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- 2005
- Not Rated
- Palm Pictures
- 1 h 38 m
- 2005
- Not Rated
- Palm Pictures
- 1 h 38 m
Summary 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)
Directed By: Andrew Horn
Written By: Andrew Horn
- 2005
- Not Rated
- Palm Pictures
- 1 h 38 m
- 2005
- Not Rated
- Palm Pictures
- 1 h 38 m
The Nomi Song
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Summary 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)
Directed By: Andrew Horn
Written By: Andrew Horn
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 18 Critic Reviews
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89% Positive
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16 Reviews
11% Mixed
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 18 Critic Reviews
71
89% Positive
16 Reviews
16 Reviews
11% Mixed
2 Reviews
2 Reviews
0% Negative
0 Reviews
0 Reviews
Forget Devo, Nico, Bowie, or Beefheart: The most mesmerizing freak show in the history of rock & roll was Klaus Nomi.
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.
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).
An affectionate portrait, not only of Nomi, but also of the long-gone days when downtown Manhattan was an affordable enclave for creative misfits.
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.
Horn bookends his documentary with clips from "It Came From Outer Space."
There remains a maddening emptiness where the film's ostensible subject should be.
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Production Company
ARTE,
CV Films,
Cameo Filmproduktion,
Filmstiftung Nordrhein-Westfalen,
Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen (ZDF)
Release Date Feb 4, 2005
Duration 1 h 38 m
Rating Not Rated
Genres
Tagline He came from outer space to save the human race.
Website
http://www.thenomisong.com
Awards
Berlin International Film Festival
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
Chicago International Film Festival
• 1 Nomination
