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The Nomi Song
Sunday,
October 31 at 3:00 pm
Directed by Andrew Horn USA, 35mm 96 minutes www.thenomisong.com |
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The
Nomi Song is a tribute to the legendary
musician and personality Klaus Nomi. The film features rare footage of
his on stage antics, TV appearances, and interviews.
The story of Klaus Nomi is told through recollections of friends, bandmates,
and fans in a series of candid
and enlightening interviews.
The story of Klaus Nomi is told through recollections of friends, bandmates,
and fans in a series of candid
and enlightening interviews.
Nomi was a cult figure in
the New Wave Underground scene of the 80s. A genuine counter tenor who
sang pop music like opera and brought opera to club audiences
and made them like it. He was a performer with a "look" so
strong, that his first audiences went wild before he even opened his
mouth. Klaus presented himself as "the perfect video star"
yet his star burned out just before the mass explosion of MTV. On the
verge of international fame as a singer, he became instead one of the
first gay artists to die of AIDS.
His fans include such diverse
personalities as Catherine Deneuve, Morrissey and counter tenor opera
star Joachim Kowalski. It’s been said that as a child, Sean Ono
Lennon used to play Klaus’ records to torture his little pals,
while today Rush Limbaugh, America’s notorious right wing radio
commentator, uses Klaus’ music as the theme for his monthly Anti-Gay
report.
The
Nomi Song is a story of fame, death,
friendship, betrayal, performance, and the greatest New Wave rock star
that never was!
