means a lot to Spike- I rr
so mm h it s hat<1 to
figurr out whether l re s
uptonting miivtr
Mnltolm Vis about the*
slain hiae k lr .1 <ir i oi
simpfv Spike I rr
mm ir
lake* inert! Spike I re rneieavoiv ttie* him is
engulfed in « ontrovrrsv \nd as usual. I re* is
.it tlie- < rntrt of the stoim
I le has s|x iH most of his time laleh talking
alvottf himself .met explaining whs \faUoim \
is vo ini|H»rfant lo him He has cui< oui agrd
IrlloVs hlae ks t>> skip tsoik aiiel se hoed te»
(otiir out and sup|x>it tins film He* hail to
take* donations lioin < rle*bntirs to e tivt*! e osls
and now he- e an t atioid to not make* mono
a lot of monrs
Hut Spike l re » ail take tile he at < >11 top of
that, lie e ould i ate less vs liat am one dunks of
him
I tiiink of imsc'tl as a hlmmakri Otiin
{M'opic itave a )m i( e pti<»n of me' I heir* wa* a
time sshcfc i e ,il<*el hilt Hots I <h»n t tair
amnion lie* savs adding that iie- disie~gaids
vsliat pe*e»ple* dunk iKiausr jit| < an detrt
ve mj fie mi \ e >u i tsoik that ton have to do,
weuiving a trout whrthri jK*oplr ate- ^otili.i
like mr »»t not
What I re* eJoe*s tale alnni! is that peopir
se e- ins f ilm
What s mijxiilant is tliat even the |x*etple*
who distikr me*. I think air going to s* r tins
film Maludm \ Ml I can sav is (Hat dies will
not he* Kiddie te nt to tins him People* Mill
dclinitrlv liast* opinions about tins him
t ea has had to fight foi llualit e s and feu
studio sup|M>tt to make- Wahidm V and hr
e xpe-t ts tin* him t«» hast* an impat t on Us
anthe m rs
“We* just want people* to he implied b\
Maltolm s life*. h\ out depiction of
Malcolm s life " Ur sa\> "We vsant |>rople*
to Ik implied. sptntualh Uplifted Vs he II tllCS
t * nnc out < >1 the- the* a ita
fot l re- this vs 111 hr llo small (rat
tonsidc’img the* seemtngh endle ss huhhuh
that has sunounelrd V suit r he* (nuhivri lot
Norman Jewison as dure tot se vrial veais
ago I re* stattrd filming \ in September
1WI
I hr film, laigch based on (he late- James
Hahlvsin and \iiudd Perl original
Mirrnpluv, written mote than ’JO years ago,
has <i a dispute* Jiiioii^ blac ks. mam
< >t whom fxdtcvr the III** ol Male olm X will Ik* distorted
Non nniM trail/*- that the script is based upon lkr Auiohuigmfthy
ofMaUvim \.”I rrsa\s “It ‘s a losing jx>ittaval erf the man
\ ma\ Ik- a loving txirttaval. but I-re has not Ixrcn adored since
hr asked all hi a* ks to * 111 < h wot k and sc hool Nos 20 lot t hr
<>}><-mng (i.»\ <>l Maiioim X
Paicntx. tca< hri v c-ihn atotx and jouinahxts .»< toxx tlx* nation
have (iilKi/rti lx*<\ vising hr ix mot* mtrirxtrd in prot'iix than in
ihr rdu* at ion ol < hiUlirn
1 x*r xaxx hr believes h»x mrxu^r \x.i\ mix< onxti urd In thr media
“I think that got hlovxii out ol piofHwtion Fhn make it *rrm likr
Spike Lee doesn’t care what
you think of him, but he
needs you to see X.
by Jennifer Galvanek,
The Washington Square News,
New York U.