Michael Jackson - The Interviews Vol 2

This dvd, “The Interviews Vol.2″ came as part of the “Michael Jackson Mega box” set, which is what I purchased. The set included “The Interviews Vol. 1 and Vol.2″, “Fans Camera Footage” and “Press Conferences & Store Signings”.

Taken from my review on the Mega Box Set I’ll give a brief description as to what’s on “The Interviews Vol 2″.

Volume 2
you’ll find:
-footage from Michael’s home videos
-Martin Bashir interview (don’t worry, it only shows positive outtakes)
-1993 deposition in which Michael is extensively questioned on the subject of whether or not he was the one who actually wrote certain songs from his and The Jacksons albums. The interview lasted hours and you’ll notice how drained and completely exasperated MJ became after being inundated with question after question (sometimes the same ones repeatedly). Michael had just had oral surgery and he was also not feeling well at the time so he was constantly sipping tea,water, fidgeting, playing with his sunglasses, doing anything he could to stay focused, to stay awake.

I found myself sad at times and angry at others watching MJ try to keep his composure under such stress. They
scrutinized his EVERY word.(This deposition was fairly lengthy, this is mostly what Vol.2 is about).

Of the two interview dvds, I like Vol.1 the most. That one shows Michael when he is carefree, enjoying time with his llama, working on music in Ireland, doing things he loved most. This one (Vol.2) was good because I loved just being able to see hours of “Michael footage”, but it also made me sad to see him unhappy.

i purchased this dvd included in my mega-box set that i got - i thought it was absolutely wonderful.

it starts out with mj narrating home movies about himself - when he was little having snowball fights, dancing at his home, his first christmas in which elizabeth taylor surprised him and decorated the whole neverland ranch for the holidays, fun takes of him having water balloon fights and being pushed in the pool, dancing on the high dive, jumping on his trampoline, having an easter egg hunt, he scene where he receives a present from elizabeth taylor of gypsy (his elephant) and then gives her a really nice drawing in return, explains how he had a day for his father at neverland where he and janet got thier dad a boat, how his friends put on a day for him to go shopping in a regular grocery store (which is something he never gets to do since fans always end up wanting autographs) - it really was fun to watch. it’s neat to see footage of mj going into hospitals as well and caring for the children.

it then goes to the footage of the martin bashir interview that was captured by michael’s own camera - so it is the unedited, good version of the footage. that was really cool to watch, too.

then it goes to a deposition in which mj answers tons of questions about whether he actually wrote “the girl is mine” and “we are the world” or stole them from some one else - he was also questioned about “thriller” - which i found fascinating to watch, but felt sorry for him, too, because the lawyers questioned him for so long and were so picky on phrasing that i could tell he was getting tired - he had just had a concert the night before and was hoarse so he kept having to drink water and clear his throat a lot. it was very cool to hear him tell how he actually goes about writing songs and it was awesome to hear him give examples of that by making the noises from his seat - there was a part where he was giving an example of how he hears every part of a song in his head and he sat there and made noises for the song “who is it” - amazing!

i am glad i purchased this as a part of the box set instead of by itself since it worked out financially better to do so.