Sugerman Sociology

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I never thought black and white could be so gooooooood. I love this movie because it has so much meaning behind it. The beginning is one of the most powerful sense of its time. A women being undress on screen was a big no no. Then a trusted secretary women stealing 40 thousand dollars then running with it out of town. The director wanted to show that women at the time could do what men could do. That they weren't any different. I like the direction of the movie, it has a really good flow. At creepy parts it would speed up the film. At the climax it would slow it down so you can get every single detail. I think the cinematography of the movie was one of the best. First to start
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Sugerman was one of the best writers in the music business in the 1980. He's from Detroit, Michigan, but he only sold 6 copies of his two albums in the United States and sold millions of copies in South Africa. During the movie I thought of that the most, how can an American artist be only famous in another country. I really think how they explained his life story. They made the movie a little slow at some parts but the feeling and flow of the movie was well put together. I like the cinematography, how they used the old vs new in the Detroit architecture. I think Sixto really explains his hardships and explains himself and his life's story really well. Also how the people in the film explain how and why they they to find an artist from America that apparently shot himself on stage. The way that the way the script and plot was planned out was excellent. I liked how it showed Sixtos upcoming and decline in the music business. I like how the characters from South Africa explained their passion for Sixto's music. The way they explain the journey of finding Sixto Rodriguez from start to finish is why the story/documentary. It has a slow start but once it picks up you can never get enough. I could see this happening to anyone so I could believe it. I really liked this documentary, it has a lot of soul. It explains a great story about some that could have been someone big that could have been someone but never given the credit. I like the part when Sixto record label had the chance to speak in the interview and said that he doesn't really care what happened 25 years ago. When asked about the money that Sixto made from the South African labels he pretended that he didn't know. He also said that he didn't care what happened to him. The best part about this whole scene was that I looked that the label guy though he was off camera and said all of those things. I liked how the director kept that part in. It made it more interesting. I think

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