Not too many directors are pleased with Hollywood executives when it comes to green-lighting films. Famed director Spike Lee let his feeling be known at Sundance Film Festival while screening his latest project ‘Red Hook‘.
In an expletive-laced Q&A, the
veteran filmmaker said that Hollywood executives know nothing about
black people and that he wanted the audience to spread the word that the
film “is not a mother f—ing sequel to ‘Do the Right Thing.’”
And it was Rock who set Lee off on the
night’s biggest fireworks. After Lee talked about how the movie had been
shot in 19 days within a 10-block area of Brooklyn, the comedian and
actor stood up and asked a question.
“OK, so you did it. You spent your own
money, right?” he said. “What would you have done differently if you’d
actually gotten a bunch of studio money? What else would have happened?
Would you have blown up some shit?”
“We never went to the studios with this film, Chris,” he said. “I told you, we’re gonna do this motherf—ing film ourselves! The plan was to make the film, bring it to Sundance, and … “
He stopped, looked over at Sundance chief John Cooper and quickly corrected himself. “Sorry, John, we were gonna show it to you first,” he said, backtracking from the implication that Sundance would have taken anything Lee gave them.
And then he waded back into the fray. “I
didn’t want to hear no motherf—ing notes from the studio telling me …
about what a young 13-year-old boy and girl would do in Red Hook. F— no.
“They know nothing about black people. Nothing!”
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