Has that sting gone away after 20 years?
No, and you want to know why? Because nobody is watching motherfucking Driving Miss Daisy [that year’s Best Picture winner] today. Do the Right Thing is being taught in classes at major universities and high schools all over the world. That’s how you’re supposed to test art. Does the work stand up? I truly feel like my work does, with or without award recognition. I don’t mean to be disrespectful to the filmmakers of Driving Miss Daisy, but I’m not being dishonest in saying that the film hasn’t stood the test of time. At all. — » Legacy Q&A: Spike Lee, Part Two - KING-mag.com
No, and you want to know why? Because nobody is watching motherfucking Driving Miss Daisy [that year’s Best Picture winner] today. Do the Right Thing is being taught in classes at major universities and high schools all over the world. That’s how you’re supposed to test art. Does the work stand up? I truly feel like my work does, with or without award recognition. I don’t mean to be disrespectful to the filmmakers of Driving Miss Daisy, but I’m not being dishonest in saying that the film hasn’t stood the test of time. At all. — » Legacy Q&A: Spike Lee, Part Two - KING-mag.com
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