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Wednesday, May 27, 2009

Brother to Brother

Posted by Charles Mudede on Wed, May 27, 2009 at 2:59 PM

This is a picture of me and Spike Lee after the delicious SIFF dinner organized by One Pot.
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As you can see, we are just too black. It's a brother to brother, soul to soul sort of thing.

Four things Spike Lee told me yesterday: One, he thinks something has got to be done about the crazy Kim Jong-il. Two, he is fine with gay marriage ("no problem with that"). Three, he is certain LeBron James is heading to the New York Knicks. Four, he was shocked that Girl 6 stands as my favorite of his films ("You are kidding me right? You rate Girl 6 above Malcolm X and Do the Right Thing? Really? Well, I suppose She Hate Me is your second favorite film, right?"—actually Clockers is my second favorite)

(Spike Lee's new film, Passing Strange, screens tonight at 7.)

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Will in Seattle 1
Maybe next time you guys could smile - then we could see you.
Posted by Will in Seattle http://www.facebook.com/WillSeattle on May 27, 2009 at 3:21 PM
Wicked Virgin 2
Are you the one on the right? You people all look alike to me.
Posted by Wicked Virgin http://userscripts.org/tags/slog on May 27, 2009 at 3:21 PM
Mr. Poe 3
Neither of you smiled? Zing!
Posted by Mr. Poe on May 27, 2009 at 3:21 PM
Mr. Poe 4
I hate you Will. I fucking hate you. I wish I could delete comments. God fucking dammit. I'm gonna have to drop the N bomb to really step this up.
Posted by Mr. Poe on May 27, 2009 at 3:22 PM
Lily Fluffbottom 5
I don't get it.
Posted by Lily Fluffbottom http://lilyfluffbottom.blogspot.com on May 27, 2009 at 3:25 PM
Carollani 6
Hahahaha
Posted by Carollani http://www.carollani.com/wordpress on May 27, 2009 at 3:27 PM
Mr. Poe 7
@5

It's just name-dropping. There isn't anything to get. And Spike Lee's best film is Do the Right Thing. Always will be.
Posted by Mr. Poe on May 27, 2009 at 3:27 PM
T 8
Girl 6!? Ugh. At least Lee has a sense of humor about the handful of shitty movies he's made.
Posted by T on May 27, 2009 at 3:28 PM
Lily Fluffbottom 9
Oh, so its not a black joke then. Ok.
Posted by Lily Fluffbottom http://lilyfluffbottom.blogspot.com on May 27, 2009 at 3:29 PM
10
Yup.

Second place, Son of Sam.

And in a new category ("Row houses that are better than that bland crap they build in Seattle") the movie, "Crooklyn" stands out, with "The Cosby Show" a close second.
Posted by PC on May 27, 2009 at 3:31 PM
11
DO THE RIGHT THING
Posted by Swearengen on May 27, 2009 at 3:36 PM
Mr. Poe 12
@10

Summer of Sam, dumbass. Any idiot lame enough to say it's their second favorite Spike Lee joint should know the fucking title.

You LOSE.
Posted by Mr. Poe on May 27, 2009 at 3:39 PM
Lily Fluffbottom 13
Maybe 10 didn't get it, either.
Posted by Lily Fluffbottom http://lilyfluffbottom.blogspot.com on May 27, 2009 at 3:41 PM
reverend dr dj riz 14
charles.. i am so kicking myself that i'm not going to see/meet him tonight. even when he's off ( that abysmal 'miracle of st anna ' which i thought far worse than 'bamboozled' ) he makes me proud ... i tell everybody there i saw more gays in his film of the million man march ('get on the bus' ) than i saw at the march itself ( although there was close to a million mens at that march so i coulda missed a few) he's always been a work in progress in most regards..he stopped dropping the 'f' bomb quite sometime ago after he got flack for it in 'school daze'.and when i think i'm sure i know where he's going he'll throw my for a loop . like using aaron copland entirely as the soundtrack music for 'he got game'. and i think you're right, girl 6' is an underrated gem. but my fave spike film is the documentary 'when the levees broke - a requiem in four acts', 'summer of sam' might be second...
if you see him again tell i love him..
i really really do.
Posted by reverend dr dj riz on May 27, 2009 at 3:42 PM
Mr. Poe 15
Oh my God, I totally forgot about Miracle at St. Anna. The dialogue...oh man.
Posted by Mr. Poe on May 27, 2009 at 3:46 PM
michael strangeways 16
I like the documentaries...the narrative films are unsatisfying and incomplete.
Posted by michael strangeways http://strangewayssideshow.blogspot.com/ on May 27, 2009 at 3:47 PM
Geni 17
Am I the only person that thinks He Got Game is right up there too? (In the interests of full disclosure, I should point out that I have every movie Spike's made that is available on DVD.) Malcolm X is beyond brilliant - the way some of the shots were framed is incredible - Do the Right Thing is one of the most important movies of the last 50 years - 25th Hour rocks, When the Levees Break and Four Little Girls are two of the best documentaries ever...need I continue? Charles, that sucks, you got to meet Spike Lee and you go and praise one of his weakest movies ever. Ugh.
Posted by Geni on May 27, 2009 at 3:55 PM
Will in Seattle 18
Seriously, though, I agree with Spike.

Malcolm X was way better than Girl 6.

Period.
Posted by Will in Seattle http://www.facebook.com/WillSeattle on May 27, 2009 at 3:59 PM
19
she's gotta have it.
Posted by natalie on May 27, 2009 at 4:04 PM
20
@19 -- you are on Slog, please refer to @12 for the appropriate corrective tone.

Thank you.
Posted by PC on May 27, 2009 at 4:13 PM
DOUG. 21
Jungle Fever!
Posted by DOUG. http://www.dougsvotersguide.com on May 27, 2009 at 5:17 PM
Urgutha Forka 22
Joe's Bed-Stuy Barbershop: We Cut Heads
Posted by Urgutha Forka on May 27, 2009 at 5:39 PM
RatGirl 23
I'm with Natalie. She's Gotta Have it is my favorite as well.
Posted by RatGirl on May 27, 2009 at 5:53 PM
Jason Josephes 24
Clockers was god awful, but hard to blame Spike for that one. You'd need at least four hours to get it right. Good thing Richard Price went on to do stuff for The Wire.
Posted by Jason Josephes http://www.myspace.com/bluemoonseattle on May 27, 2009 at 11:33 PM

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