Michael Hutchence had a love of all things sensual. He was a pleasure-seeking ball of insatiable curiosity, on an odyssey for new sensations. This is a powerfully intimate and insightful portrait of the internationally renowned INXS frontman, deftly woven from an extraordinary archive of rich imagery, Michael’s private home movies and those of his lovers, friends, and family. ‘Mystify: Michael Hutchence 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. Hutchence had explosive magnetism, but also many secrets. Kicking tabloid speculation into oblivion, his story emerges here with emotional and revelatory depth.
★★★★ “Enlightening and affecting.” - Wendy Ide, The Guardian
