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Malik Bendjelloul [1977-2014] Swedish

Rank: 106
Director, Filmmaker

Malik Bendjelloul was a Swedish documentary filmmaker, journalist and former child actor. He directed the 2012 documentary Searching for Sugar Man, which won an Academy Award and a BAFTA Award.

Computers, Success

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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.	Success	101
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.	Computers	102
The kids growing up in the apartheid era were so restricted and angry - if they spoke out against it, they were thrown in jail.		103
The perfect story is one you can retell in three minutes, and every single sentence is interesting.		104
There are a few really fantastic stories left, and that kind of gives you some inspiration to find even new ones.		105
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.		106
You don't need money to be free. You can just say if you don't need stuff, you're always free.		107
Most music careers slowly but surely go down.		108
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.		109
My specialty is two things: music or really strange stories.		110
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.		111
I think music docs could turn off some people.		112
If you're an artist, you're an artist; that's the only way I can explain it.		113
There's nowhere like Detroit; it's a modern necropolis: all these art deco masterpieces crumbling away.		114
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?		115
Travel is wonderful. Everyone thinks it's wonderful.		116

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