Hall of famed-director Spike Lee txoj haujlwm tau ua rau muaj kev cuam tshuam, sib raug zoo, tsis xis nyob, thiab txav mus. Txawm hais tias nws tau sib cav nrog ntau lwm tus neeg ua yeeb yam tseem ceeb, tsis muaj leej twg tuaj yeem tsis lees paub tias nws txoj haujlwm tseem ceeb npaum li cas tau nyob hauv thaj chaw xinesmas. Tab sis ntau tshaj qhov ntawd, Spike's kev ntxub ntxaug-kev ncaj ncees-themed cov yeeb yaj kiab muaj cov neeg tuaj saib thoob plaws ntiaj teb los ntsuas lawv qhov chaw hauv ntiaj teb lossis, nyob rau hauv cov ntaub ntawv ntawm nws cov ntsiab lus, ua rau lawv zoo li lawv lub suab tau hnov. Txawm li cas los xij, qhov ntawd tsis yog yam tsis muaj kev sib cav.
Thaum Spike's 1989 zaj duab xis Ua Qhov Zoo tau tawm, muaj kev sib cav loj nyob ib puag ncig nws. Tsis zoo li cov xwm txheej txaus ntshai uas tau txhawb nqa kev ncaj ncees ntawm haiv neeg hauv 2014, 2019, thiab 2020, Ua Qhov Zoo Tshaj Plaws tau qhia txog kev tuag ntawm tus txiv neej Dub uas ua rau muaj kev kub ntxhov thiab kev ua phem. Tab sis vim li cas cov kev piav qhia hauv zaj yeeb yaj kiab no npau taws rau cov neeg thuam ntau heev thiab dab tsi yog Spike tiag tiag ua kom tiav?
Vim li cas Spike thiaj li ua movie nws ua
Nyob rau hauv kev xam phaj nrog Empire Online, Spike Lee tau thov tias nws xav ntes kev ntxub ntxaug lwm haiv neeg uas muaj nyob rau xyoo 80s hauv Brooklyn.
"Kuv xav ua ib zaj yeeb yaj kiab uas hais txog New York City thaum lub sijhawm ntawd," Spike hais. "Kev nyab xeeb ntawm haiv neeg, keeb kwm kev ua phem ntawm cov zej zog African-Asmeskas thiab cov zej zog Italian-Asmeskas. Nws yog los ntawm cov khoom uas tau tshwm sim. Cov yeeb yaj kiab tau mob siab rau, tshwj xeeb, cov tib neeg thiab tsev neeg uas tsis nyob ntawm no vim yog NYPD."
Hauv Ua Qhov Tseeb, qhov kev ntxhov siab ntawm cov zej zog loj zuj zus mus txog thaum ib tus neeg Dub raug tua neeg phem (los ntawm ib tug chokehold) los ntawm tub ceev xwm dawb. Qhov tshwm sim yog lub sijhawm ua nruj ua tsiv ntawm kev npau taws, catharsis, thiab ua pauj rau lub neej dawb huv uas ploj lawm.
Raws li ib tsab xov xwm los ntawm Vulture, ntau tus neeg thuam tawm tsam Spike thiab nws zaj duab xis rau kev txhawb nqa kev ua phem ua pauj rau kev tsis ncaj ncees. Tab sis qhov kev xav ntawm npau taws yog qhov tseeb. Nws yog ib qho kev xav uas tau nce mus txog qhov kub ntawm lub xyoo 80s raws li nws muaj nyob rau hauv 2014, 2019, 2020 thiab ntau pua xyoo ua ntej ntawd.
"Yog tias koj saib keeb kwm ntawm kev tawm tsam uas tshwm sim hauv Asmeskas, ntawm African-Asmeskas, nws tsis zoo li cov neeg dub sawv ib tag kis thiab hais tias, 'Cia peb hlawv nws'", Spike piav rau Empire Online. "Muaj ib lub ntsiab lus tipping. Qhov taw qhia rau Mookie [hauv Ua Qhov Zoo] yog pom nws tus phooj ywg zoo tshaj plaws, Xov tooj cua Raheem, tau choked kom tuag. Kuv tau ua yeeb yaj kiab hauv xyoo 1989. Tom qab ntawd mus saib cov yeeb yaj kiab ntawm Eric Garner [uas. raug tua los ntawm tub ceev xwm hauv 2014], nws cuam tshuam kuv heev kuv hu kuv tus kws kho, Barry Brown. Kuv hais tias, 'Peb tau ua ib yam dab tsi.' Peb muab tso ua ke qhov clip no qhov twg peb txiav rov qab los ntawm Xov tooj cua Raheem kev tua neeg - tsis tseeb - nrog kev tua neeg tiag tiag ntawm Eric Garner. Nws yog eerie li nws zoo sib xws. Peb muab tso rau hauv internet."
Kev thuam ntawm zaj movie tshwm sim ntxov
Qhov tseeb, cov neeg thuam tau pib tawm tsam Ua Qhov Zoo sai li sai tau thaum nws tau nthuav tawm ntawm Cannes Film Festival rov qab rau lub Tsib Hlis 1989.
"Thaum Ua Qhov Zoo Tshaj Plaws hauv Cannes, muaj kev ntxhov siab rau Tom Pollock, uas yog tus thawj tswj hwm ntawm Universal Pictures, tsis txhob tso nws," Spike piav qhia. "Tshwj xeeb nyob rau lub caij ntuj sov [thaum cov yeeb yaj kiab tau teeb tsa], vim tias zaj yeeb yaj kiab no yuav ua rau cov neeg dub ua rau muaj kev kub ntxhov thiab khiav amok."
Thaum Universal tsis ua rau muaj kev ntxhov siab, qee tus neeg thuam tau muaj hnub ua haujlwm sim rhuav tshem qhov project (thiab Spike) nqis.
"Nws yog Spike Lee nws tus kheej - hauv lub luag haujlwm ntawm Sal tus neeg xa khoom - uas pib qhov kev tawm tsam los ntawm kev pov cov khib nyiab los ntawm lub khw lub qhov rais, ib tus neeg ruam, kev ua phem rau tus kheej ntau dua kuv tau pom dua. (yog tias cov me nyuam dub ua raws li lawv pom, Lee tej zaum yuav rhuav tshem nws txoj haujlwm nyob rau lub sijhawm ntawd), " Joe Klein tau sau rau New York Magazine tom qab sau ntawv, "Thaum qee tus tub ceev xwm dawb tuaj txog thiab tua ib tug tub dub, cov neeg coob coob, npau taws, kev kub ntxhov., noj kua zaub ntsuab ntawm qhov ze tshaj plaws dawb khoom. Ntau dua li tawm tsam tub ceev xwm, cov neeg tawm tsam tawm tsam lub hom phiaj ntawm lub cim, thiab qhov ntawd yog qhov nyuaj rau kev pom zoo. Cov neeg tiv thaiv yuav hais tias qhov no yog qhov tshwm sim hauv ghetto tom qab tub ceev xwm ua phem, tab sis Lee zoo li tau lees paub qhov tshwm sim."
Thiab qhov no tsuas yog qhov saj ntawm qee tus neeg thuam tau hais… Txawm hais tias, yuav tsum tau hais tias ob peb tus neeg thuam, suav nrog Roger Ebert thiab Peter Travers, tiv thaiv Spike thiab qhuas zaj yeeb yaj kiab.
"Ntau tus neeg thuam tsuas yog sim nrhiav ib yam dab tsi los sau txog," tus kws yees duab yees duab Ernest R. Dickerson tau hais. "Nws yog qhov tsis paub tseeb ntawm lawv, tsis muaj ib yam dab tsi los ntawm nws, ntawm qhov tsis paub tiag tiag African-Asmeskas zaj duab xis yog dab tsi, thiab nws muaj peev xwm ua tau dab tsi. Nws tsis yog ib yam uas yuav ua rau kev puas tsuaj ntawm haiv neeg Asmeskas, tab sis ua tau zoo dua. Amelikas, qhov zoo tshaj plaws uas koj tuaj yeem thov, kom muaj lub luag nyav kawg."
"Tshaj tawm cov lus los ntawm David Denby, Joe Klein, thiab Jack Kroll," Spike tau hais txog Ua Qhov Zoo 'cov neeg thuam hnyav tshaj plaws."Qhov tseeb, qhov lawv hais yog, ntshav yuav nyob ntawm kuv txhais tes vim tias cov neeg dub yuav tawm tsam thiab yuav yog kuv qhov txhaum. Nws yog kev tshuaj xyuas kev ntxub ntxaug heev. Yog koj sau li ntawd, koj hais tias cov neeg dub. Tsis muaj kev txawj ntse txaus los paub qhov txawv ntawm qhov lawv pom ntawm lub vijtsam thiab lub neej tiag tiag. Tsis muaj ib tus tau thov txim lossis hais qhov lawv sau tsis raug, nrog lub peev W. Kuv chim siab 30 xyoo tom qab."
