s terrible interview technique, and the time passes quicker than you’d ever imagine. You come out feeling a little bit lifted, and slightly dazzled by the curious glittery, yet restrictive world in which she lives her life; slightly envious of her success, yet at the same time finally understanding the torment and isolation that fame can bring.
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