Malcolm X (film) Part 17

Malcolm X is a 1992 biographical film directed by Spike Lee about the African-American activist and black nationalist Malcolm X. The story is based on The Autobiography of Malcolm X as told to Alex Haley. Denzel Washington was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actor for his role as Malcolm X.

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[OneMic3]

the nation of islam are fucking snakes!!

[TheVlogSister]

Dude, wtf. What's the point of posting the Malcom X movie, if you ain't gonna show the two most important transformations in his life???

#1 Being when he discovered Nation of Islam is a load of BS and #2 When he discovered true Orthodox Islam.

I'm so pissed that parts 14 & 16 are missing because they show those two important parts in his life!

[THEGRUNGEMENACE]

SUCKS! lol

[FolkBoyify]

@OneMic3 im sunni muslim -.-

[Misterdeeh3000]

@holdupdown Gandhi did not hate black people, in fact, his whole revolution was given due thought do to the experiences he had of seperation in south Africa, this is for everyone to read, except for you, because I'm 100% you already know this, simply using your divide and conquer tactics

[LTCJ2006]

What is up with that man and his pocket???

[lukafafrenz]

@Marcusx1980 i agree w/ you that w/ a bigger budget more could have been done -- i think that originally scorsese had the film option on the book that "x" was based on & "gave" it to lee -- he was also producer on "clockers" (which he was originally supposed to direct) -- but honestly, i brought up scorsese not because he & lee have worked together, are friends, & are both based in n.y., but because marty's missed out on oscar many times (even though he's white) -- respect too ;)

[lukafafrenz]

@Marcusx1980 2 examples of jump-cuts(parts where 1 camera angle cuts to an almost identical angle&has the effect of looking like the film was spliced due to damaged frames): "red"&"shorty" play-shooting in the park scene(overhead-crane-shot cuts to a left-to-right-dolly) & "w. indian archie"(d. lindo) speaking w/ "laura"(?) in the club after "red" freaks out on her scene --shaky camera example: 360 around "x"'s face as he worries about his safety shot (near end) --cinematography was alright tho

[Marcusx1980]

@lukafafrenz Also you have to keep in mind, how Spike Lee struggled with the financing of this film. Had he been given more funds, I am sure he would have been able to add or change several things in the film. But with what he had, he made a damn good movie and Scorsese, who tutored Lee has said this is one of the finest films of the 90s. Also its a commin fact that the Oscars "prefer" Hollywood films and directors and neither Lee or Scorsese consider themselves Hollywood directors. Respect!!

[Marcusx1980]

@lukafafrenz What jump-cuts are you refering to? And shaky camera work? To my mind this was an epic flic with very skilled photography.

The only negative inputs about this film to my mind, is that too much focus was put on Malcolms earlier life during his Detroit Red years and to little focus on what happened after he left the Nation of Islam.

And some of the footage of all the riots were not accurate, considering the Watts riots happened after his death for example.

[lukafafrenz]

@Marcusx1980 hmmm, oscars have gone to worse films -- i'll give you that -- but this one was far from perfect, or "best" -- technically, there were some really amateur jump-cuts, some shaky camera work, and some strange transitions -- the performances were great & because it was a period-piece, costumes & props had great attention paid to them -- oscar has proved elusive to many white filmmakers too -- martin scorsese has only won one & he began making films when spike lee was in primary school