“Mystify: Michael Hutchence” (*** out of four) was an unusually intimate documentary of the charismatic INXS frontman whose career soared to skyrocketing heights in the 1980’s and then crashed and burned in the 1990’s as he fell into drugs, depression, and despair which led to his suicide in 1997. Director Richard Lowenstein (who directed many of INXS’ music videos) spent over 10 years painstakingly interviewing and editing this project, which includes interviews and footage from Bono and Hutchence’s family. A definite must for INXS fans but also an interesting and downbeat look at a man damaged by fame and personal pain.

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