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Posted by dalepeters1962 on 14th July 2010
“Clockers”(1995) really blind-sided me.
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Spike Lee can’t necessarily claim to be the most subtle filmmaker, in fact he seems dead-set on attaining and retaining the title of “auteur,” taking that extra step to shriek the viewer that it is *indeed* a Spike Lee “joint.” Fans of his films know exactly what I mean. And, of course, his showmanship is evident. But collaborating with famous novelist Richard Designate for a gritty indictment of black-on-black crime, the inner-city crack plague, and the oddly symbiotic relationship among drug-dealers and police in the Brooklyn Projects, has resulted in (if not his best, then) certainly his most feeble film to date.
Listen, I like Spike, I’ve kept up with every movie of his so far, excluding “She Dislike Me”. But even a seasoned weak such as he can salvage better with literary influence. So grand so, that the account in “Clockers” completely overrides Spike’s typically gimmicky visual tricks and (this is why I’m most proud of this film) his unabashed preachiness he seems to need to constantly insert in his projects. The biting dialogue is there: “Dim man say he didn’t do sun-in, you don’t bear him. Dismal man say he DID do sun-in, you calm don’t acquire him.” However, Lee manages these thematics seamlessly into the plot’s progression with a enthralling mixture of intuition and force.
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Lee shifts the focus of Price’s fresh from Rocco to Strike, a young African-American “clocker” (round-the-clock crack dealer) looking to rise in the drug-trade ranks, accelerate by his makeshift mentor Rodney Miniature (a blistering, cunning performance by Delroy Lindo) . Rodney — persuasive as all hell — asks/tells Strike to off a worker in a fast-food restaurant for limiting Rodney’s dealing options. Hours later, the guy is plain but the crime is not shown. When Strike’s older brother Victor (Isaiah Washington) confesses to police, hardened Detective Rocco Klein (suitably loyal Harvey Keitel) doesn’t pick it and begins to suspect Strike instead.
As the investigation deepens, unexpected character traits emerge. Strike — initially seeming hard, ignorant, and aimless — actually wears that very facade to conceal the fact he’s really a vexed kid unsure of a future. This terror and stress that accompanies his job has manifested physically as a poor stomach ulcer that makes him double over and expel blood through the latter half of the film. Victor — the apparently virtuous, job-holding, mannerly, father-of-two — eventually reveals a risky level of resentment and hatred buried deep but slowly working its arrangement to the surface.
The “homo-cide” squad are first portrayed as racist, uncaring kingpins — not too unlike Rodney — that laugh and joke over bodies at the crime scene. Then Rocco and his team (John Turturro and Michael Imperioli) create unexpected business deals with Strike entertaining crackdowns and kickbacks. Most revealing (and rather laughable) is that the mammoth number of customers for crack in the housing project are middle-class or affluent white people.
What separates this “hood movie” from the majority are the contradictory surprises. Unexpected, yet certainly believable. Without giving spoilers, Strike’s saving grace ends up being the police he always tries to avoid. He even asks Rocco (in what I believed would be the film’s disastrous downfall) what made him care about some random “nigga killing,” and I was ready for Spike to throw the whole flick away on Keitel’s response… The response given is one of the most just, heartbreaking, and realistic lines of screenwriting I’ve advance across yet. Bravo, Notice and Lee.
Accolades to the soundtrack. This is one of the smartest batch of tracks Lee has assembled for a film of his, and they enunciate the dreaded and narrow confines of inner-city life without drowning you in third-rate gangsta rap. In fact, all the hip-hop tracks (especially KRS-ONE’s “Outta Here”) are location on the emotion in whichever scene they are played. Even the softer unusual tracks (Chaka Khan, Des’ree, Seal) have a gentle nobility that doesn’t pander to the R&B crowd. Terence Blanchard’s orchestral/jazz rep achieves several stout moments of apt woe and remorse.
I earn “Clockers” to be an inquisitive, valorous and Soulful allotment of filmmaking. The scheme in which it overlaps disheartening despair, humor-within-ignorance, poignant community drama, characters that expertly shred stereotype, and a suitable perceive of hope is a masterful feat in any regard. It’s a valorous go to develop when your questions don’t near with answers. What is offered is the possibility of an respond, an elaborately simple one. I expected an inner-city detective thriller but walked away with a inviting emotional maelstrom that honestly reaches the level of overwhelming. Very long myth short, “Clockers” is the film that I was waiting for Spike Lee to acquire, because I knew he had it in him. I praise and commend this achievement, Mars. Anyone keen in a drastically genuine film ought to hit this joint.
The DVD is barebones: trailer, production notes, bios. But the notice is worth it to behold DP Malik Sayeed’s stark and immediate photography in the theatrical 1.85:1 ratio, and crystal determined. Decent 5.1 sound mix, as well: the music is allowed to shine.
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With so many films based around the topic of drugs,and urban decay,and leaving the audience with a sense of (ok,I’ve seen this record before) made me ask “IS ClOcKeRs worth my time? ” Hell yes! Spike Lee’S classic, … yes classic, is so RAW,Steady,and Great that it makes all previous drug focused films seem pointless. what i mean is, most films that hide this topic seem to glamorize the lifestyle,and leaves no message.ClOcKeRs is the tail of A young dismal male called Strike who’s residence on the benches and bleeding ulcer is getting the best of him, until his boss Rodney gives him a chance to proceed up in the drug game.When a fellow drug dealer gets killed,and Strike’s hard working (legit) brother confesses to the execute,A detective by the name of Roco feels that there’s more to the sage. With a very raw intro and out standing directing, Spike Lee brings the realness to the shroud with ClOcKeRs. so go rent it Aiight.
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