"Hedwig and The Angry Inch"
This movie revolves around the life of Hansel Schmidt, who was a transexual lover of rock music, who ended up getting married to an American soldier, getting a botched sex change, and assuming his mother's identity in order to leave Germany. The botched sex change left the now better known as "Hedwig", with a dysfunctional one inch piece of flesh; the famous "Angry Inch". The telling of Hedwig's story as well as backstory is achieved by a number of musical performances as well as flashbacks.
Present day Hedwig, after being left by her husband for another man, now travels around the country with her band "Hedwig and The Angry Inch". While traveling and performing at gigs, the band is following a huge rock star and former lover of Hedwig's, Tommy Gnosis. Hedwig repeatedly tells anyone who would listen that she and Tommy Gnosis used to be lovers and that he stole all the music that they wrote together as well as songs that she wrote alone. Hedwig and The Angry Inch usually perform at small-time venues such as diners, restaurants, and bars around the country in front of small and usually disapproving audiences; while Tommy Gnosis usually performs on grand stages in front of thousands of adoring fans in comparison.
Nearing the end of the film, after being abandoned by her bandmates due to mistreating a member, Hedwig while working as a prostitute, re-encounters and makes peace with Tommy Gnosis. They are soon found out and Hedwig's popularity skyrockets and she becomes famous. Hedwig eventually reunites with her band and performs in a highly covered concert. The final scene of the movie shows them playing in a white room and dressed in all white, which I assumed it implied a heavenly place or a state of happiness or bliss for Hedwig.
I liked the film overall. No matter what kind of mean and nasty things Hedwig said and did, I always seemed to sympathize with Hedwig and the struggles she has been through. Honestly, some of the gay and transexual parts of the movie made me a little uncomfortable, but only because I usually don't expect to see it outside of maybe True Blood. I tend to keep an open mind and accept everyone :). The multiple musical performances were a pleasure to listen to. I'm not really a rock fan, but this film has helped expand my musical horizons as well as my understanding of those with differing sexual orientations.
This movie revolves around the life of Hansel Schmidt, who was a transexual lover of rock music, who ended up getting married to an American soldier, getting a botched sex change, and assuming his mother's identity in order to leave Germany. The botched sex change left the now better known as "Hedwig", with a dysfunctional one inch piece of flesh; the famous "Angry Inch". The telling of Hedwig's story as well as backstory is achieved by a number of musical performances as well as flashbacks.
Present day Hedwig, after being left by her husband for another man, now travels around the country with her band "Hedwig and The Angry Inch". While traveling and performing at gigs, the band is following a huge rock star and former lover of Hedwig's, Tommy Gnosis. Hedwig repeatedly tells anyone who would listen that she and Tommy Gnosis used to be lovers and that he stole all the music that they wrote together as well as songs that she wrote alone. Hedwig and The Angry Inch usually perform at small-time venues such as diners, restaurants, and bars around the country in front of small and usually disapproving audiences; while Tommy Gnosis usually performs on grand stages in front of thousands of adoring fans in comparison.
Nearing the end of the film, after being abandoned by her bandmates due to mistreating a member, Hedwig while working as a prostitute, re-encounters and makes peace with Tommy Gnosis. They are soon found out and Hedwig's popularity skyrockets and she becomes famous. Hedwig eventually reunites with her band and performs in a highly covered concert. The final scene of the movie shows them playing in a white room and dressed in all white, which I assumed it implied a heavenly place or a state of happiness or bliss for Hedwig.
I liked the film overall. No matter what kind of mean and nasty things Hedwig said and did, I always seemed to sympathize with Hedwig and the struggles she has been through. Honestly, some of the gay and transexual parts of the movie made me a little uncomfortable, but only because I usually don't expect to see it outside of maybe True Blood. I tend to keep an open mind and accept everyone :). The multiple musical performances were a pleasure to listen to. I'm not really a rock fan, but this film has helped expand my musical horizons as well as my understanding of those with differing sexual orientations.
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