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Decarceration's avatar

HAS to be a Top Ten Desert Island movie soundtrack for ANYONE who deigns to compose such a thing. GREAT movie.

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David Perlmutter's avatar

"What passes for the big city" is Kingston, Jamaica's capital.

Like other films of this period, it doesn't shy away from urban violence; only the setting separates it from many American films of the time in that regard. The uniqueness comes from the reggae music, as the genre was just beginning to become popular outside of Jamaica at this time.

Ivan's treatment at the hands of the record producer recalls how real-life producers Leslie Kong and Coxsone Dodd treated the likes of Bob Marley and Lee "Scratch" Perry in the previous decade. Little did they know that these artists (including Cliff himself) would become known far and wide, while they themselves would only figure as footnotes in popular culture history.

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Jack Blitz's avatar

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Matthew Brady's avatar

Thanks!

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