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Nomi Song, The

Generally favorable reviews
Based on 18 critic reviews
How did we calculate this?
Based on 7 votes
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Movie Info
Genre(s): Documentary | Foreign | Musical
Written by: Andrew Horn
Directed by: Andrew Horn
Release Date:
Theatrical: February 4, 2005
DVD: June 14, 2005
Running Time: 96 minutes, Color
Origin: Germany
Language(s): English / German
Summary
RATING: Not Rated
Starring Klaus Nomi, Ann Magnuson, Gabriele Lafari, David McDermott, Page Wood, Tony Frere, Man Parrish, and Kristian Hoffman
A portrait of late German artist Klaus Nomi, this film is part documentary, part music film, part sci-fi, The Nomi Song is a "non-fiction film," or maybe even an oral history. It's not just the tale, it's the telling. (Palm Pictures)
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What The Critics Said
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Entertainment Weekly Owen Gleiberman
Forget Devo, Nico, Bowie, or Beefheart: The most mesmerizing freak show in the history of rock & roll was Klaus Nomi.
Read Full Review >Variety Leslie Felperin
An absorbing homage to obscure but fascinating late '70s-early '80s German stage artiste Klaus Nomi.
Read Full Review >Village Voice J. Hoberman
Made with considerable wit and style, Horn's thoughtful celebration of the era and its most uncanny diva could function as the show's ("East Village USA") supplement.
Read Full Review >Los Angeles Times Kevin Crust
Horn, who knew Nomi, does an excellent job of evoking the exhilaratingly hedonistic period the film covers as well as the long shadow that the coming of AIDS casts over it.
Read Full Review >Wall Street Journal Joe Morgenstern
Intriguing and affecting documentary.
Austin Chronicle Marc Savlov
Thankfully, The Nomi Song should go a long way toward re-cementing this striking creature's legendary status.
Read Full Review >Boston Globe Ty Burr
Succeeds at its main tasks. It re-creates new wave New York with Proustian force, from the Kiev (the diner) to Fiorucci (the clothing store).
Read Full Review >San Francisco Chronicle Neva Chonin
With The Nomi Song, Horn does more than simply pay homage to a late artist. He uses his subject to revisit the euphoria of artistic and musical culture at a crossroads, and in the process brings it, briefly and poignantly, back to life again.
Read Full Review >The Hollywood Reporter Michael Rechtshaffen
The film fittingly embraces the elements of camp and kitsch that played such a major role in defining the Nomi persona.
Read Full Review >Chicago Reader Andrea Gronvall
Andrew Horn, writer of “East Side Story,” directs, stylishly.
Read Full Review >The Onion (A.V. Club) Keith Phipps
Without coming out and saying it, The Nomi Song creates the sense that its subject might simply have been a few hundred years ahead of his time.
Read Full Review >The New York Times Dana Stevens
An affectionate portrait, not only of Nomi, but also of the long-gone days when downtown Manhattan was an affordable enclave for creative misfits.
Read Full Review >Seattle Post-Intelligencer Bill White
A cross between David Bowie and Maria Callas, the German singer took androgyny to an unearthly level.
Read Full Review >New York Post Debra Birnbaum
Horn bookends his documentary with clips from "It Came From Outer Space."
Read Full Review >TV Guide Maitland McDonagh
And if you never learn much about the man behind the mask, well, that's as Nomi would have wanted it.
Read Full Review >Washington Post Michael O'Sullivan
There remains a maddening emptiness where the film's ostensible subject should be.
Read Full Review >What Our Users Said
The average user rating for this movie is 8.1 (out of 10) based on 7 User Votes
Note: User votes are NOT included in the Metascore calculation.
Kristin V. gave it a10:
I was intrigued with this movie after hearing it won Best Documentary at the Berlin Festival. I was so glad i heard about it through that - because it truely is a work of art. Director Andrew Horn was able to show the life of a rising musician who unfortunatly lost his life at an early age. However Horn shows through the documentary how nomi lived his life to the fullest, and made his place in the world and how NYC was the best place for Nomi to be in! I loved the documentary! Leading a unique life made this a unique documentary! 2 thumbs up!!
Alex E. gave it a9:
This film sparkles and pops with electricity. Horn uses Nomi's own devices to great effect--Primarily building a dramatic and superficial edifice with no doors or windows to look inside. Both audiences are lost in their own awe.
Shaun M. gave it a10:
Wonderful moving film of a little known creature in the no-wave scene.
Dany J. gave it a10:
This movie is the best time capsule of the late 70's - early 80's downtown New York club scene - and an affectionate look at one of the neighborhood's most visible kooks. I think it's brilliant.
Robert H. gave it a10:
Anything of Nomi is fantastical!
