“One can’t depend on time. One doesn’t know. So, ultimately, that time has to be worth it even if it’s just existing. Even if it’s just being alive, breathing, if you can under these circumstances.”
–Martin Scorsese (from Martin Scorsese’s Quarantine Short Film for the BBC) Continue reading “Madelyn Land’s Top 10 Films of 2020”
It is no secret that Spike Lee is concerned with the racial politics of the United States. Certainly, this is reflected in his 23rd feature film, Da 5 Bloods. However, in comparison to some of his previous works, this film is much more subtle with its political message within the narrative. The film follows a group of African-American veterans of the Vietnam war as they search for the buried remains of their fallen squad leader, along with buried gold, decades afterward. One of them, Paul (played outstandingly by Delroy Lindo), in fact, reveals within minutes of the opening his support of Donald Trump. Even while journeying through the jungles of Vietnam, he wears a MAGA hat. Continue reading “Review: ‘Da 5 Bloods’ Answers the Call to War and Violence”