I’ve now been writing reviews about a selection of the movies I watch for six years. And during those six years there have been moments where I wasn’t as motivated to do it anymore. I’ve been experiencing that feeling during the last couple of weeks as well. It doesn’t mean I have written less, but you sense that thing that drives you isn’t as strong as it was. During those moments I always wonder why I am still doing it and what I want to accomplish with it. Reviews about big movies can be found everywhere, so why write about them? Should I continue doing this?

Luckily I came across a couple of documentaries I hadn’t read much about, including Sample This. It made me realise that it are these type of films which I should write about regularly, because they don’t get enough attention while at the same time they are about subjects I really enjoy. Based on the title you might this documentary is the same as Copyright Criminals or Everything is a Remix and is all about using existing music to make something new. Indirectly it is about that, but this film focusses on just one song which has played an important role to the rise of hip hop: Apache by The Incredible Bongo Band. Continue reading →