Nomi Song-Klaus Nomi Odyssey [2003] [DVD]: Amazon.co.uk: Klaus Nomi, Ann Magnuson, David Bowie, Gabriele Lafari, David McDermott, Page Wood, Tony Frere, Man Parrish, Kristian Hoffman, Ron Johnsen, Kenny Scharf, Anthony Scibelli, Andrew Horn, Achim Michael Hasenberg, Anne Even, Annette Pisacane, Dietmar Post, Lucia Palacios: Film & TV

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5.0 out of 5 stars A great testament to a great star, 9 July 2006

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Mr. Rupert J. B. Smith "rupertsmith2" (London) - See all my reviews
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Klaus Nomi was a freak-superstar of the late 70s/early 80s NYC underground scene, a heavily-made-up German glam punk who sang operatic arias and pop in an unearthly falsetto. Andrew Horn's doc, a real labour of love, pieces together what's left of a short, blazing career and turns it into a work of art in its own right. Each scrap of footage is lovingly contextualised, and the whole thing testifies to Nomi's strange, out-of-nowhere talent, and the greater tragedy of the Aids epidemic, which claimed Klaus's life, and of so many of that generation. A treasure for the fans, and a revelation for the uninitiated.

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4.0 out of 5 stars NOMI SONG (2003), 23 Dec 2007

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Andrew Horn's 'Nomi Song' is not a 'film' as such, but rather an extended television documentary shot on videotape. The archive footage is a treat and includes unseen home video, rare performance footage and obscure TV appearances. It's fascinating to see videotape as the primary archive source in a documentary of this kind - so crude, so unstable, so immediate. The sourcing of this material is Andrew Horn's principle achievement. But 'Nomi Song' is crude in other less interesting ways - as though a few more days in the edit might have helped. The interviews are unimaginatively staged and shot and some of the junctions between scenes jar. The first hand accounts are illuminating, but sometimes petty and it would have been useful to hear some contemporary artists and more objective commentators weigh Nomi's achievement and influence to provide some perspective. That said, this the only Nomi documentary available and we should be grateful for it. If you're curious to know more about this wonderful artist, this is a good place to start...

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5.0 out of 5 stars Will the World Ever Catch Up?, 16 Jun 2005

By J. Brady - Published on Amazon.com

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I have been waiting literally half my life for this movie. I first saw Klaus Nomi performing in Urgh! A Music War when I was 14 years old( like most other teens in small towns across America , Nomi wasn't exactly playing for them in the club down the street ) and have been fascinated ever since. By the time I had gotten my hands on his two albums, he was dead and gone and largely forgotten, one of the first victims of AIDS in the world of the arts. His music literally defies desciption. It is all over the place and very difficult to put into a category ( this is discussed at length in this movie .) If you have only a passing knowledge or curiousity of this extraordinary entertainer, you must see this film. If you are a fan, it will be a dream come true, like it was for me, and will fill in all the holes in the Nomi story. It is his life, told with pictures, anecdotes, lots of concert footage, old interviews with Klaus himself and new interviews with those who knew him before he became famous. A MUST SEE.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Klaus Nomi-Here For A Little While, 6 Sep 2005

By F. S. Barton-Coleman - Published on Amazon.com

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Caught this film a couple of months ago at an independent film workshop and could hardly hold back the tears. I saw Klaus Nomi in Columbus, Ohio during his whirlwind tour of the Midwest and still have my red and black button with the Nomi profile. It sure was different back then-the folks in Akron were so enchanted by this strange little man that he ended up on the cover of the Akron Beacon-Journal Sunday magazine-holding a huge oversized old boot from a flea market and smiling the most bemused little grin of astonishment. Through the interviews and private film footage on this DVD we get to see a little bit of the man beneath the make-up. The segments in Aunt Trudi's dollhouse almost broke my heart as she talked about what a happy little boy he had been and how all the children would come running when he came for a visit-contrasted with the way he died-alone and friendless as did so many others in the early 80's.
Buy this as a souvenir of a time that was filled with so many possibilities and so much tragedy. Klaus's life was certainly filled to the brim with both.

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4.0 out of 5 stars Portrait of A One-of-a-Kind Artist in a One-of-a-Kind Decade, 17 July 2005

By Dorian Tenore-Bartilucci - Published on Amazon.com

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My husband and I were eagerly anticipating THE NOMI SONG, Andrew Horn's by-turns witty and poignant documentary about Klaus Nomi, the German singer/performance artist with the multi-octave range who took New York and then the world by storm for a brief, exciting period in the late 1970s and '80s. Nomi, with his outer space alien persona, was so avant-garde that even the avant-garde set wasn't quite sure what to make of him, but loved him all the same before his tragic death from AIDS (this was back when AIDS was still new and scary and known as "gay cancer"). Our 8-year-old daughter liked Nomi's "high, high voice" and kooky costumes. We adults liked the interviews with Ann Magnuson and other scene-makers from the era, as well as the chance to see such rarities as Nomi's 1979 performance with David Bowie on SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE (which I remember seeing during its live broadcast back in the day). THE NOMI SONG also sports a treasure trove of DVD extras, including full-length musical performances, an Easter Egg feature for part-time pastry chef Nomi's lime tart recipe, and Lou Christie talking enthusiastically about Nomi's cover of his classic "Lightning Strikes Again" (Christie kinda starts talking about himself, too, but it's interesting and endearing). If you like 1980s New Wave music and all things offbeat, THE NOMI SONG is well worth seeking out.

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