An absorbing homage to obscure but fascinating late '70s-early '80s German stage artiste Klaus Nomi.
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Village VoiceJ. Hoberman
Village VoiceJ. Hoberman
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.
Horn, who knew Nomi, does an excellent job of evoking the exhilaratingly hedonistic period the film covers as well as the long shadow that the coming of AIDS casts over it.
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Wall Street JournalJoe Morgenstern
Wall Street JournalJoe Morgenstern
Intriguing and affecting documentary.
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Chicago Reader
Chicago Reader
Andrew Horn, writer of “East Side Story,” directs, stylishly.
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The A.V. ClubKeith Phipps
The A.V. ClubKeith Phipps
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.