Mystify Michael Hutchence - Official Trailer

A film by Richard Lowenstein.

MYSTIFY MICHAEL HUTCHENCE is a powerfully intimate and insightful portrait of the internationally renowned #INXS frontman, #MichaelHutchence. Deftly woven from an extraordinary archive of rich imagery, Michael’s private home movies and those of his lovers, friends, and family, the film delves beneath the public persona of the charismatic ‘Rock God’ and transports us through the looking glass to reveal a multifaceted, intensely sensitive and complex man. For an all too brief time, we revel in Michael’s Dionysian beauty and sensuality on stage and off. We listen to the range of his extraordinary voice and witness the charmed way he travels through life as he is propelled to world acclaim.

But Michael struggled with the idea of success, the creative limits of pop stardom and how to express his integrity; a longing that shaped his life and music and gave birth to a desire to go far beyond the constraints of pop.

A violent event strikes Michael and changes his life forever, fracturing his sense of self and robbing him of his connection to life. Made vulnerable, he is unable to navigate the complex challenges he faces moving forward and he has little defence against the onslaught of tabloid press that descends upon his world. Amidst the encroaching darkness, Michael’s new-born daughter, Tiger, becomes his one bright light.

Richard Lowenstein directed the majority of both INXS and Michael’s music videos and the 1986 feature film, Dogs in Space, in which Michael played the lead. #Mystify

[chasingtheimagerob]

I was lucky to call Michael my friend, a chance meeting on a plane in 1987 on the way to Sydney. Later hanging out at Rhinoceros Records while they recorded "Kick" and much more. Truly in 39 years in Entertainment, the best person I have ever Known !

[songshed]

I was in a band in the 80s and we supported INXS on their 'Listen like thieves' tour. Michael was very thoughtful and once stopped INXS sound checking too long so that my band could have a decent soundcheck. He was a star totally devoid of ego and a really sweet person.

[benbrennan]

The only guy to come close to Jim Morrison with looks, poetry and charisma as a frontman all in one package.

[wolvessarrah]

My first true concert was going to see INXS on Aug. 30th 1988 in Memphis, TN when I was 11 years old. I had the biggest crush on Michael Hutchence and literally bawled when he died! Their music was soulful and wonderful to me. I even had a jean jacket with his face on one sleeve and Paul McCartney on the other that my brother made for me! There will never be another Michael Hutchence...he was my generation's "Jim Morrison" he was so awesomely wonderful!!!! can't wait for this movie!!!

[joevach]

INXS for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame

[hutch]

I've seen Bono, Mick Jagger and other legendary icons live, but I was never so intoxicated by the aura of a person than when Michael took the stage. He had an otherworldly presence that only other's who've seen him live can describe.

[graemeknowles]

Extraordinary songs. Love INXS fantastic Australian band. 👍

[davidstewart]

Only one thing better than seeing INXS Live is waiting in the queue and the band turn up for sound check and stop to chat, sign autographs and pose for photos with us. What a night! Will never forget! RIP Hutch.

[staceyhsu]

I cried my way through the whole thing. And I'm the person who thinks it's silly when someone cries after a famous person they never met dies...this was an incredibly moving film. I was lucky enough to see INXS in August 1997; three months before Michael died. I'd been a fan since Kick, like everyone else, and was just devastated when I heard the news on November 22. Seeing this revealing portrait of the man behind the "show" was touching and makes me love him even more. I hope that he is at peace and knows just how much he is loved and missed to this day.

[LadyGrace]

He has, still, never received the enormous recognition he has deserved.

[eminem]

No matter how many times I stray away from the music I always come back shows the influence he has

[demonweber]

New Sensation at Wembley stands as the greatest concert footage ever...with this guy out front.One of my favorites

[noels]

It's only the trailer but I'm already crying.. :(

[evie]

I will never forget seeing INXS at Festival Hall for the Listen Like Thieves tour in mid 80's. I was standing three rows from the front & as soon as Michael walked on stage his energy filled the room, it was strong & potent. I'm looking forward to seeing this movie.

[jenniferlarkhall]

I have been literally obsessing over him the last few days, and I have no idea why. I forgot how talented he was, I loved INXS back in the day. That voice was so powerful and husky. I cannot think of a more charismatic, talented and sexy front man than Michael Hutchence. He really was the last rock star. Where are they now?

[josecaro]

The great...the only...the last rock star...ladies and gentlemans the great Michael Hutchence...long live on our hearts ....

[odinsonm]

Saw it tonight at AMC. Absolutely phenomenal. If you are a fan, you will cry. A++

[Grizzly]

Everyone just imagine INXS and ACDC performing together... it would be pure magic.

[KevinMurrayisAwake]

I got chills several times while watching. Cannot wait for this.

[Steve-cqzm]

I saw Michael live three times (Kick tour and X tour in Milan, Elegantly Wasted tour in Wien), and they were memorable moments for me. Not only Hutch, but INXS were such a fantastic band ... they moved in perfect harmony, smiled at each other, emanating an energy hard to describe.
But in the last concert, in Wien, if I remember correctly April 1997, I realized that there was something different about Michael ... a lot of energy ... a lot of love for the audience .. but also something self-destructive.. (he took off his shirt and shoes, threw himself on the audience or lay on the stage .. on his face there was joy and liberation, as mentioned in the trailer .. probably thanks to INXS, his brothers, he was forgetting his troubles).. like a star in the moment of its maximum brightness.
At the end of the concert I stayed at the barricades for about an hour ... I looked at the people who were moving away .. but inside me I felt that something was wrong.
It's been 22 years, but if I focus on that feeling, I can't help but cry.