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The Nomi Song

He came from outer space to save the human race. Man or Martian? New wave or opera?

2004 · 1h 38m · N/A Documentary, Music
Directed by Andrew Horn

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Overview

Looks like an alien, sings like a diva - Klaus Nomi was one of the 1980s' most profoundly bizarre characters to emerge through rock music: a counter tenor who sang pop music like opera and brought opera to club audiences and made them like it. The Nomi Song is a film about fame, death, friendship, betrayal, opera, and the greatest New Wave rock star that never was!

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94%
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Fresh

The Nomi Song is pieced together from photos, performance footage, and talking-head interviews, but director Andew Horn has taken great care to fashion a strong story arc.

Jonathan Rosenbaum, Chicago Reader
Fresh

This is fascinating stuff if you know just the commercial side of that strange music and fashion ripple known as New Wave.

Roger Moore, Orlando Sentinel
Fresh

Mostly fascinating, but occasionally frustrating.

Michael O'Sullivan, Washington Post
Fresh

Paints a vivid portrait of the sense of play and possibility that animated the best of the punk and new wave movements.

Ann Hornaday, Washington Post
Fresh

Compassionate and critically astute.

Tom Keogh, Seattle Times

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