SPIKE LEE "BLOOD THIRSTY"

STILL TRYING TO DO THE RIGHT THING


                         SPIKE LEE

With 23 days to go, Spike Lee's Kickstarter project has earned $355,322 of its $1,250,000 goal as of this posting. Over 1,800 people have donated to Lee's mysterious new film (it's about "human beings who are addicted to blood," but not vampires), including director Steven Soderbergh. As Lee told NextMovie, Soderbergh dropped $10,000 into the Kickstarter coffers, meaning the two directors will attend a New York Knicks game together during the 2013-14 season. (That's the reward Lee set aside for those who donate $10,000.)

In a new posting on Lee's Kickstarter page, Soderbergh revealed why he was compelled to give.

Certain filmmakers exist outside the traditional parameters of criticism; their point of view and body of work make discussions about individual films interesting but ultimately irrelevant because each project is merely a chapter in a very long book that must (and will) be acknowledged and appreciated for its breadth, ambition, and contributions to the art of cinema. For me, Spike Lee is one of those filmmakers. He is a totally unique figure in American cinema, and he’s always gone his own way and spoken his mind (even when the commercial stakes were high), qualities which are in short supply in the film business. I know Spike’s films better than I know Spike (maybe the Knicks game with help with that), but we’re friendly enough for me to say I respect him as person as well as a filmmaker.

 

 

Spike Lee Reached His $1.25 Million Kickstarter Goal


Spike Lee is definitely making a new movie about blood-addicted humans.

The "Red Hook Summer" director successfully met his $1.25 million Kickstarter fundraising goal 25 days after he launched the campaign.

Rewards for high donors include two tickets to the world premiere of the film, autographed Nike sneakers once worn by Lee, the opportunity to be an extra in the film and a "master filmmaker class" with Lee in Brooklyn. Twenty-eight backers donated $10,00 and will go to dinner and a Knicks game with the famed director, which sounds like the best friend date in the history of fake friendship. One of these donors is Steven Soderbergh.

On July 22 he announced he would raise money to make a film he described as "a new kind of love story" about "human beings who are addicted to Blood." No, not vampires. Lee explained: "This film is a BLOOD THRILLER. It’s about people who are not Vampires but nonetheless are BLOOD ADDICTS. It’s also a Psychological Thriller. It will work on several different layers. The Audience will be scared..."

Like many other celebrities who have launched Kickstarter campaigns, Lee received quite a bit of backlash. But on the project's page, he says he's been raising funds like this for years, just without the technology. "Social media was writing letters, making phone calls, shaking hands." He said that while shooting "Malcolm X" the money ran out and he enlisted the help of friends Tracy Chapman, Bill Cosby, Prince, Oprah Winfrey and others to help him finish financing the film.

Recently, Lee announced that British actress Zaraah Abrahams will be the female lead in the new project.

Despite vampire similarities, Lee assured that this film will NOT be a remake of "Blacula."

 

As you can see the proof is right here, what we can do as a race when we come together and they hate you even more.  Instead of him taking money from the white corporations and turning to his own race it's a problem because they want have any control over who can and can't do this and that.  It's a long time coming to cut them loose any which way we can in order for us to move forward, like THINKING OUT LOUD this fall with us, one voice can echo around the world.