This film is adapted from Mitchell's Off-Broadway rock drama, which humanizes the trends of gender ambiguity and rock worship in the 1970s.
Some years ago, John Cameron Mitchell and songwriter Stephen Trask*** jointly conceived a musical called "Hedwig And The Angry Inch", a musical The story of an East German transgender rocker making his way in America and finding love. Initially they only performed in a rock 'n' roll bar in New York, but it became unexpectedly popular. Months later, Mitchell and Trask were finally able to stage their creation on the Off-Broadway stage. The show won rave reviews from critics and audiences alike and became one of the most successful musicals of all time. Touring around the world.
The producer of Killer Films, which has produced films such as "I Shot Andy Warhol" and "Velvet Goldmine", also expressed his concern after watching the play. Deeply attracted, they immediately approached Mitchell and Trask, hoping to put it on the big screen so that more audiences could enjoy this wonderful play.
The film premiered at the 2001 Sundance Film Festival and won two awards for Best Director in the Drama Category and Best Film by Audiences. At the subsequent Berlin Film Festival, it wore a Hedwig, who wore a blond wig and leather jacket and leather pants, captured the hearts of countless movie fans more easily.
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·Continuity: In the motel in Kansas City, Isaac wipes the left side of Hedwig's mouth, and cuts to the next shot showing him wiping the right side. .