The 'Socalled' Movie
2010 · 88 MIN · IMDB 7.2 · 33 VOTES · DIR. Garry Beitel
Overview
Socalled, aka Josh Dolgin, is the most supreme klezmer hip-hop funk artist in the world. A pianist, singer, rapper, accordion player, and magician, he's a demented Renaissance man and a multi-cultural mixmaster. THE SOCALLED MOVIE is a kaleidoscopic portrait which compiles 18 short films that display his electrifying craft and deep-rooted sense of history. Combining traditional Yiddish songs with funk, rap and everything in between, his tunes are densely layered tapestries of dizzying complexity. His encounters with legendary trombonist Fred Wesley (a key member of James Brown's bands) and klezmer hero David Krakauer are revelatory meetings of the mind, while his re-discovery of pianist Irving Fields turns the elder statesman into a YouTube phenomenon. With offbeat wit, intimacy and virtuoso performances, THE SOCALLED MOVIE is an enthralling documentary that shows how music can break down the boundaries that divide our world.
Dialogue Timeline — 1,260 lines
A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE
00:00:06 And frankly, there's nothing so unusual
00:03:47 except I'm not as skinny.
00:06:33 When is that?
00:10:10 and I don't, uh... I don't, I don't, yeah
00:13:19 ♪ Little bird... ♪
00:17:17 "Dali brought to life" feel to it, you know?
00:20:45 it was full of interesting sounds
00:23:29 Drugs, sex, violence.
00:27:00 You explain what I'm doing.
00:30:52 from your head down to your toeses.
00:33:37 I think it was probably like grade 11 or so.
00:39:26 and it's like, it's not...
00:47:04 ♪ Dum dum ♪ ♪
00:50:45 Fantastic.
00:55:05 But not really, 'cause it's like sex.
00:58:39 ♪ I'm always searching ♪
01:01:25 when the Socalled group goes on stage
01:03:34 ♪ We gotta start spreading the crumbs ♪
01:07:44 Let's just start laying it down.
01:11:29 steady, steady, steady.
01:13:47 ♪ Everything and anything is on the YouTube ♪
01:16:54 I don't know, I guess it is kind of weird
01:21:09 How could you see how the history of the world has been
01:24:43 ♪ These are the good old days ♪