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Spike Lee Joints I've seen:

1. She's Gotta Have It
2. Do The Right Thing
3. Summer of Sam
4. 25th Hour
5. Inside Man
6. Miracle at St. Anna
7. BlacKkKlansman
8. Da 5 Bloods

So I still have a lot of stuff to dive into. I've missed a lot. Still, I'd rank him among my all-time favorite filmmakers. Just that body of work above is enough to canonize the man.
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Steve Albini wrote:Whenever there's active promotion on the part of somebody else, whenever I see somebody all dolled up for a fancy photograph and someone's handing out flyers or whenever there's active promotion for something like that, as an imposition on my day, I hate all those people and I want them to fail. I have a visceral reaction to advertising and promotion. There's just something about salesmanship that grates on me on a very base level and I react very negatively towards it. I want those people to suffer and I want their enterprises to fail.
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Steve Albini wrote:Whenever there's active promotion on the part of somebody else, whenever I see somebody all dolled up for a fancy photograph and someone's handing out flyers or whenever there's active promotion for something like that, as an imposition on my day, I hate all those people and I want them to fail. I have a visceral reaction to advertising and promotion. There's just something about salesmanship that grates on me on a very base level and I react very negatively towards it. I want those people to suffer and I want their enterprises to fail.
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I have a strong feeling that I'm going to love Chi-Raq. Loved the trailer. Love Lee's overall aesthetic in general. Love the play it's inspired by. Love theater and theatricality in film. I'm going in with pretty high expectations.
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Steve Albini wrote:Whenever there's active promotion on the part of somebody else, whenever I see somebody all dolled up for a fancy photograph and someone's handing out flyers or whenever there's active promotion for something like that, as an imposition on my day, I hate all those people and I want them to fail. I have a visceral reaction to advertising and promotion. There's just something about salesmanship that grates on me on a very base level and I react very negatively towards it. I want those people to suffer and I want their enterprises to fail.
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An Evening with Beverly Luff Linn.

Man, I'm on a real roll with these bizarre movies with great casts that I've never heard of somehow!
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tragabigzanda wrote:
tragabigzanda wrote:Spike Lee

Do the Right Thing
BlacKkKlansman
When the Levees Broke
25th Hour
Clockers
Inside Man
Jungle Fever
4 Little Girls
Summer of Sam
Bamboozled
He Got Game
She Hate Me
Malcolm X
She's Gotta Have It
Chi-Raq
Surprised to see Malcolm X this far down. It was long and a little overdone but I thought it was pretty good.
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Steve Albini wrote:Whenever there's active promotion on the part of somebody else, whenever I see somebody all dolled up for a fancy photograph and someone's handing out flyers or whenever there's active promotion for something like that, as an imposition on my day, I hate all those people and I want them to fail. I have a visceral reaction to advertising and promotion. There's just something about salesmanship that grates on me on a very base level and I react very negatively towards it. I want those people to suffer and I want their enterprises to fail.
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Oh yeah it's really straight. Mostly it's just a pretty good, well-acted biopic.
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Anyone see Aniara? So awesome.
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Duck Butter.

Im a huge Alia Shawkat fan, but this movie was just....i mean..what a waste of time.
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Has anyone seen the nightingale? Got the itch to see it
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tree_ wrote:Has anyone seen the nightingale? Got the itch to see it
No, i keep forgetting about that one and i wanna see it too.
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Love the babadook
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Steve Albini wrote:Whenever there's active promotion on the part of somebody else, whenever I see somebody all dolled up for a fancy photograph and someone's handing out flyers or whenever there's active promotion for something like that, as an imposition on my day, I hate all those people and I want them to fail. I have a visceral reaction to advertising and promotion. There's just something about salesmanship that grates on me on a very base level and I react very negatively towards it. I want those people to suffer and I want their enterprises to fail.
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yeah i remember watching the directors cut and thinking the theatrical one was better.

I love everything about this movie. Everything. The final shot with Sonny going to the hospital is so good.
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Manhunter is really good
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Steve Albini wrote:Whenever there's active promotion on the part of somebody else, whenever I see somebody all dolled up for a fancy photograph and someone's handing out flyers or whenever there's active promotion for something like that, as an imposition on my day, I hate all those people and I want them to fail. I have a visceral reaction to advertising and promotion. There's just something about salesmanship that grates on me on a very base level and I react very negatively towards it. I want those people to suffer and I want their enterprises to fail.
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My ranking:

1. Manhunter
2. Mindhunter
3. Manhunt: Unambomber
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Force of Nature, cause Mel Gibson. What a waste of time.
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