E L E C T R O N I C M E S S A G E Date: 18-May-1994 08:08am EST From: Stephen Hart HARTS2 Level: Post-secondary/University Tel No: 904-644-4839 TO: Remote Addressee ( _jnet%screen-l@ua1vm ) Subject: re: Crooklyn E L E C T R O N I C M E S S A G E Date: 18-May-1994 07:49am EST From: Stephen Hart HARTS2 Level: Post-secondary/University Tel No: 904-644-4839 TO: Remote Addressee ( _jnet%filmus-l@iubvm ) Subject: re: Crooklyn Lee lectured here about two months ago. At a QandA session, he was asked about that dolly shot, which the inquirer called the "Spike Lee walk". Lee said that it was first used in _Jungle Fever_, and was experimental at the time. (Upon first seeing it, I liked the idea. I only wished that the walking looked more natural). The "walk" found its effective use in _Malcolm X_, where Malcolm, contemplating his demise while en route to the Audubon Ballroom, kind of floats along in a dream-like state. Was it's use in _Crooklyn_ suggestive of a dreamlike state? About the mike stands, etc. How often did they appear during the film? Once or twice may be excusable: I notice technical flaws like that in films from time to time. But more than that would be sloppy. And were they just barely out of frame or were they like in plain view? One poster didn't notice them at all, which made me think that they may not be so noticable at some theaters, depending on projection. Case in point is when I saw _Breaking Away_ years ago, and noticed the boom mike at the top of the screen in one scene. When on TV a few years later, the mike was gone! Stephen Hart, Florida State Univ. HARTS2@firnvx