The Nomi Song (2004)

Having failed to break into professional opera in his native Germany (where, as an usher in West Berlin's Deutsche Oper, he would serenade the staff after the 'real' performances were over)... See full summary »

Director:

Andrew Horn

Writer:

Andrew Horn

Stars:

Klaus Nomi, Ann Magnuson, David Bowie

1 win & 1 nomination.

Cast

Credited cast:
Klaus Nomi	...	Himself (archive footage)
Ann Magnuson	...	Herself
Gabriele Lafari	...	Herself
David McDermott	...	Himself
Page Wood	...	Himself
Tony Frere	...	Himself
Man Parrish	...	Himself
Kristian Hoffman	...	Himself
Ron Johnsen	...	Himself
Kenny Scharf	...	Himself
Anthony Scibelli	...	Himself
Alan Platt	...	Himself
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Adrian	...	Himself (as Boy Adrian)
Joseph Arias	...	Himself (as Joey Arias)
Calvin Churchman	...	Himself

Storyline

Having failed to break into professional opera in his native Germany (where, as an usher in West Berlin's Deutsche Oper, he would serenade the staff after the 'real' performances were over) the diminutive Klaus Nomi headed for NYC in 1972. The vibrant New Wave/avant-garde gestalt of the mid/late '70's East Village proved to be fertile ground for the development of his unique talents. Working by day as a high-end pastry chef, Nomi began to stage his outlandish performances, first launching himself upon an unsuspecting public at the New Wave Vaudeville in 1978. The hip and cynical young audience was stunned by this weird combination of falsetto arias, booming classical orchestration, Kraftwerk-style electronica, futuristic costumes and outer space imagery. An odd assortment of artists, choreographers, designers, songwriters and musicians jumped on to the Nomi bandwagon and the phenomenon began to take off - first attracting thousands to South Manhattan events (including performances at ...

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Plot Keywords:

opera | song | new wave | death | rock star | 

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Taglines:

He came from outer space to save the human race.

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Genres:

Documentary | Biography | Music

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Certificate:

Not Rated

Details

Official Sites:

Official site

Country:

Germany

Language:

English German

Release Date:

24 March 2005 (Germany)

Also Known As:

A Canção de Nomi

Filming Locations:

Los Angeles, California, USA

Box Office

Opening Weekend USA:

$14,510, 6 February 2005, Limited Release

Gross USA:

$74,216, 3 April 2005

Company Credits

Production Co:

Arte,CV Films,Cameo Filmproduktion

Technical Specs

Runtime:

98 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby SR

Color:

Color (archive footage) Black and White

Did You Know?

Connections

References Na sowas! (1982)

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Soundtracks

Part 2
Music by Evan France & Patrick Petzold
Performed by Evan France & Patrick Petzold
© Evan France & Patrick Petzold 2003

User Reviews

What I've been waiting for

This is a remarkable compilation of interviews, live shows, home videos, and more all bringing together the short but phenomenal career of Klaus Nomi.

Though it seems blatantly low-budget, it keeps in vein with the atmosphere of the time and the storyline falls into place artfully but logically. I was very impressed by the vast amount of material that was found to put into this documentary; being a Klaus Nomi fan myself I know it's extremely hard to get your hands on this sort of thing... well, here it is!

The only thing I could've asked to improve as far as this movie goes was a better remaster of the audio - a lot of it was out of sync, a common problem that is easily fixed. Maybe we can look forward to that on later releases or perhaps the DVD? In any case, I still love it, 9 out of 10 stars.