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February 25, 2005
Clockers
Clockers (1995), Spike Lee:
The description on the Netflix envelope (I think it was there) mentioned Spike's urgency which I think describes him perfectly. Clockers seemed just a few steps more developed than School Daze. It's messy and a little slipshod, but it's able to indict society with an emotional sincerity where a lot of others seem blah (See Dead Presidents, supra).
Clockers fits well as a transition between the raw Do the Right Thing and the much more mature 25th Hour. You can see the Spike being able to controll the outbursts of his product without coming out with something as bland as Malcolm X.
11/15
Posted by bing at February 25, 2005 04:07 PM