Let's Take Five

Another Five is in the bag! The guys look back at the five films they covered of Spike Lee's canon and wonder why he isn't appreciated as much. They bring up films of his they didn't cover like When the Levees Broke, Inside Man and his Netflix show She's Gotta Have It. Then they finish it up with their rankings and the announcement of their next Five.

NOTE: The gap between BlackkKlansman and the first film of the new Five is 79 years. The gap between Jodie Foster's last film Contact and Charlie Chaplin's The Gold Rush is 72 years. The more you know...

Spike Lee's Five

1) Do the Right Thing

2) Mo' Better Blues

3) Malcolm X

4) 25th Hour

5) BlackkKlansman

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Artwork by Ray Martindale

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Let's Take Five covers their most recent film yet on the podcast. BlackkKlansman is the new Spike Lee film that was a big hit in this year's Cannes film festival. They are joined by Chicago playwright David Guiden to discuss this political thriller where the first black police officer of a Colorado station goes undercover in the KKK. They discuss how the film depicts the police department and what the film says about the staying racism in today's government.

Two notes: 1) As always, each episode looks at the film as a whole so there are spoilers about the end of the movie. And B) the episode has a slight digital corruption in the background of the episode that hopefully isn't too distracting. It is not up to our usual standards, but we did not want to lose this episode with David.

Spike Lee's Five

1) Do the Right Thing

2) Mo' Better Blues

3) Malcolm X

4) 25th Hour

5) BlackkKlansman

–Leave us your thoughts on this movie at TheArtImmortal.com

–Subscribe to Eric's video game YouTube channel, Constant Diversion

–Listen to Austin's other podcast, The Immortals.

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Join us next Wednesday for their wrap-up of Spike Lee and the announcement of their next Five.

Artwork by Ray Martindale

Theme Song by Adam Lord

Shortly after the tragedy of 9/11, Spike Lee made a movie set in the heart of NYC that was not about 9/11. But of course it was. 25th Hour tells the story of one man hours away from going to prison and he tries to have his final moments with all of his friends and family. Based off a great book by a future Game of Thrones showrunner, Lee takes us through the ringer with a brilliant cast of Edward Norton, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Rosario Dawson, Barry Pepper, Anna Paquin and Brian Cox.

Spike Lee's Five

1) Do the Right Thing

2) Mo' Better Blues

3) Malcolm X

4) 25th Hour

5) BlackkKlansman

–Leave us your thoughts on this movie at TheArtImmortal.com

–Subscribe to Eric's video game YouTube channel, Constant Diversion

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Join us next Friday for their review of BlackkKlansman.

Artwork by Ray Martindale

Theme Song by Adam Lord

Malcolm X is a figure that is often mentioned in history but never discussed to the extent he should be in schools. Spike Lee made a great Hollywood biopic epic about him and then was ignored by the Academy. Today the guys look back at an astonishing movie with so many layers and complications about its subject. And it highlights, perhaps, the greatest performance of Denzel Washington's career. The guys have a lot to say!

Spike Lee's Five

1) Do the Right Thing

2) Mo' Better Blues

3) Malcolm X

4) 25th Hour

5) BlackkKlansman

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Join us next Friday for their review of 25th Hour.

Artwork by Ray Martindale

Theme Song by Adam Lord

How do you follow up Do the Right Thing? Making your first of many collaborations with Denzel Washington isn't a bad idea. Mo' Better Blues reunites Spike Lee with a lot of the Do the Right Thing actors but puts them all in a new vibrant environment. It is the story of a selfish trumpet player trying to be the best of his profession while also juggling the girls he's cheating on. It's an examination on what it takes to be a great artist as well as a look at what it takes to control your own fate. Also it's a movie with awesome music in it.

Spike Lee's Five

1) Do the Right Thing

2) Mo' Better Blues

3) Malcolm X

4) 25th Hour

5) BlackkKlansman

–Leave us your thoughts on this movie at TheArtImmortal.com

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Join us next Friday for their review of Malcolm X.

Artwork by Ray Martindale

Theme Song by Adam Lord

It's August! It's hot! Not as hot as it was on this one street in Brooklyn in 1989. Do the Right Thing is powerful film about the lives of those on the street from the old man looking for enough money to buy his favorite beer, to boom box carrying man of morality to the Italian pizza owners. Spike Lee crafts an incredible story full of humor, warmth and one of the greatest on-screen discussions of race in America. If you haven't seen it you....well....need to do the right thing.

Spike Lee's Five

1) Do the Right Thing

2) Mo' Better Blues

3) Malcolm X

4) 25th Hour

5) BlackkKlansman

–Leave us your thoughts on this movie at TheArtImmortal.com

–Subscribe to Eric's video game YouTube channel, Constant Diversion

–Listen to Austin's other podcast, The Immortals.

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Join us next Friday for their review of Mo' Better Blues.

Artwork by Ray Martindale

Theme Song by Adam Lord

Werner Herzog was so convinced that Errol Morris could not finish making his first film, he vowed to eat his shoe if proven otherwise. Herzog did eat that shoe and cinema was better for it. The guys look back at the films they covered of Errol Morris and his lasting impact on the medium. They discuss films of his they didn't cover like The Unknown Known and they reveal their next subject of the podcast. Get excited!

Errol Morris' Five

1) Gates of Heaven

2) The Thin Blue Line

3) A Brief History of Time

4) The Fog of War

5) Tabloid

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Join us next Friday for their review of the first film in their new Five.

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The guys are back and they're here to discuss the most peculiar of Errol Morris' films. It is the true(?) story of Joyce McKinney, the tabloid star. She became famous as the beauty queen who kidnapped her Mormon boyfriend and had a weekend love affair. He said he was shackled and it was against her will. She says it was a fairy tale. And it only gets weirder from there. Austin and Eric describe Morris' lack of interest in finding the truth, how exhausting Joyce's story is, and what is up with the cloned dogs.

Errol Morris' Five

1) Gate of Heaven

2) The Thin Blue Line

3) A Brief History of Time

4) The Fog of War

5) Tabloid

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Join us next Wednesday for their review of wrap-up of Errol Morris and the announcement of their next Five.

Artwork by Ray Martindale

Theme Song by Adam Lord

Hello everyone! This is Austin giving you a quick audio message explaining where we've been the past few weeks. Thank you and we look forward to making new episodes for you very soon!

With history it feels easy to assign someone as a hero or a villain. The Vietnam War still haunts and angers many Americans and one of the men seen as its central figure was Robert McNamara. He was the Secretary of Defense under Presidents Kennedy and Johnson. In the film The Fog of War, he gives a cinematic interview where he discusses everything. The build-up, the reactions and the mistakes of the Vietnam War in this complicated and fascinating film.

Errol Morris' Five

1) Gate of Heaven

2) The Thin Blue Line

3) A Brief History of Time

4) The Fog of War

5) Tabloid

–Leave us your thoughts on this movie at TheArtImmortal.com

–Subscribe to Eric's video game YouTube channel, Constant Diversion

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Join us next Friday for their review of Tabloid.

Artwork by Ray Martindale

Theme Song by Adam Lord