May
This low budget horror picture has been noticed by certain members of the gay community because of the supporting performance by Jeremy Sisto, the messed up brother of Rachel Griffiths on Six Feet Under. Well, that's really not a reason to rent this. If you like horror pictures, wll, maybe. May is a maladjusted young woman, who gets off on the surgeries that take place in the veteranary clinic where she works, almost as much as she does cutting herself with the scalpel. She hooks up with a mildly curious Sisto, but things turn bad when she begins biting him, hoping to draw blood. Then, her new lesbian girlfriend cheats on her, and, well, those scalpels sure do come in handy when you need to construct a new friend out of the best body parts of all your favorite old pals.

 

 

 

 

The Nomi Song
Klaus Nomi, the anomaly, who captured theimagination of new wave avant gardists back in the 70s is chronicled in this straight forward documentary, which recently played the Music Box Theatre. If you know nothing about the singer, then this is a great introduction, featuring a ton of good clips, including his appearance as one of David Bowie's back-ups on Saturday Night Live. For those of us who already know the music, and marvel at his range and his sartorial style, well, there's not a whole lot of new information here. We do hear from an aunt, who gives us a brief overview of childhood, but his motivations, his inspirations, his passions are missing here. What drove Nomi? Who knows. More questions pop up in your head, than the doc ever attempts to answer. For example, one oldfriend tells us he was scared to visit Nomi in the hospital, as he lay dieing, one of the early vicitms of AIDS. A sad story, but does Nomi really die alone? Was there any family? Who got control ofhis music? Was he even aware he was dieing?

Beats me. Still, the terrific clips are worth seeing by any fan, and it's nce to see audiences respond to his brand of performance with such fervor.