As he dove deep into archival material, Lowenstein also came upon a startling realisation: that Hutchence had once referred to him as his best friend in interviews, something unbeknownst to him. In many ways, that speaks volumes about the posturing and bravado typical of male friendships of the time. “A lot of people don’t realise how much gender roles and expectations have changed in the last 30 years,” Lowenstein says.
Along with Hutchence’s unguarded sensitivity and post-women’s rights brand of hedonism, that gender imbalance comes across loud and clear in the film, with his female friends and ex-girlfriends contributing a much more well-rounded portrait of the man. Minogue, who recounts their two-year relationship spent faxing each other love notes from one hotel room to another, described him as a deeply sensual being. “He loved seeing me experience a new wine or me learning about a new pleasure.
“His male friendships do tend to have, by their nature, a bit of what I call ‘war stories’, as in ‘let's go off and party through the night,’” observes Lowenstein. “But with his female friends and relationships, they got to see him when he woke up, curled up in the bathtub sobbing. The good, the bad and the ugly. I found their interviews so much more insightful than a lot of the male interviews, including my own.
Needing to branch out of the INXS project and detour to a place where he could channel all the emotional intensity and creativity that pop music wouldn’t allow him, Hutchence recorded what many regard as the strongest artistic statement of his career asin the late 1980s with his friend and avant-garde composer Ollie Olsen. “His idols were people like Leonard Cohen and Nick Cave, combined with a lot of the funk influences that he had,” says Lowenstein.
In retrospect, the influence of this sensitive lyricist on a generation of artists is undeniable. In addition to the countless INXS covers performed by the likes of Goo Goo Dolls and The Killers’ Brandon Flowers, a staggering number of artists have also penned songs either inspired by or dedicated to him, from Duran Duran (
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