Transit Ostende, legendary document of Marvin Gaye’s stay in Ostend, Belgium, in the 80′s.
Under the wings of concert promoter Freddy Cousaert, Gaye was a troubled man in Ostend, rebuilding a life away from drugs and women. During that period, he wrote ‘Sexual Healing’.
I’ve been looking for this film for a while now, turns out, it’s online, under the name ‘Remember Marvin Gaye’, which is the director’s cut version, by director Richard Oliver:
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Mar 16th, 2008 at 3:46 pm
thank God there’s LLoyd. de max da je da gevonden hebt, Marvin Gaye die de Marseillaise zingt…
Mar 16th, 2008 at 4:07 pm
Ah yeah, thanx for sharing boys
Mar 16th, 2008 at 7:09 pm
2 years in Belgium, great knowledge. Great music. Great docu!
Mar 17th, 2008 at 12:04 am
thanx for the history lesson …
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Mar 17th, 2008 at 12:57 am
Big big big UP for this one !!
On-Point !!
Mar 17th, 2008 at 11:14 am
Seeing this one on the telly on the lap of my dad is one of those yellowish Kodak childhood memories of mine. Even at a young age, and while barely understanding half of it, I was absolutely entranced by the bittersweet magic of Marvin Gaye strolling by the Ostend cafés. I’ve been wanting to see this one again for years too. BIG UP for finding this.
Anybody know an app to rip this to MPG?
Mar 17th, 2008 at 2:04 pm
Nice one again, blij deze gezien te hebben..
Still on-point!
Mar 25th, 2008 at 12:52 am
Damn, Lloyd, there goes my productivity. What a find. Thanks.
Mar 30th, 2008 at 10:25 pm
Ja helemaal top natuurlijk. Ik had de film al ergens, maar altijd super om het terug te zien
Mar 31st, 2008 at 2:43 am
yo homies
zwaar bezig!!!!! BIGUP
Jun 25th, 2008 at 10:35 am
zalig zalig zalig!!!!!!!!!!!!!
ge kunt niet geloven hoe lang ik hier al naar op zoek ben!!!!!!!!
echt kei hard bedankt!
Mar 20th, 2009 at 5:01 pm
Thank you for this. Isn’t it interesting ( and very ironic) that the most sublime, sensitive and thorough documentation of black American artists/art forms is often done “across the pond.”?
Mar 21st, 2009 at 12:49 am
This documentary is DEEP!!! A part of me was walking with him through this whole thing. Marvin was fighting some serious demons! I respect him for stepping out of the madness to center himself again.