Art of war 2 and wesley snipes and sex
LEE This is going to be the first theatrical release, it’s a new branch with Amazon. This is Amazon’s first fully financed movie. I think racism is part of the fabric of this country but the struggle continues and eventually good rules over evil I think.ĭEADLINE: You’ve always been a the forefront of independent filmmaking. There’s always going to be struggles in this country and that’s just part of the fabric. But back in ’89, we made that film, no one I knew, not even me had thought that there would be an African American president. I mean who would have thought that that would happen again in real life, right here in Staten Island with Garner.
LEE: I would say that America is always advancing, many people might say not fast enough but progress has been made, but if you look at Do The Right Thing, the strangulation on Radio Raheem by the NYPD. And their lobby is very very powerful.ĭEADLINE: How do you see this connected to Do The Right Thing? Has America gone forward or backwards in the last 25 years? There has to be some gun reform and that is going to be a fight because you have to go up against the NRA, the National Rifle Association. During that time of production while we were in Chicago, 331 people got wounded and shot and 65 got murdered. And one of the issues that we talk about in this film is that guns are out of control here in America. We started shooting this film this past June 1 and our last day of filming was July 9 so think about that. And the bulk of these shooting and killings are on the South Side. Chicago – I mean I’m not the only one to say this – arguably is one of the most segregated cities in the U.S. The majority of the shootings and the killings are in the south side of Chicago. It’s not all of Chicago, that’s why it reminds me of Charles Dickens’ A Tale Of Two Cities.
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We shot the film in Chicago but here’s the thing. I would just be irresponsible as a filmmaker to not comment on this self-inflicted genocide, which is happening. LEE: Well I’ve always believed that great art can impact world. You know the nicknames, one of the nicknames for Philadelphia is Killadelphia, one of the nicknames for Baltimore is Murderland, so it’s something that’s nationwide.ĭEADLINE: What role can an artist like you play when it comes to making a film about a subject matter like this? It happens in Brooklyn where I’m from, in the Bronx, it’s happening in Philadelphia. Again I’d like to state that in no way shape or form we saying that this only happens in Chicago. LEE: Well, there’s a situation in America where young black men are killing young black men at alarming rates and Chicago, or Chiraq, is really like the poster boy for this. Film is the thing I love, film is my passion.ĭEADLINE: What makes Chi-Raq so urgent in today’s landscape? I don’t do any film that my juices aren’t flowing. I don’t really do anything I’m not excited about. LEE: I don’t really disagree with that assessment. IM Global’s commitment to diverse genres of cinema - it has also made significant investments in Bollywood and Asian cinema - is paying off: Interest is very high on Chi-Raq and Saturday’s footage screening is believed to be three times over-subscribed.Ĭomic Con: Wesley Snipes On 'Blade' Marvel Talks, 'The Player' & Spike LeeĭEADLINE: The buzz is strong on this film. IM Global is selling international on the film among its company-record eight pic here - those include three Special Presentations like Desierto, the Jonas Cuaron drama starring Gael Garcia Bernal that is expected to be a hot seller at the fest.
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It is said to be inspired by the Greek comedy Lysistrata, in which the women of Greece band together and withhold sex until their men end the Peloponnesian War. Written by Lee and Kevin Willmott, ( C.S.A: Confederate States Of America), Chi-Raq looks at inner-city violence in Chicago. Sweeney, Harry Lennix, Steve Harris, Angela Basset all star with John Cusack and Samuel L. The first feature to be fully financed by Amazon Studios, Chi-Raq once more finds Lee - one of the greatest chroniclers of America for over 30 years - front and center in the heart of the debate on gun laws and race relations in America. Nick Cannon, Wesley Snipes, Jennifer Hudson, D.B. EXCLUSIVE: Stuart Ford’s IM Global is flying Spike Lee in to Toronto for a few hours today to give international buyers a sneak peak at some footage of his eagerly anticipated Chi-Raq.