and i imagine it'll remain at least top-five come 2007.

i was fearing this wasn't going to be a Spike Lee joint. it definitely is. it doesn't primarily serve as a vehicle for Spike's politics (which are certainly there), but fingerprints of his stylistic touches are visible, all the while remaining respectful of and loyal to the genre. but he ain't paying Tarantino type homage to heist films with empty pastiche (which i can also enjoy on a pure cinematic level). aside from a few references to classics like Dog Day Afternoon and Serpico, this is a film that faces forward, not backward.

was this shot on DV? it seems so. Spike is getting slick with it. much improvement over his previous uses of the medium.

-30-

life as a shorty shouldn't be so rough.