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Actors: Klaus Nomi, Ann Magnuson, David Bowie, Gabriele Lafari, David McDermott
Directors: Andrew Horn
Writers: Andrew Horn
Producers: Andrew Horn, Anne Even, Annette Pisacane, Dietmar Post, Lucia Palacios
Format: Colour, DVD-Video, Widescreen, PAL
Language English, German
Region: All Regions
Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
Number of discs: 1
Classification: Exempt
Studio: Palm Pictures
DVD Release Date: 17 Oct 2005
Run Time: 98 minutes

Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)

ASIN: B00096S43U
Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 25,084 in DVD (See Bestsellers in DVD)

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Known throughout the 1980s as a cult figure on the New Wavescene, Klaus Nomi managed to perfectly marry disparate worlds such as rock, pop, opera, and performance art. Nomi lit-up the underground throughout the '80s with his bizarre and freakish appearance, and had a penchant for twisting his counter tenor vocals around a hook-laden pop song. His fanbase grew, and it looked as if Nomi's star was on a collision course with the mainstream. But the fun came to a desperately tragic end when Nomi succumbed to the dark spectre of AIDS. The disease which ended the lives of so many artists in this turbulent decade callously claimed another victim, and the dream came to an abrupt, hurtful end. Director Andrew Horn draws on a mixture of vintage footage and celebrity testimonials to flesh out Nomi's tale in this documentary, offering a moving portrait of an artist who strived for originality, andwas cruelly plucked from the world just as his dreams of bursting into the mainstream looked set to be fulfilled. Ultimately, THE NOMI SONG is an inspiring depiction of an artist who enlivened those around him with his infectious enthusiasm and lust for life. Far from being a forlorn tale of what might have been, Horn's film is a joyous celebration of an unsurpassable, idiosyncratic figure who poured everything intohis art during a brief, yet productive tenure on the planet.

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

By	Mr. Rupert J. B. Smith "rupertsmith2" (London) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

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

By	Simon Broadley (UK) - See all my reviews

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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