The Nomi Song

Oct 14, 2004

1h 38m

★ 6.5

He came from outer space to save the human race. Man or Martian? New wave or opera?

Overview

Looks like an alien, sings like a diva - Klaus Nomi was one of the 1980s' most profoundly bizarre characters to emerge through rock music: a counter tenor who sang pop music like opera and brought opera to club audiences and made them like it. The Nomi Song is a film about fame, death, friendship, betrayal, opera, and the greatest New Wave rock star that never was!

Genres

Documentary

Music

Production Companies

ARTE

CV Films

Cameo Filmproduktion

Filmstiftung Nordrhein-Westfalen

ZDF

Cameo Film- und Fernsehproduktion

The Nomi Song Trailers

Cast

Self

Ann Magnuson

Self

Joey Arias

Self

Calvin Churchman

Self

Gabriele Lafari

Self

David McDermott

Self

Page Wood

Self

Tony Frere

Self

Kristian Hoffman

Self

Kenny Scharf

Self

Man Parrish

Self (archive footage)

Klaus Nomi

Self

Ron Johnsen

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