Spike Lee's 'Do the right thing' movie clearly has the qualities I would expect in an independant movie. A major difference in independant films versus some big budgets is the freedom to do and show virtually whatever you want. This movie was able to draw on the realities in real people's lives. As I watched this movie I felt like I was watching East St. Louis live. The actors expressed very real emotions that I would expect. Hollywood movies seem to glamourize films to a point where they no longer seem as if they are really in our reality. They tailor more to entertainment value and high budgets, whereas Independant films are more about expressing a message.
By: Omar Reece
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You touch on important areas here, I just wish you'd elaborate a little. For example, what visually or thematically makes it independent (shot on location, unknown actors, natural lighting, cheap costumes)? What makes it more real (touchy and offensive racism, hard-core language and dialog, REAL ways people express racism rather than implied or toned-down)? Or what controversial message that you allude to with the last sentence specifically (love vs. hate, violence vs passive resistance, fight or ignore subtle racism in public)? By this point, you should be up to writing a couple of paragraphs and expanding on your ideas. Thanks for posting.
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