2001 Directed by John Cameron Mitchell
Raised a boy in East Berlin, Hedwig undergoes a personal transformation in order to emigrate to the U.S., where she reinvents herself as an “internationally ignored” but divinely talented rock diva, inhabiting a “beautiful gender of one.”
John Cameron Mitchell Miriam Shor Stephen Trask Theodore Liscinski Rob Campbell Michael Aronov Andrea Martin Ben Mayer-Goodman Alberta Watson Gene Pyrz Michael Pitt Karen Hines Max Toulch Maurice Dean Wint Ermes Blarasin Sook-Yin Lee Maggie Moore Renate Options Taylor Abrahamse Thérèse DePrez Mary Krohnert Shane Mackinnon Alan Mandell Eileen Murphy Rosie O'Donnell Mike Potter Michael Stevens
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What an infuriating film.
I remember the first time I watched this, in a friend's dorm room nearly two decades ago. They knew I'd like the glam rock; they didn't know I was a woman. The song "Wig in a Box" tore me apart inside, touched the edges of the knowledge of myself that I was so afraid of and so desperate to understand and to live. I couldn't explain it then, but the movie felt so powerful to me. And yet, so... wrong.
The themes of identity and gender and sexuality indulged in this film reflect an incomplete understanding of what it means to be trans. They're a reflection of the dialectics of gender theory present over the course…
"Have you accepted Jesus Christ as your personal savior?" - Johnny,
"No, but I admire his work" - Hedwig,
Hedwig is an incredibly depressing story told in an upbeat music format and it is fantastic. If production value and acting had been better I believe this is close to a perfect movie. The music is really fantastic and the stakes of the film say a lot about depression, human isolation, and general paths to happiness. The film leaves you with a lot to think about... which is what good movies should do.
Recommended to all.
cinema was actually invented when tommy is singing the wicked little town reprise and stops mouthing the words right before "you know you can follow my voice" but the song keeps playing
while it’s definitely aware of the emotional abuse its protagonist inflicts onto their boyfriends, with the possessiveness and grooming they subject Tommy to, and the outright apathetic cruelty towards their new husband who they hold systematic power over; there’s a limit to how much I can watch an abuser’s perspective, especially when it ends in glam rock. Tommy is the saddest character in film history, a young kid desperate for a purpose, desperate for someone to love him, who will crawl back every single time to the person that hurts him because he thinks that he can’t live without them. I remember being that kid. a part of me still is. movie’s fine. too long at 95, it drags in…
the soundtrack slaps
the cinematography and editing are fucking impeccable
the story is beautiful and sad
i currently have two different interpretations on the ending at the moment, but i think the ambiguous-factor really adds to it. but the ending was a little insane. in a god way. but insane nonetheless.
something about gay movies that don't mistreat and silence their gay characters and instead let them scream... mmm very good
tbt to when nph made out with his husband during the tony performance of sugar daddy
The unique and touching and heartbreaking tale of an East Berlin boy who gives up inches to go to America and become Hedwig, transgender star. This will be like nothing you've ever seen before, a rollercoaster of emotion.
You ever just been minding your business and then get one-two punched by the Wicked Little Town reprise and Midnight Radio.
full offence, okay lads, this is better than all of the imdb top 250 movies... combined...
genuinely one of the most original musicals i've seen in a long, long time! i was completely transfixed for the entire runtime. i'm going to be listening to the soundtrack on repeat for approximately.... the rest of my life
the greatest movie of all time... ?
