INXS主音Michael Hutchence致敬

PAYING TRIBUTE TO INXS FRONTMAN MICHAEL HUTCHENCE向澳洲搖滾樂隊

MICHAEL HUTCHENCE penned the lyrics ‘We could live for a thousand years’, but the tragic irony is that he passed away a decade later, at the age of 37. But the singer lives on in footage from his charged performances; performances which anchor Richard Lowenstein’s latest documentary film, Mystify: Michael Hutchence.

More than a decade in the making, Mystify takes an approach not unlike Asif Kapadia’s Amy and Diego Maradona, combining concert footage and never-beforeseen video, knitted together with thoughtful commentary from Hutchence’s inner circle. As for interviewees talking to camera, there is only one – Hutchence himself, appearing in snippets from candid interviews and behind-the-scenes footage.

The film charts the highs and lows of Hutchence’s life, from a childhood in Hong Kong and Australia to the height of INXS’ global fame, and the pressures that led to his untimely death in 1997.

The documentary isn’t just an intimate portrait of Hutchence’s life. It’s clearly also a personal project for Lowenstein, a friend of the singer who strives to portray both the man and the myth, and how disparate they were: particularly in later life.

Mystify highlights Hutchence’s struggles with his personal life overshadowing the professional, especially in his final years as he became a frequent subject of tabloid fodder. The film also documents how a little-known brain injury may have become a trigger for the singer’s downward spiral. But ultimately, Mystify begins and ends with Hutchence’s real legacy – music that has stood the test of time. Music that could live for a thousand years.