3.24.2010

The Long Island Four with Klaus Nomi AND Ann Magnuson (not in scene)

The Long Island Four with Klaus Nomi AND Ann Magnuson (79)(not in scene)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VQeCtEjy1cg
http://www.youtube.com/user/KiltedScribesINC
Four exceedingly fey Nazi spies (one is played by Lance Loud of TV’s An American Family, for crying out loud!) land in New York City in 1942. They originally intend to plant bombs and disrupt national morale, but quickly lose interest and become submerged in the city’s hedonistic nightlife. This Super 8 underground feature boasts elaborate costuming, art direction and vintage music soundtrack, but the real reason to grab this up is for KLAUS NOMI! Yes friends, the New Wave Kabuki opera singer from outer space plays a supporting role as a German counteragent! He sings the Marlene Dietrich standard “Falling In Love Again” once in tuxedo and then in drag! The rest of the cast and crew are comprised of many familiar names from New York’s “No Wave” performance art gang of the period, such as Ann Magnuson, Kristian Hoffman, Mary Astor, and many more. An absolute must-have for fans and followers of this phase of American pop culture!

IMDB Wikipedia

Ann Magnuson is a Los Angeles-based actress, singer, writer and performance artist working in a myriad of media including TV, film and on stage in theatres, festivals, cabarets and art spaces around the world. She has performed at the Brooklyn Academy of Music, the Whitney Museum of American Art (where she performed her 5-hour “Tribute to Muzak” in the museum’s elevator), the Museum of Modern Art, Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, NYSF/The Public Theater and Joe's Pub; the Hammer Museum, REDCAT, LACE and The Steve Allen Theater; Santa Barbara Contemporary Arts Forum; Walker Art Center, Andy Warhol Museum, and in theaters, clubs and art galleries worldwide. Her performance at The Ice Hotel in Sweden’s Arctic Circle, part of an arts festival curated by artist Jeffrey Vallance, was made into a short film titled “In Search of My Blonde Roots” (in collaboration with director Matthew Amato.)