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- From: isbell@ai.mit.edu (Charles L Isbell)
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- Subject: Re: spike lee & boston celtics
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- Date: 19 Nov 92 22:35:33 GMT
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- In-reply-to: il@bambam.u.washington.edu's message of 18 Nov 92 21:22:43 GMT
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- il@bambam.u.washington.edu (Il Hwan Oh) writes:
- |reiher@ficus.cs.ucla.edu (Peter Reiher) writes:
- |> By the way, if people are skipping his films because they don't like
- |> Lee personally, you are missing some very good films. Regardless of
- |> whether you agree with him, Lee is a talented filmmaker whose films
- |> don't resemble anyone else's. There is strong artistic merit in Lee's
- |> films, and those serious about film are making a mistake if they skip
- |> his films.
-
- |I've seen a few of his films (_Do_The_Right_Thing_, _Mo'_Better_Blues_,
- |and _Jungle_Fever_) and have to disagree with you. While they were
- |interesting to watch, I wouldn't have minded missing them. I watch
- |a lot of movies and will probably see _Malcom_X_ eventually, but I
- |won't go out of my way to see it.
-
- Hmmmm and I've always thought just the opposite. he manages to avoid
- preaching, particularly in DTRT.
-
- |If you don't agree Spike Lee's public opinions, chances are fairly good
- |that you won't like his movies. His movies incorporate a lot of very
- |stylistic elements and uniquely innovative techniques. I could really
- |get into them if it weren't for his in-your-face, shove-it-down-your-throat
- |style of preaching in these movies. It's also blatantly obvious that
- |the movies were written and directed by a black person, and I think
- |there's a lot more to life than that. His movies reflect (and encourage)
- |thinking in very limited terms.
-
- Funny, I've always thought the same thing about most of Woody Allen's
- films... and Oliver Stone's for that matter. Loved most of them
- though.
-
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