Malcolm X film 30th anniversary

[semicko82]

Malcom X 30th anniversary this week. It was released on Nov 18, 1992.

IMO Spike Lee's masterpiece

 

[AnonymityX1000]

Love this movie. One of the reasons Spike is my favorite director.

 

[earthwalka]

Malcolm X

One of the most electrifying heroes of the twentieth century receives an appropriately sweeping screen biopic, rich in both historical insight and propulsive cinematic style, courtesy of visionary director Spike Lee. Built around an extraordinary performance from Denzel Washington, Malcolm X...

www.criterion.com

get the criterion

 

[Devil Plisken…CMS]

Outstanding movie that I don’t watch

Simply too sad

 

[MajesticLion]

Landmark.

 

[Rell84shots]

Iconic film that they better never try to duplicate, because it can't be topped and it would be full of agendas.

 

[semicko82]

 

[Hathaway]

I read the book and watch this film every year. A shame Denzel didn't win an Oscar for this one.

Side note, it always bothered me that dikk Gregory had heavy criticisms for both the film and book. He rejects them both as accurate portrayals of Malcolm.

 

[Travellin' Man]

Movie is a masterpiece

 

[2Quik4UHoes]

Movie is great, book is way better. And that’s with missing chapters.

 

[BlackMajik]

 

[humminbird]

Malcolm X

One of the most electrifying heroes of the twentieth century receives an appropriately sweeping screen biopic, rich in both historical insight and propulsive cinematic style, courtesy of visionary director Spike Lee. Built around an extraordinary performance from Denzel Washington, Malcolm X...

www.criterion.com

get the criterion

i was wonder if it had one
glad to see it does

 

[AnonymityX1000]

I read the book and watch this film every year. A shame Denzel didn't win an Oscar for this one.

Side note, it always bothered me that dikk Gregory had heavy criticisms for both the film and book. He rejects them both as accurate portrayals of Malcolm.

Yeah this and Hurricane Carter are my favorite Denzel performances.

 

[semicko82]

I'm going to play film student/geek for a minute

The opening scene is an "homage" to the movie Patton, but it subverts that movie's opening pro-American speech while Malcolm X's opening speech is a harsh critique of white America


Pure genius

 

[semicko82]

I read the book and watch this film every year. A shame Denzel didn't win an Oscar for this one.

Side note, it always bothered me that dikk Gregory had heavy criticisms for both the film and book. He rejects them both as accurate portrayals of Malcolm.

I liked Al Pacino in Scent of a Woman, but he should've not won the Oscar for that performance.