'Hedwig and the Angry Inch'

'Hedwig and the Angry Inch' was on IFC late last night.
I hadn't seen it in about two years, but it is a wonderful movie.
I just had to take this chance to recommend it, again.

 

It is amazing. That's really all I have to add. I'll second the recommendation.

 

I've never seen it, but just added to my queue a coupla days ago.

 

It rocks. Great Bowie/T-Rex/Mott-style soundtrack.

 

I've caught bits and pieces and I really want to see this the whole way through. The Bowie and T-Rex references hooked me. Just added it to my queue.

 

The soundtrack is excellent.

 

Saw it in the theatre and it was bizarre but great. I've got IFC, too, and it seems to be on a lot more often of late.

 

Weird and wonderful.

 

One of my all-time favs, although my first experience with it was in a small theatre in Pittsburgh starring Anthony Rapp (starred in Rent) as Hedwig. It was incredible. It kept getting extended and I must've seen it 4-5 times.

 

I'm not usually one for live theater, but I'd probably goes see this if it were in production.
Of course, I'm such a fan of the movie that I might be disappointed in the live performance.

 

Is it better, not as good or WAY better than Velvet Goldmine? Or are they nothing alike?

 

It's very different from 'Velvet Goldmine.'
It's a musical, as opposed to a movie about music.
And it's not really about rock stars, although the characters are aspiring rock stars.
It's very literate, with a theme of personal integration. Very Jungian. Punk-glam rock meets Plato's 'Symposium.'


People roamed the earth like big, rolling kegs.
They had two sets of arms. They had two sets of legs.
They had two faces peering out of one giant head,
So they could look all around them as they talked while they read.
And they never knew nothing of love.
It was before the origin of love.