Spike Lee's Chi-raq

that Stranger article is p. weird imo

man this is getting a theatrical release? i thought i was gonna be able to steam it today

i would love to catch this in a theater but i'd be shocked if it happens

If anything I sort of think Spike played his vampire card a movie early. I bet this subject would have made a good horror movie metaphor.

Just saw this in the theater. Crowd really into it.

very good reviews so far, i'll wait for amazon

Box office returns; I'll watch the trailer.

http://m.chicagoreader.com/chicago/spike-lee-chi-raq-rahm-emanuel-will-burns/Content?oid=20202638

has chance the rapper actually SEEN the film, before he makes sweeping statements about it. it does seem really over protective to be like 'oh if youre not FROM here, you have no right to make a film/talk about this'. the film might be exploitative and ignorant about the dynamics of the city, idk, but if every film in a particular setting had to be made by people from that place, not sure how many films there would be.

I'm assuming he did see it ? As he waited until after it was out to tweet about it

I'm not getting the impression that black people in Chicago have a problem with Spike not being a Chicago native. Rather that he, habitual maker of movies that approach black urban life with pathos nuance chose to make this movie.

Of course Spike Lee can do whatever he wants but if the satire isn't smart then it's farce, and if that was his intent from the jump then calling it Chi-raq was lazy and dumb.

Isn't Chiraq the name of a character in the film?

Stage name of the rapper played by Cannon.

Most detailed description I've come across; wouldn't mind seeing it, without great expectations:
http://www.npr.org/2015/12/04/458442385/spike-lee-pits-sex-against-guns-in-a-powerful-message-movie

It's a shambles and it doesn't all work but I'm a fan. Slow Jam dance might be one of my favourite musical moments in recent years (not a lot to choose from, granted).

http://www.chicagomag.com/arts-culture/December-2015/Chi-Raq-is-a-Wasted-Opportunity/

i was at a film critic bar gathering in NYC last night where a couple guys were raving about it

(one was also raving about Hateful Eight so the hell with him)

fuck people who like stuff

the jerks!

you got it

christ fuck ilx

"Christfuck ILX" = the collaborative ILX black metal album that needs recording

ooooooof this sucked

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/12/07/magazine/chi-raq-and-the-myth-of-chicago-gang-wars.html?mwrsm=Facebook

i still haven't seen it but fuck this movie

chris x...

http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/21305-chi-raq-ost/

i mean kris x...

as in kris ex...

i really need more coffee...

I might rent this, very low expectations. It seems like Spike wanted to make a specific polemic, and Chicago was just a convenient setting.

He should have just set it in Big Made-up City, USA.

But then he wouldn't have that title.

Good point. He should call all his movies Chi-raq and set them all in Chicago.

remember when john sayles made a big made-up city movie about the crumbling of the american dream? i do!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=doa7vS0alxc

xp Well except for the ones in New York. Those he should call East of Chi-raq.

Should have called it "Crooklyn."

Lost Angeles

at this point i almost wonder if spike was deliberately trolling chicago's weird inferiority complex w/ new york

Deathtroit

like they can't all be while you were sleeping, you'll survive this second city

gat-lanta

bleed-oria

Would watch all these movies tbh.

Shot-Lanta
Portland, Ore-Gun.
Segattle
Miuzi Weighs a Bos-Ton.
Miuzi, Florida

it's basically if chuck d did a reboot of on the road w/ charles kuralt

san gun-tonio

gun arbor, michigun

the Bed-Stuy of DtRT also has mythical elements

seriously, werent capone n noreaga using fictitious US-middle eastern compounds in the late 90s? or at least calling themselves after dictators and such? whats the difference? rappers have been renaming themselves/their cities/towns after war torn countries for years.

i saw Clockers in Illadelph. the crowd was digging it.

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/12/07/magazine/chi-raq-and-the-myth-of-chicago-gang-wars.html?mwrsm=Facebook

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i still haven't seen it but fuck this movie

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do the paragraphs in this article about the spike lee movie have anything to do with the paragraphs in this article which aren't about the spike lee movie