Searching for Sugar Man

[Alex2507]

Without doing any reading whatsoever you should just watch this. Chances are you don't know anything about this so almost anything said is a spoiler and this is from a guy who normally doesn't mind spoilers. Best thing I've seen maybe ever.

'Nuff said.

 

[Jeepers]

Haven't seen the documentary but I know about him; in 1991/1992 I had a South African colleague who was a big fan of him so I bought...

 

[jliedeka]

I saw the movie when it came to our local Sundance. I had read about it months before and was happy to be able to see it.

Jim

 

[lsiberian]

I thought you were trying to replace Greg and it seems you added a movie to my list instead.

 

[skizzerflake]

Best thing I've seen maybe ever.

'Nuff said.

I don't know that I thought it was the best ever, but it was interesting. Between that and some other things i have seen, I had the impression that he mainly had some psychological thing going on in him that was averse to acknowledging or living with commercial success. That seemed to leave him in the position of being exploited by not giving him what he was due, considering his popularity in South Africa. He seemed more comfortable living his marginal, anonymous existence. I have to admit that I thought the "know nothing" agent is a sleaze ball. It was definitely a strange bio-pic.

 

[Alex2507]

It's called a descriptive song, not a prescriptive song so put the bong down.

 

[Rickster71]

I enjoyed the movie and the music.

By coincidence I've had a few songs of his on my MP3 player, though never knew the significance of who he was.

IMHO, It seems that Sixto Rodriguez sounded too much like Bob Dylan, and also played around the same time. The powers that control the music & movie industries wouldn't allow the competition...(reminds me a bit of Shakespeare's Merchant of Venice) Which is why his albums were never allowed to sell in the U.S.

I was a little disappointed that they didn't delve into the way the music industry swindles small artists, however they found a way to showcase the horrors of Apartheid, over, and over. ...Not saying they should have left Apartheid out of the movie.
Just disappointed it was left so unbalanced.
Leaving the big question unanswered, "Where did the royalties go that the South Africans paid?"

 

[Alex2507]

"Where did the royalties go that the South Africans paid?"

To Whitey ... who else?