Cinema Science

I'm not sure where this originated but I found it via The Huffington Post. It's Spike Lee's latest spouting off about his feud with Clint Eastwood over the lack of black actors in Eastwood's World War II films and how he will probably never win an Oscar. He goes on to mention the 1989 Oscars that was won by Driving Miss Daisy while his Do the Right Thing was only nominated for best original screenplay. By all means Do the Right Thing is a masterpiece and really a cultural landmark when it comes to motion pictures but I do take some issue with what he says about the film that went onto win best picture.

"Nobody is watching motherfucking Driving Miss Daisy today. Do The Right Thing is being taught in classes at major universities and high schools all over the world. That's how you're supposed to test art. Does the work stand up?"

I take issue with this because I still watch Driving Miss Daisy. Every time its on TV. I really do. I love the film. The problem with this is that Spike is exactly right. His film is a masterpiece and like I said above, important to the culture while Driving Miss Daisy is just a damn solid film. Man, I love Spike Lee.