Sunday, April 1, 2007

Hedwig and The Angry Inch

John Cameron Mitchell is a master of emotions and Hedwig and the Angry Inch is a film that aches and is full of humor. He reminds me of an American Almodovar (whose films I love) in the worlds he creates, his use of art and music. But dare I say that Mitchell takes away the campy vibe and adds a depth of heart and soul that rings deep and clear.
I loved the creativity, the art, and the music channeled together and set against the backdrop of the fall of the Berlin Wall (still vivid to many of us) to tell the story of Hedwig, the German glam-rocker with a botched sex change.