Spike Lee
Autore di Please, Puppy, Please
Sull'Autore
Directing, writing, and starring in his own films, as did Charlie Chaplin and Orson Welles before him, Lee has arguably had almost as profound an influence on American filmmaking as his predecessors, although in very different ways. In his own words, he is good at "marketing," and what he has mostra altro marketed is a highly politicized African American cinema that is also commercially viable. Many critics credit Lee with paving the way for a new wave of mass-market yet socially conscious filmmakers, including John Singleton, Charles Lane, and Carl Franklin. The eldest of six children, Lee was educated first at Morehouse College and then at New York University's film school. His first feature release, She's Gotta Have It (1986), won the Prix de Jeunesse at Cannes and was both critically acclaimed and commercially successful in the United States. Lee went on to make School Daze (1988) and Do the Right Thing (1989), a technically sophisticated film that addressed racism in a complex and controversial fashion. The film constructs a narrative that leaves it to the viewer to decide whether its protagonist, Mookie, has done the right thing when he responds to the death of one of his friends at the hands of the police by throwing a trash can through the window of his employer, who had called the police in the first place. Because a riot ensues, many (white) critics argued that the film celebrated violence, and the press suggested that it would incite black spectators to riot (it did not). Other critics suggested that Mookie actually defuses a riot, by directing the community's anger toward property and away from the police. Two years later, Lee tackled the subject of interracial relationships in another hotly debated film, Jungle Fever (1991), which some saw as preachy and sexist and others praised as bold and complex. However, his most recent and ambitious film, Malcolm X (1992), has been almost universally acclaimed. Lee has published a companion text for each film that includes biographies of all of the principals, essays on such topics as guerilla filmmaking, production stills, details of salaries and finances, excerpts from his journal or production notes, and the script. These materials demystify production, advertise the talents of the people who work for him, and promote his political positions, particularly his commitment to black entrepreneurship and cultural self-expression. (Bowker Author Biography) mostra meno
Fonte dell'immagine: photo by Gregg Chadwick
Opere di Spike Lee
5 Spike Lee Joints: Do The Right Thing / Mo' Better Blues / Jungle Fever / Crooklyn / Clockers (2006) — Regista — 11 copie
Denzel Washington Spotlight Collection: Inside Man / The Hurricane / The Bone Collector / Mo' Better Blues — Regista — 4 copie
Four Feature Films: American Gangster / The Hurricane / Inside Man / The Bone Collector — Regista — 3 copie
Da 5 Bloods [2020 film] — Regista — 3 copie
Denzel Washington Triple Feature: Safe House, Inside Man & Bone Collector — Regista — 2 copie
Jungle Fever 1 copia
da 5 bloods 1 copia
Chi-raq [Region 2] 1 copia
Girl 6 1 copia
Jackie Robinson 1 copia
Some Spike Lee Joints 1 copia
American Utopia [DVD] 1 copia
Opere correlate
The Battle Of Algiers (Special Edition) [DVD] [1965] (1966) — Interviewee, alcune edizioni — 134 copie
Black Genius: African American Solutions to African American Problems (1999) — Collaboratore — 64 copie
I Love Being the Enemy: A Season on the Court with the NBA's Best Shooter and Sharpest Tongue (1995) — Prefazione — 24 copie
Etichette
Informazioni generali
- Nome legale
- Lee, Shelton Jackson
- Data di nascita
- 1957-03-20
- Sesso
- male
- Nazionalità
- USA
- Luogo di nascita
- Atlanta, Georgia, USA
- Luogo di residenza
- New York, New York, USA
- Istruzione
- Morehouse College (B.A., Mass Communications)
New York University (Tisch School of Film & Television) - Attività lavorative
- director
screenwriter
producer
actor
documentary filmmaker - Relazioni
- Edwards, William J. (great-grandparent)
Lee, Bill (parent)
Lee, Joie Susannah (sibling)
Lee, David (sibling)
Lee, Cinqué (sibling)
Lee, Malcolm D. (cousin) - Premi e riconoscimenti
- Wexner Prize (2008)
Utenti
Recensioni
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Toscana, Seconda Guerra Mondiale: a Sant'Anna di Stazzema quattro soldati afroamericani rimangono isolati dietro le linee nemiche per aver salvato un bambino. (fonte: Wikipedia)
Flipper è un avvocato di colore che incomincia una relazione extraconiugale con la propria segretaria Angie, una ragazza bianca. Quando il segreto diventa pubblico a causa di un conoscente, l'uomo viene cacciato di casa dalla moglie e decide di venire allo scoperto con amici e parenti i quali però non approvano il rapporto.(fonte: Wikipedia)
Quattro uomini e una donna vestiti da imbianchini fanno irruzione alla Manhattan Trust e prendono in ostaggio una cinquantina di persone tra clienti e dipendenti della banca, costringendoli a indossare delle tute e delle maschere. L'investigatore Keith Frazier ha il compito di negoziare con il capo … (fonte: Wikipedia)
Colorado, anni Settanta. Ron Stallworth entra nel Dipartimento di polizia di Denver dopo la laurea. Fra i suoi primi incarichi c'è quello di infiltrarsi ad un incontro con il leader afroamericano Stokey Carmichael, dove Ron si imbatte in Patrice, una sorta di Angela Davis organizzatrice dell'evento e convinta sostenitrice del movimento di autoaffermazione black. È un risveglio per il giovane uomo che fino a quel momento sembrava non aver prestato troppa attenzione alla propria appartenenza razziale, nè troppo valore al proprio background etnico. (fonte: ibs)… (altro)
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Statistiche
- Opere
- 61
- Opere correlate
- 11
- Utenti
- 3,309
- Popolarità
- #7,735
- Voto
- 3.8
- Recensioni
- 116
- ISBN
- 140
- Lingue
- 6