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Written by Joe DiRosa
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Hi all. Thought I would give you an update real quick. I saw Inside Man
yesterday and I was actually pretty impressed. They haven't been
playing up the fact the Spike Lee directed the film which somewhat
suprised me except that the subject matter on the surface doesn't seem
to be similar to Spike's previous films. Like everyone else is saying
it you can definitely see Spike Lee's influence on the the film
especially in his quick paced portrail of NY. While the film's plot "as
marketed" doesn't have any racial implications , I'll get back to that
in a second, he definitely uses the dialogue between the characters to
show Spike's idea of the present state of NY. As he does so well he
infuses the diverse culture of NY even into the Wall St. area. He's
obviously still somewhat personally affected by the WTC bombing and it
definitely shows in his characters dialogue and body language.
While on the surface there seems to be no racial implications in the
plot once you've seen the film it's not hard to see why Lee chose this
film. I definitely recommend this film. Clive Owen is good and
Jodie Foster does enough to make it fun with the small but undeveloped
role she has. Christopher Plummer also does an excellent job at being
believable as the bank owner in this Spike Lee Joint.
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