Do the Right Thing (1989)Do the Right Thing was one of Spike Lee's most defining moment in film history. On the hottest day of the year, this 1989 film in which Lee produced, wrote and directed would tell the story of racial conflict and bigotry in a multi-cultural community in the Bedford-Stuyvesant neighborhood of Brooklyn, New York. The film would also showcase an all-star cast including greats such as Danny Aiello, Ossie Davis, Ruby Dee, Richard Edson, Giancarlo Esposito, Bill Nunn, and John Turturro . This feature film would also mark the debut of many up and coming actors who we see in many films today: Martin Lawrence, Rosie Perez, and Samuel Jackson.
In 1999, the film was deemed "culturally significant" by the United States Library of Congress and selected for preservation in the National Film Registry, one of three films to do so in its first year of eligibility. In 2007, the American Film Institute listed the film as the 96th greatest American Movie in Film History(WIKIPEDIA).
The acclaimed song "Fight the Power" by Public Enemy would have a recurring aural motif in the film, as it was blasted from a huge ghetto blaster carried by Radio Raheem (Bill Nunn). It would appear 15 times in the film.Interestingly enough Do the Right Thing would be and remains one of the few films to retain a 100% "Fresh" rating on fellow critics site Rotten Tomatoes . Spike Lee wrote the screenplay in two weeks. The original script of Do the Right Thing ends with a stronger reconciliation between Mookie and Sal. Sal's comments to Mookie mirror Da Mayor's earlier comments in the film and hint at some common ground and perhaps Sal's understanding of why Mookie was motivated to destroy his restaurant. It is unclear why Lee had changed the ending (WIKIPEDIA).
Overall this film had a powerful message that still lives in the souls of today. PEACE!!
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