Where is the Miller High Life? - Do The Right Thing (1989)

DO THE RIGHT THING (1989):

This movie is a lot like the first Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles movies, minus the giant talking rat. As similar as the two films may be; both taking place in New York during the 1980s and having pizza as a major plot device they do stray from similar story lines mostly impart to the Ninja Turtles refusal to address the racial problems that plagued New Yorks middle to lower class.

Brilliantly written and directed by Spike Lee, Do The Right Thing is one of those movies that time becomes synonymous as you slip into the dayglo painted world of Brooklyn. The photography of this film is breathtaking and emphasizes the emotions of interiority of the the characters.

The subject matter of this film is dealt with incredible elegance and a young sense of maturity as Spike Lee delivers an intelligent drama about the tensions of racial diversity in a small neighborhood.

With a score by Spike Lee's father Bill Lee and killer performances by all, this movie remains one of the best films of modern humanity and one of my personal favorites.

Scene from an Episode of The Critic

Color. English. 1.85:1. 120 min.


What goes good with movies about Brooklyn? How about Brooklyn's own Brooklyn Brewery Lager. This Vienna style lager's floral taste and delicious aroma comes from their practice of dry-hopping, where instead of throwing the hops in with the wort as the beer brews they steep batches of fresh hops into the batch as it matures. Goes great with warm weather, and since this movie deals with a heatwave, I don't think that there's a better match. But I must continue to ask, "Where is the Miller High Life?"

Country of Origin: USA.
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Gil Scott-Heron, The Revolution Will Not Be Televised (1988)
There's not much you can say about this album. It's better than good, it's great. The blend of jazz, soul, and budding new genre of hip-hop this album carries the weight of the seventies into the eighties but with an even stronger message.

Recommendations: The Get Out of the Ghetto Blues & Home Is Where the Hatred Is




Recommendations In Brief: Citizen Kane (1941): This film will be celebrating it's 58th birthday next May. So stay in, and watch this film the way the makers intended; with an ounce of blow and a 30 rack of Coors Lite. "It's Terrific!"