Danny Aiello
Sal
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A film by Spike Lee about racial tensions and violence in a Brooklyn neighborhood on a hot summer day. Follow Mookie, a pizza delivery boy, and his interactions with Sal, the pizzeria owner, and other characters on the street.
Do the Right Thing is a 1989 American comedy-drama film produced, written and directed by Spike Lee. It stars Lee, Danny Aiello, Ossie Davis, Ruby Dee, Richard Edson, Giancarlo Esposito, Bill Nunn, John Turturro and Samuel L. Jackson and is the feature film debut of Martin Lawrence and Rosie Perez. The story explores a Brooklyn neighborhood's ...
Jul 8, 2019 · A film review of Spike Lee's 1989 classic Do The Right Thing, which explores the interethnic conflicts and cultural politics of a Brooklyn neighborhood on a hot summer day. The review analyzes the film's opening montage, its 24-hour structure, its ensemble cast, and its historical and artistic references.
In Do the Right Thing, the destruction of Sal’s Pizzeria is the physical representation of this suppressed anger breaking free. The community feels disenfranchised, and this explosive display of defiance becomes a means to voice their longstanding grievances. The riot, in this sense, becomes a form of catharsis, an emotional release for the ...
Jul 21, 1989 · A comedy drama film by Spike Lee about racial tensions and violence in a Brooklyn neighborhood on a hot summer day. The film explores the themes of hate, love, and justice through the characters of Sal, Mookie, Radio Raheem, and others.
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- Comedy, Drama
- Spike Lee
- 1989-07-21
May 27, 2001 · Those who found this film an incitement to violence are saying much about themselves, and nothing useful about the movie. Its predominant emotion is sadness. Lee ends with two quotations, one from Martin Luther King Jr., advocating non-violence, and the other from Malcolm X, advocating violence “if necessary.”.
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Spike Lee's film depicts a day of racial tension and violence in a Brooklyn neighborhood. Roger Ebert praises its honesty, realism and masterful direction, but warns against expecting answers or solutions.
