kagablog

July 25, 2008

a message from peter whitehead about sms sugar man

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Dear Aryan,

My only regret was not having time to speak to you about your film. I would love to have a DVD of it to watch it more closely. Lots of amazing fascinating stuff – and parallels to so much of my thinking. You are truly a poet of the cinema. And a dark one at that – always the best!

Talk soon …

best

peter.

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sms sugar man has its south african premiere during the national arts festival in grahamstown on 4 july at 22:00. read it all about it and book your tickets here

3 Responses to “a message from peter whitehead about sms sugar man”

  1. christo_D Says:

    hey, where did she get such such cool stills? : – )
    nice review, i enjoy her appreciation of the cellphone camera as a medium with particular strengths. but is the film in need of some ruthless editing?

  2. gary cummiskey Says:

    I wouldn’t say “ruthless editing” is needed. i personally thought there was hardly a superflous scene or word spoken.

  3. kagablog: sms sugar man reviewed by mary corrigall | Pine Slopes Says:

    [...] kagablog: sms sugar man reviewed by mary corrigall July 29th, 2008 by Aryan Shooting a film with cellphones is obviously going to result in a unique cinematic experience but it is not just the unconventional medium that makes SMS Sugar man novel. Director and writer Aryan Kaganof has produced a film with a visual and ideological character that is not readily associated with South African film-making. It doesn;t deal with any of the clichéd South African themes and it has an extraordinary visual texture that sets just the right level of sombreness required to relay a twisted contemporary fairytale. [...]

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