Comments on: Check Out Spike Lee’s List Of Essential Films Every Filmmaker Must See

By: Cetre

Cetre — Fri, 13 May 2016 09:24:11 +0000

No Wong Kar Wai?! But I guess we all will have a film that we feel like should have been mentioned…guess that's why it's Spike's List. 🙂

By: yer

yer — Fri, 13 May 2016 09:24:11 +0000

Wouldn't have pegged Lee for a Malick fan. Interesting.

By: Lukas

Lukas — Fri, 13 May 2016 09:24:11 +0000

Zelig is one of my most favorite movies! Incredibly funny! The film made me laugh so much, so it helped me dealing with my break-up with a girl at that time! Seriously!

By: hank

hank — Fri, 13 May 2016 09:24:11 +0000

did not expect to see Apocalypto.

By: DUDDI

DUDDI — Fri, 13 May 2016 09:24:11 +0000

It looks like Spike Lee has a great taste, but not so cool that he hasn't included anything from Tarkovskiy, Herzog, Antonioni, Wenders, Tarantino, Fincher, Lynch and Bergman… I've seen only 46 of these movies on Spike's list and I own another 12 of them… And from Spike Lee's movies, the ones that would fit in here could've been "Do The Right Thing" or "Malcolm X". Good of him for being modest.

By: 3456

3456 — Fri, 13 May 2016 09:24:11 +0000

I love that it's organized alphabetically by director's first name…huh?

By: ghostofjohnneville

ghostofjohnneville — Fri, 13 May 2016 09:24:11 +0000

useful list. high-five for 'Fat City'! In fact his choice of Huston is great. 'Kung Fu Hustle' is a bit dubious. No? Good to see some love for George Miller though. Between two Mad Max pictures and 'Apocalypto' I admire Spike Lee's unabashed appreciation of the great Mel Gibson. Yes!

By: Corey3rd

Corey3rd — Fri, 13 May 2016 09:24:11 +0000

Nothing by Roger Corman? No love for "The Telephone Book," "Dolemite" or "The Spook Who Sat By The Door?" Just another massive list that looks like it could have been cranked out by any film theory instructor at a junior college. At least he didn't do a massive sellout and put down Pulp Fiction.

By: sk

sk — Fri, 13 May 2016 09:24:11 +0000

only 5 films after 2000
1/2 credit to a female filmmaker
no Asian filmmakers outside of HK/Japan (not even the guy that directed the original OLD BOY)
no Arab filmmakers
and stunningly no Black filmmakers from Africa

By: John N

John N — Fri, 13 May 2016 09:24:11 +0000

Good list, but no silent films? No films before 1941???

By: bilal a jan

bilal a jan — Fri, 13 May 2016 09:24:11 +0000

want to new film misen en- scene technique, i mean what innovation we see in the making of film-in terms of shot divisions in the fiction and documentary film, since the word CUT was born.
Are new filmmakers creating or inventing new misen-en scene which can be matched with Sergi Enisentine, D W Griffth, and other masters of cinema, apart from SVFX.

By: Tyler

Tyler — Fri, 13 May 2016 09:24:11 +0000

Interesting there are so few mentions of post-millennium films. Seeing sci-fi District 9 on there is a bit of a shock considering Lee never deals with the genre, but I suppose the whole racial/allegory thing must have hit a soft spot.

By: Chris

Chris — Fri, 13 May 2016 09:24:11 +0000

Wow. Cool list. They all seem to make sense in a way. Would love to see if and how this list would change in the next 5/10 years. I'm sure it will.

By: Adam Scott Thompson

Adam Scott Thompson — Fri, 13 May 2016 09:24:11 +0000

"Kung Fu Hustle" is a masterpiece. Just sayin'.

By: james

james — Fri, 13 May 2016 09:24:11 +0000

Bergman obviously goes way over Spike's head.

By: Benny Salz

Benny Salz — Fri, 13 May 2016 09:24:11 +0000

Well Done

By: 77ships

77ships — Fri, 13 May 2016 09:24:11 +0000

Really misses something more experimental in my opinion or offbeat. Could really use Brakhage for instance or Tarkovsky. The above list presents a far too classical semi-American with a light Lee-flavour (obviously) approach to movies in my opinion.

By: thedudeabides

thedudeabides — Fri, 13 May 2016 09:24:11 +0000

What a sap. He chose the one Kubrick film that even Kubrick thought wasn't his best work, aka Spartacus. Also, not seeing Lynch, Chaplin, Tarkovsky, Herzog, Antonioni, Ford or Bergman is a big no no for future filmmakers.

By: Jim P.

Jim P. — Fri, 13 May 2016 09:24:11 +0000

He picks the weakest films from the greatest directors. Great fan list (everyone has their own taste), but a terrible list from a professor of cinema.