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Michael: I'm basically pretty shy
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Mystify: Michael Hutchence

I'm basicallypretty shy, so I find the whole thingnightmarish

Michael: I'm basically
pretty shy, so I find the whole thing
nightmarish

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Michael: I'm basically pretty shy,
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so I find the whole thing nightmarish.
Duration
5 seconds
Views
18
Timestamp in Movie
01:24:56
Uploaded
Jun 11, 2025
Genres
documentary, biography, music
Production
BBC Music,Dogwoof,Australian Broadcasting Corporation,Screen Australia

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Movie Summary

A documentary feature about the troubled heart and soul of Michael Hutchence, lead singer and songwriter of INXS.
There's a bullying mentality in england, - Mystify: Michael Hutchence 00:06
There's a bullying mentality in england,
Belinda: The opium found in the house bollocks, - Mystify: Michael Hutchence 00:06
Belinda: The opium found in the house bollocks,
And then they just spiralled into taking more drugs, - Mystify: Michael Hutchence 00:05
And then they just spiralled into taking more drugs,
Prozac and valium and heroin. - Mystify: Michael Hutchence 00:04
Prozac and valium and heroin.
There were months that Michael would be totally clean, - Mystify: Michael Hutchence 00:12
There were months that Michael would be totally clean,
"Oh, let's try heroin." - Mystify: Michael Hutchence 00:07
"Oh, let's try heroin."
Martha: He felt he had no real friends, - Mystify: Michael Hutchence 00:06
Martha: He felt he had no real friends,
You just get shanghaied by these guys and exploited, - Mystify: Michael Hutchence 00:07
You just get shanghaied by these guys and exploited,
Try to be sort of naive about stuff - Mystify: Michael Hutchence 00:05
Try to be sort of naive about stuff
But, you know, I don't think you should live your life - Mystify: Michael Hutchence 00:06
But, you know, I don't think you should live your life
On the other hand, - Mystify: Michael Hutchence 00:11
On the other hand,
When Paula was around, it changed the dynamic a lot. - Mystify: Michael Hutchence 00:04
When Paula was around, it changed the dynamic a lot.
She knew how to push his buttons, - Mystify: Michael Hutchence 00:05
She knew how to push his buttons,
Lesley: There was a lot of stuff - Mystify: Michael Hutchence 00:06
Lesley: There was a lot of stuff
But unless it was all about her, - Mystify: Michael Hutchence 00:07
But unless it was all about her,
I mean, he was madly in love with her. - Mystify: Michael Hutchence 00:04
I mean, he was madly in love with her.
And I know he wasn't happy at that time, - Mystify: Michael Hutchence 00:06
And I know he wasn't happy at that time,
Martha: When Michael didn't know what to do, - Mystify: Michael Hutchence 00:06
Martha: When Michael didn't know what to do,
J I am searching - Mystify: Michael Hutchence 00:10
J I am searching
"August 31, 1997. - Mystify: Michael Hutchence 00:04
"August 31, 1997.