273 Malcolm X Part 1
The Cine-Files
Steve Morris & John Rocha
4.8 • 1.6K Ratings
🗓️ 14 April 2022
⏱️ 87 minutes
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One can only imagine the tremendous pressure felt by 34 year old director Spike Lee when he took on the monumental task of telling the story of Malcolm X. Admired by some, hated by others but always inspiring passion, Malcolm X is one of the most important and controversial figures of the 20th Century.
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| 0:00.0 | Hi, this is Steve. |
| 0:03.2 | Imagine the responsibility of telling the story of one of the most important, controversial |
| 0:09.4 | and complicated figures in American history. |
| 0:13.3 | Imagine trying to encapsulate someone who is as hated as they are revered, a person who |
| 0:18.7 | has pulled themselves up from the brink of damnation and transformed themselves into a religious |
| 0:23.8 | warrior, a hero to some, and a devil to others. |
| 0:28.7 | Imagine trying to capture such a person at 24 frames a second. |
| 0:32.6 | What battles would you have to fight? |
| 0:34.3 | What compromises would you be pressured to make? |
| 0:38.4 | This was the challenge that 34-year-old director Spike Lee, cinematographer Ernest Dickerson, |
| 0:44.1 | Denzel Washington, and a cast and crew of dedicated artists and craftsmen faced when they |
| 0:50.1 | took on the monolith that was the life of Malcolm X. |
| 0:54.8 | This is, without question, a great film, with a tour de force performance from Denzel Washington |
| 1:00.7 | under the dynamic, inventive, and challenging direction of Spike Lee. |
| 1:05.4 | It is a document of American history as powerful, complex, and challenging as the man himself. |
| 1:11.9 | Of course, we wouldn't even try to discuss such a complex and powerful film without the |
| 1:16.4 | help of producer, director, and actor, Andre Gordon. |
| 1:20.4 | So if you haven't seen this amazing movie, we recommend you take your own journey to |
| 1:24.6 | cinephiles.net where you can buy or stream Malcolm X along with every other movie we've |
| 1:30.4 | ever reviewed. |
| 1:32.3 | And if you happen to support the show on patreon.com slash the cinephiles, right now you |
| 1:38.4 | could be listening to, hopefully, a different take on what the entire entertainment industry |
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