Malcolm X

“I’m gonna grab one more here just because this is too many, but I’m taking Malcolm X. Incredible film. Not only on a film level, and also Terence Blanchard’s score, the opening with the flag and incredible trumpet overture. All-timer. Amazing.”

“I’ma start over here in this section, with this one. It’s the second movie I remember seeing, or the third movie I remember seeing. And my dad took me to see it. Spike Lee has made two of the best film openings that I’ve ever seen. One of them is this one. The way that so many people meet Malcolm X is through audio, through recordings of his speeches. And he juxtaposes it with footage of the assault of Rodney King... And an American flag that burns into the shape of an X.”

“Spike Lee’s Malcolm X with Denzel Washington. There is not a Performance I can think of that’s better than this. I remember where I was when I watched the movie, and I remember when I walked out, I thought, “I want to be a better man.” It was the first time movies touched me in that kind of a profound way.”

“Spike Lee double feature. Malcolm X, best biopic ever made.”

“Good pal, Spike Lee, great filmmaker. Spike made his first film She's Gotta Have It, they followed that with School Daze, and then by the time he got around to doing this particular film, Spike was at the top of his game and a great Performance by Denzel Washington.”

“Right here, talking about this right here. Yeah. I feel like I own every format of this. We need more Spike in the catalog. Malcolm X is the greatest achievement in American filmmaking I’ve ever seen. So many incredible artists putting incredible work up. Big Zel, of course. He killed it. Angela Bassett, Ernest Dickerson, Terence Blanchard with one of the greatest scores. That brass and that... And Spike. Spike, Spike, Spike, Spike is forever on the pantheon.”