Yearly Archives: 2012

Sugar Man Film Coverage – Time Out feature, review – film of the week, critics’ choice / New! review / BBC 6 Music interview

Time Out – Malik interview.pdf Time Out – Critics’ Choice.pdf Time Out – Film of the week.pdf New! – Review.pdf Radio: BBC 6 Music, Lauren Laverne: Interview with Malik / played Sugar Man http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01l2tbv (around 12:10pm)

Marshall Fine: Movie Review: Searching for Sugar Man

Put it this way: If Searching for Sugar Man were a work of fiction, it would be deemed utterly implausible. “C’mon,” critics would say, “that would ONLY ever happen in a movie.” Instead, Bendjelloul’s film is playing catch-up to reality — and what a moving and wondrous piece of reality it is. via Marshall Fine:ContinueContinue reading “Marshall Fine: Movie Review: Searching for Sugar Man”

Sugar Man Film Coverage – Independent feature / Reviews – Nuts, Grazia, Attitude, TNT, Scout, Heat

Independent – Feature with Rodriguez & Malik.pdf Heat – Review & top 5.pdf Grazia – Review.pdf Attitude – Review.pdf Nuts – Review.pdf Scout – Review.pdf TNT – Preview.pdf

Who is Jane S. Piddy? | Brian Currin

Though Rodriguez personally denied this when I asked him, I believe ‘Jane S. Piddy’ is a deliberate misspelling of “Janis Pity” – a sort of tribute to Janis Joplin. Rodriguez said in March 1998: “The people [in my songs] are fictional. I tapped on the writer’s poetic licence giving them names and shape. Almost asContinueContinue reading “Who is Jane S. Piddy? | Brian Currin”

Searching for Sugar Man Movie Review – Yahoo! Voices – voices.yahoo.com

This is a compelling documentary about a long-forgotten musician who, thirty years after he sank into obscurity, discovered that his genius had in fact been heard. Sixto Rodriquez was singing in a Detroit bar in the 60s, when two celebrated producers saw him perform and became enthralled by his charismatic presence, soulful melodies and propheticContinueContinue reading “Searching for Sugar Man Movie Review – Yahoo! Voices – voices.yahoo.com”

Rodriguez and ‘Sugar Man’: A Rock ‘n’ Roll Mystery – WSJ.com

In 2006, director Malik Bendjelloul took six months off from his job at a Swedish television newsmagazine to travel the world in search of material for future segments. In Cape Town, South Africa, he was told “the best story I ever heard in my life,” Mr. Bendjelloul recalls. The problem: “There was no way IContinueContinue reading “Rodriguez and ‘Sugar Man’: A Rock ‘n’ Roll Mystery – WSJ.com”

Win Screening Tickets or Soundtrack to “Searching for Sugar Man” : The Comet

Extraordinary documentary “Searching for Sugar Man,” which tells the story of Detroit singer/songwriter Rodriguez’ rise, fall and rise again, may be one of the most moving music films we have seen. Win tickets to see the special Amoeba screening in Los Angeles or a copy of the soundtrack from The Comet. via Win Screening TicketsContinueContinue reading “Win Screening Tickets or Soundtrack to “Searching for Sugar Man” : The Comet”

The 10 Most Fascinating Things Shared At The SEARCHING FOR SUGAR MAN Junket | Very Aware | Movie and TV news, reviews and other goodness

Whilst traveling in South Africa, Director Malik Bendjelloul was caught off guard when he heard singer-songwriter Sixto Rodriguez’s story – the story that would become the basis for the music documentary SEARCHING FOR SUGAR MAN. Rumored to have committed suicide on stage after a show in the 1970’s, Rodriguez had become somewhat of a legendContinueContinue reading “The 10 Most Fascinating Things Shared At The SEARCHING FOR SUGAR MAN Junket | Very Aware | Movie and TV news, reviews and other goodness”

Music documentary review: unraveling the enigma of Rodriguez | Music Documentary Monday

In the late 1960s, two record company producers were on the search for fresh talent in Detroit. In a smoky, unassuming dockside bar, they discovered Sixto Rodriguez, an enormously talented singer who wrote songs about inner city life with a lyrical complexity that outstripped many of his contemporaries. Everyone thought they had a star onContinueContinue reading “Music documentary review: unraveling the enigma of Rodriguez | Music Documentary Monday”

Searching For Sugar Man Original Motion Picture Soundtrack | Light In The Attic Records

“Stunning. One of the greatest, and most moving documentaries ever made.” ★★★★★, Q Magazine “A hugely entertaining, emotionally touching, and musically revelatory experience” – IndieWire “to South Africans in the early ‘70s he was their Beatles and Dylan combined” ★★★★, Mojo via Searching For Sugar Man Original Motion Picture Soundtrack | Light In The AtticContinueContinue reading “Searching For Sugar Man Original Motion Picture Soundtrack | Light In The Attic Records”

Sixto Rodriguez is philosophical about ‘Searching for Sugar Man’ – latimes.com

He has been called the greatest ’70s rock star who never was. A Chicano Bob Dylan. More improbable, the 70-year-old street bard from Detroit is considered a founding father of South African progressive rock. At the very least, he’s one of the most unlikely comeback artists in music history. Sixto Rodriguez, a man whose lifeContinueContinue reading “Sixto Rodriguez is philosophical about ‘Searching for Sugar Man’ – latimes.com”