directed by: Matthew Bate, year: 2014
actors: Matthew Bate, Peter (Shut Up Little Man! tapes), Ray (Shut Up Little Man! tapes)

Shut Up Little Man! An Audio Misadventure is a documentary about the creation and cultural afterlife of explosive home recordings made by two aging San Francisco roommates in the 1980s. Australian filmmaker Matthew Bate and collaborators locate the tapes, interview the people who rediscovered them, and trace how raw, chaotic voices were transformed into a global art phenomenon. The film raises questions of privacy, voyeurism, and art’s power to convert private sounds into public culture.

Diy, Documentary, Music Documentary, Cultural History, Audio Archives