Since the release of "Do the Right Thing" in 1989, Spike Lee has
established himself as a cinematic icon. Lee's mostly independent
films garner popular audiences while at the same time engaging in
substantial political and social commentary. He is arguably the
most accomplished African American filmmaker in cinematic history,
and his breakthrough paved the way for the success of many other
African Americans in film.
In this first single-author scholarly examination of Spike
Lee's oeuvre, Todd McGowan shows how Lee's films, from "She's Gotta
Have It" through "Red Hook Summer," address crucial social issues
such as racism, paranoia, and economic exploitation in a formally
inventive manner. McGowan argues that Lee uses excess in his films
to intervene in issues of philosophy, politics, and art. McGowan
contends that it is impossible to watch a Spike Lee film in the way
that one watches a typical Hollywood film. By forcing observers to
recognize their unconscious enjoyment of violence, paranoia,
racism, sexism, and oppression, Lee's films prod spectators to see
differently and to confront their own excess. In the process, his
films reveal what is at stake in desire, interpersonal relations,
work, and artistic creation itself.
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