近期看過的電影之中最好的一套戲。這是一套紀錄片，主人翁Sixto Rodriguez是七十年代的一位歌手，可惜在美國他的唱片無人問津，最後要轉業做建築工人。直到九十年代，他的歌曲輾轉流入南非，及後他的歌曲紅片整個南非。然而Rod人在美國對這事卻一無所知。在南非，更謠傳Rod已經死了。
後來有兩位fans追査Rod的下落，最後給他們發現了Rod還好好活著，住在底特律。之後Rod遠道從美國到南非，與歌迷重聚，給他們開個唱。在歌迷的心目中，Rod復活了！
電影故事說完了。片中一直插播著Rod的歌曲，其中一首叫Establishment Blues。直譯是建制藍調。雖然描繪的是七十年代的美國社會，但竟與現今的香港社會那麽相似。
The mayor hides the crime rate
council woman hesitates
Public gets irate but forget the vote date
Weatherman complaining, predicted sun, it's raining
Everyone's protesting, boyfriend keeps suggesting
you're not like all of the rest.
Garbage ain't collected, women ain't protected
Politicians using people, they've been abusing
The mafia's getting bigger, like pollution in the river
And you tell me that this is where it's at.
Woke up this moming with an ache in my head
Splashed on my clothes as I spilled out of bed
Opened the window to listen to the news
But all I heard was the Establishment's Blues.
Gun sales are soaring, housewives find life boring
Divorce the only answer smoking causes cancer
This system's gonna fall soon, to an angry young tune
And that's a concrete cold fact.
The pope digs population, freedom from taxation
Teeny Bops are up tight, drinking at a stoplight
Miniskirt is flirting I can't stop so I'm hurting
Spinster sells her hopeless chest.
Adultery plays the kitchen, bigot cops non-fiction
The little man gets shafted, sons and monies drafted
Living by a time piece, new war in the far east.
Can you pass the Rorschach test?
It's a hassle is an educated guess.
Well, frankly I couldn't care less.
言論自由受到“公安”打壓，一些“愛國愛港”組織在攪文革式的批鬥，整個政府誠信破產。
建制盛載著龐大的既得利益，碰不得，否則會置你於死地。
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