Mystify: Michael Hutchence

A long gestating doc about INXS singer Michael Hutchence. It’s not a happy ending, that’s for sure, and it’s hard to believe that they almost released this movie with no INXS songs in it. Hutchence's daughter intervened which allows the filmmakers to tell a complete but very sad story. Interviewees are only recorded, not shown, which makes room for filmmakers to use lots of 16mm and video footage Hutchence shot himself to fill out the film. Lots of footage is cool and very personal, albeit a bit oblique. There isn’t any wildly creative filmmaking here, but the story about the troubled popstar is fascinating and emotional.