Do The Right Thing filmmaker Spike Lee received a lengthy standing ovation as he cruised on stage at the BFI Southbank in London to receive the BFI’s Fellowship award Monday evening. Lee was presen…
Lee was presented the award by hisleading man Clive Owen, who described the new yorker as a “true trailblazer” who will go down in history as “one of the most important directors of his generation.”
“We all love each other, and we love what we’re doing. We all understand that the majority of people on earth work at a job they hate all their life, and we’re able to make a living doing what we love. That’s one of the biggest blessings you can get,” he said. As always, Lee also gave his take on a range of political and social issues in contemporary American life, including gun violence, which he said was partly the result of politicians who “pimp themselves to the national rifle association.”
Previous recipients include Martin Scorsese and Thelma Schoonmaker, Satyajit Ray, Tilda Swinton, David Lean, Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger, Steve McQueen, Akira Kurosawa, and Orson Welles. Lee added that he believes his greatest contribution to cinema is his work as a professor at NYU Graduate film school.
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