Here's the thing in film school I saw Network.

I mean, let's talk, let's talk Lament.

You just said Lament, Sydney.

Serpico's a funny movie.

Dog the afternoon is funny.

That's right.

Network, oh my God.

There's always been great films that had very serious subject matter and humor.

But here's the key, especially young filmmakers.

You have to get the right balance.

Hello, and welcome back to the director's cut, brought to you by the Directors Guild of America.

Today's episode features the DGA Special Projects Committee's recent event,

The Craft of the Director, Spike Lee.

This series of conversations with master filmmakers

features an in-depth discussion about the directing process,

from pre-production through post.

Mr. Lee's many directorial credits include the feature films,

She's Got to Have It, Do the Right Thing, Malcolm X, Shy Rock, and Defive Bloods, the feature documentary Four Little Girls, and episodes of the series She's Gotta Have It.

He was nominated for the DGA's Feature Film Award for his 2018 feature Black Klansman, and was awarded with the DGA honors feature film award for his 2018 feature Black Klansman and was awarded with the DGA

honors in 2002. Please enjoy Mr. Lee's conversation with fellow director and frequent collaborator

John Tortoro in front of a virtual audience, wherein they discuss how he drew inspiration for

She's Gotta Have It from Akira Kurosawa's Roshaman and Jean-Luc Goddard's Breathless,

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