Spike Lee / Da 5 Bloods
Rough Cut's Spike Lee Spotlight continues as The New Auteurs takes on the career of the man himself. Your hosts discuss Do The Right Thing and debate how to define a director's "definitive" film (3:42), walk through Lee's snubs by the Academy and play out the butterfly effects of a Denzel Washington win for Malcolm X (14:00), go deep on Da 5 Bloods (28:45), consider Lee's historical comparisons (43:53), and play The Letterboxd Game (65:40).