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Originally Posted by Festered
Like Summer of Sam, only worse. Lee is one of the most over-rated AA directors around, and his monumental ego is on display constantly. If it wasn't for overly enthusiastic white liberal film critics, his career would have ended 15 years ago.
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You're right; He's be a pretty poor horror director.
Over-rated, I disagree with.
Monumental ego, however, I can't argue.
See, I think he's absolutely brilliant. I agree with Urge:
Do the Right Thing,
She's Gotta Have It, and
Mo Better Blues are purely brilliant character studies.
Inside Man was a great little film and even
Crooklyn was fantastic in its own right. His films are cleanly, deliberately directed and incredibly important to art film as a whole.
That said, I also agree with Urge that he's a racist prick who is ridiculously full of himself... But I don't think that we can ignore his influence in film.
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Re: Blacksploitation cinema... I've never seen a one. :o