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This German documentary offers a tragic profile of the notorious "death angel," Nico. Long after her death in 1988, the German model and entertainer has remained a darkly mysterious cult figure. She was born Christa Paffgen in Cologne and took her professional name from photographer Nico Papatakis. ...more

Susanne Ofteringer's documentary explores the manufacturing and failure of the pop culture icon Nico. The film's strength is in its dazzling rare archive footage, emphasizing the importance of the mass-marketed image on her life. Without idealizing the star, it chronicles the model/actress/singer achieving icon status and allowing her self to become destroyed by it. Photos and clips of the young model on Vogue covers and in champagne commercials are effectively linked with her haunting vocal ...more