I’m not even thinking about it. What’s interesting about the Academy Awards is every year they got this guy, Chuck Workman, who does these little (montages). Well, this year they should junk Chuck Workman, and show the final montage from Bamboozled instead. (LAUGHS)
Which is absolutely chilling, I might add. To me, it begs almost another project, a documentary about perceptions of African Americans in Film. It might make a great film class that you could teach.
Uhum.
You can even look at films like Animal House, which isn’t that old…
…Otis Day and the Night?
Yeah! I saw that when I was a kid, and to see it now it really stands out as being so wrong. I’m an optimist I’d like to think things are getting better.
Hope so.
Originally posted on May 11, 2001.
I met Spike Lee three years ago at Tribeca Film Festival I was working for the fest at the time. I actually had a Film Threat hat on and he was walking by me I saw him looking at my hat. He actually gave me a head now and stuck his hand out and shook my hand. I told him seeing School Case as a kid was one of the reasons I got into film. He’s a super cool humble guy.