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Most music careers slowly but surely go down.
Malik Bendjelloul / Filmmaker
Careers
Music Career
Slowly But Surely
Slowly
Surely
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I think music docs could turn off some people.
Malik Bendjelloul / Filmmaker
People
Thinking
Turns
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Travel is wonderful. Everyone thinks it's wonderful.
Malik Bendjelloul / Filmmaker
Thinking
Wonderful
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My specialty is two things: music or really strange stories.
Malik Bendjelloul / Filmmaker
Specialty
Strange Stories
Two
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If you're an artist, you're an artist; that's the only way I can explain it.
Malik Bendjelloul / Filmmaker
Explain
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The perfect story is one you can retell in three minutes, and every single sentence is interesting.
Malik Bendjelloul / Filmmaker
Interesting
Perfect
Three
Sentence
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There's nowhere like Detroit; it's a modern necropolis: all these art deco masterpieces crumbling away.
Malik Bendjelloul / Filmmaker
Crumbling
Detroit
Nowhere
Masterpieces
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Success is not only one thing. Its not only having a nice house in Beverly Hills and driving a nice Mercedes.
Malik Bendjelloul / Filmmaker
Beverly Hills
House
Nice
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Success is not only one thing. It's not only having a nice house in Beverly Hills and driving a nice Mercedes.
Malik Bendjelloul / Filmmaker
Success
Beverly Hills
Driving
Hills
House
Nice
One Thing
Thing
Beverly
Having
Mercedes
Only One Thing
Success Is
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There are a few really fantastic stories left, and that kind of gives you some inspiration to find even new ones.
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Giving
Inspiration
Stories
New Ones
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The kids growing up in the apartheid era were so restricted and angry - if they spoke out against it, they were thrown in jail.
Malik Bendjelloul / Filmmaker
Kids
Angry
Apartheid
Growing Up
Jail
Thrown
Restricted
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I dont think Sugar Man is a music doc any more than The Social Network is about computers. It just happens to have the best soundtrack ever.
Malik Bendjelloul / Filmmaker
Men
Sugar
Thinking
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I don't think 'Sugar Man' is a music doc any more than 'The Social Network' is about computers. It just happens to have the best soundtrack ever.
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Computers
Sugar
Network
Soundtrack
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I love music. I think it's a higher art form, in a way, than movies. You know, a film you see once, maybe twice. A song will follow you forever. It's a magical thing.
Malik Bendjelloul / Filmmaker
Love Art Music
Twice
Art Form
Magical
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I don't like music docs, usually. There's nothing to really say. What can you say about music? Normally, you can't say too much. There are a few really good ones, but the majorities are boring, I think.
Malik Bendjelloul / Filmmaker
Good Ones
Normally
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I quit my job. I bought myself a real cheap, like, around-the-world flight ticket, and I went to 16 countries for six months just backpacking, living in cheap hostels, looking for stories with a camera and my ex-girlfriend.
Malik Bendjelloul / Filmmaker
Flight
Bought
Cheap
Quit
Ticket
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I was working for a Swedish TV show - I'm Swedish - who basically did kind of spectacular stories. It was almost like CBS '60 Minutes,' but a Swedish version where we actually did travel quite a lot. After a while, I realized that travel is the most fun part of this, so why not do it for a longer time and just go off and explore?
Malik Bendjelloul / Filmmaker
Travel
Fun
Minutes
Spectacular
Stories
Swedish
Why Not
Tv
Actually
Almost
Quite
Basically
Version
Show
Cbs
Working
Explore
Off
Longer
Quite A Lot
Realized
Tv Show
While
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