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!
Paints a vivid portrait of the sense of play and possibility that animated the best of the punk and new wave movements.
– Ann Hornaday,
Washington Post,
20 May 2005
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Mostly fascinating, but occasionally frustrating.
– Michael O'Sullivan,
Washington Post,
20 May 2005
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This is fascinating stuff if you know just the commercial side of that strange music and fashion ripple known as New Wave.
– Roger Moore,
Orlando Sentinel,
1 Jun 2005
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The Nomi Song is pieced together from photos, performance footage, and talking-head interviews, but director Andew Horn has taken great care to fashion a strong story arc.