She's Gotta Have It, by Spike Lee
Do the Right Thing, by Spike Lee
Review by Jeffrey M. Anderson
Buy She's Gotta Have It, by Spike Lee
Buy Do the Right Thing, by Spike Lee
Following in the footsteps of Melvin Van Peebles, writer/director Spike
Lee kept journals of his experiences in getting his first several movies
made. She's Gotta Have It is completely uncensored and reveals
a young man full of pride, energy, and determination, as well as a bit of
ego. It contains the results of his interviews with hundreds of young women
about sex, and the original shooting script. Do the Right Thing
is an invaluable diary on one of the greatest movies ever made. You can
actually get inside the head of the man creating this classic. (Imagine
reading similar diaries by Griffith on Intolerance or Hitchcock
on The 39 Steps or Welles on Citizen Kane.) Other
books are available on Lee's School Daze (1988) and Mo'
Better Blues (1990), but these are the two to read.
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