Spike Lee's "Do the Right Thing" brings together essays, freshly written for this edition, that analyze this controversial film from a variety of methodological perspectives. Collectively these essays connect the interracial strife of New York as treated in Do the Right Thing with the contemporary social climate and racism in America. Also included are reviews of the film by influential critics, a large selection of production stills, and a complete bibliography.
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"The volume is filled with useful reading strategies, relevant historical information, and piquant reviews surrounding the release of the film." Daniel Czajowski, Creative Screenwriting
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Spike Lee's "Do the Right Thing" brings together essays, freshly written for this edition, that analyze this controversial film from a variety of methodological perspectives. Collectively these essays connect the interracial strife of New York as treated in Do the Right Thing with the contemporary social climate and racism in America. Also included are reviews of the film by influential critics, a large selection of production stills, and a complete bibliography.
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A great book of Essays.Spike Lee is One OF The Very Few Artists in Hollywood saying Something.This Book Breaks Down Many Subject Matters.The Movie is a Timeless Classic.this Book adds upon it.a Must.
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Film production begins not with the camera but with the checkbook. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
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Spike Lee, New York, Radio Raheem, School Daze, Los Angeles, Love Daddy, Public Enemy, Martin Luther King, United States, Better Blues, Mother Sister, Sal's Famous Pizzeria, Tiananmen Square, Goddess of Democracy, Tilted Arc, Air Jordan, Columbia Pictures, Framing Blackness, Lisa Jones, Ned Tannen, Interwoven Destinies, Malcolm Little, Mayor Koch, Ossie Davis, Tawana Told the Truth New!
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Film production begins not with the camera but with the checkbook. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
pizzeria owner, black cinema Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Spike Lee, New York, Radio Raheem, School Daze, Los Angeles, Love Daddy, Public Enemy, Martin Luther King, United States, Better Blues, Mother Sister, Sal's Famous Pizzeria, Tiananmen Square, Goddess of Democracy, Tilted Arc, Air Jordan, Columbia Pictures, Framing Blackness, Lisa Jones, Ned Tannen, Interwoven Destinies, Malcolm Little, Mayor Koch, Ossie Davis, Tawana Told the Truth New!
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- Fight the Power: Rap, Race, and Reality by Yusuf Jah on 9 pages
- Redefining Black Film by Mark A. Reid in Front Matter, page 101, and page 105
- Uplift the Race by Spike Lee in Front Matter, page 18, and page 87
- Picture Theory: Essays on Verbal and Visual Representation by W. J. T. Mitchell in Front Matter, and page 125
- By Any Means Necessary (Malcolm X Speeches and Writing) by Malcolm X in Front Matter, and page 104
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- Reading Race: Hollywood and the Cinema of Racial Violence (Published in association with Theory, Culture & Society) by Norman K. Denzin in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Race Music: Black Cultures from Bebop to Hip-Hop by Guthrie P. Ramsey Jr. in Back Matter
- Critical Dictionary of Film and Television Theory by Roberta Pearson on page 297
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