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June 16, 2005
He came from outer space…
Out on DVD today! A beautiful, entertaining and very moving documentary about Klaus Nomi. He was a bright light of the New York New-Wave-but-not-quite-punk scene. He was someone I would normally have found pretentious and silly, but Nomi’s utter sincerity and stunning talent made him shine through all the crap. He really must be seen to be believed. There is footage of his very first public performance at the otherwise unremarkable “New Wave Vaudeville” produced by Ann Magnusen, who, of course, became really famous later. He stunned the audience which included lucky, lucky ME! He went on to perform famously with David Bowie on Saturday Night Live and had a huge following in Europe. It ends quite sadly after a triumphant return to New York for a great performance at the Mudd Club. His death in the early days of the AIDS epidemic is especially sad for reasons that go beyond the disease. It’s a wonderful film. Please see it, even if only to gawk at the sexy Man Parrish, one of Klaus’s cohorts and the man responsible for the soundtrack to my favorite porn film, Joe Gage’s Heatstroke. He’s still hot and still working. He did a great remix of Klaus’ Total Eclipse, included on the DVD.
It was also really nice to see that people like Kristian Hoffman from The Marbles who wrote most of Klaus’ songs and artist Kenny Scharf are still around and, apparently, working. Look for some old black and white footage of some kind of party with every member of Television and Blondie in attendance. It’s fun!
Posted by HighStrungLoner in Film at 7:14 AM
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