This means he wants to be fired and to do so, he plans to pitch a most outlandish idea, a revival of black face performances, which he is sure will ruffle some feathers. Although he wants to create a new version of The Cosby Show, he is unable to do so and as such, has decided he wants to leave his post, but he doesn’t want to quit.
The film finds comedians doing what they do best while exploring the social elements of the world in a way anyone can laugh along with (and ideally think about later).
There are a number of interviews with members of the cast and crew, which includes Jada Pinkett-Smith, Michael Rapaport and Damon Wayans, who otherwise don’t show up in the supplements. HOME | ABOUT | ADVERTISE | CONTACT | FAQs | FRIENDS | STAFF If ever there was a movie ready for re-examination, it’s Spike Lee’s Bamboozled.
I’m very glad Criterion carried this one over. As it stands, Bamboozled works best in its smaller moments. With such a specific accent choice (basically whiter than the whitest person), let alone other elements about his character, I could never get behind what Lee wanted to do with him enough to embrace the film more, no matter how much humor he derives from such a character (one who is often in the wrong, no less). Also featured in the cast is Jada Pinkett Smith as Delacroix’s assistant, Mos Def has her brother, Paul Mooney as a stand-up comedian and Delacroix’s father, Thomas Jefferson Byrd as an MC for the show, and The Roots as the show’s house band, “The Alabama Porch Monkeys.” Yes, this is supposed to come off as offensive, and it’s as uncomfortable to type as it can be to watch.
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We get a new DTS HD Master Audio mix (a modest improvement over the DVD’s Dolby Digital 5.1 track), but the surrounds won’t be shaking off the walls, though there is some atmosphere when it is needed. ‘My Hero Academia: Heroes Rising’ on Blu-ray October 27! Clarity/Detail: This is such a tricky area to judge, as the film looks as good as it can, but one still has to deal with its limitations from a cinematography standpoint, intentional or not. The film was released back in 2001 as part of the New Line Platinum Series, which was probably one of the better studio specialty lines of the time, as their features were usually more than the typical puff pieces that were always so common with studio releases; the line actually made an effort in their editions, even providing more Academic or film-school like material. If you claim that it does, perhaps you need to think about who’s really narrow minded. Color Reproduction: Another area where there’s a clear divide in the different cameras used for the film.
But Davidson admits he doesn’t know what to make of it and I get the sense he feels it’s a negative against what is otherwise a film he’s proud to be part of. Criterion next carries over the original 53-minute making-of for the film, which is waaaay better than 98% of similar documentaries of the time. Black levels are far better, cleaner and purer with no crushing evident, and the image is razor sharp with an intense amount of detail. On the one hand, you have a new millennium version of Network, to a point (The Producers or A Face in the Crowd is also a good starting point to think on). And with Criterion’s new transfer, the Mini DV portions of Bamboozled—and cinematographer Ellen Kuras’s inventive, limber camerawork—finally get …
It was given a new 2K restoration and it does show on this Blu-ray. Bamboozled won’t be for everyone, but for those that like this kind of film – it’s amazing. Bamboozled does more to really hit audiences in the face with challenging messages, and a specific look that certainly seems untraditional. To either read or join in on our discussions visit our forums. I wish the two could have done a commentary together, because I think it would have been worthwhile to have them talk over the film and focus on specific sequences, but as it is it’s another rewarding addition to the release. Bamboozled stars Damon Wayans as Pierre Delacroix, a Harvard-educated black TV executive who has been taking a lot of criticism from his boss, Thomas Dunwitty (Michael Rapaport), for creating shows with black casts that are “too white” for audiences. I know Lee is a gifted, competent director, but he needs to focus on easing up his social commentary, to a more subtle approach. It features an ensemble cast including Damon Wayans, Jada Pinkett Smith, Savion Glover, Tommy Davidson, Michael Rapaport and Mos Def. Part of the reasoning for this was to keep the budget down, but it also speaks to the effect of Lee shooting the ‘Minstrel Show’ sequences on Super 16. Spike Lee’s 2000 satire Bamboozled receives an all new 2K restoration and Blu-ray release from The Criterion Collection, who present the film in the aspect ratio of about 1.78:1 on a dual-layer disc (the back packaging indicates 1.77:1 but it does look like the image fills the full screen).
The disc then closes with the Da Bomb parody ad and two music videos around the film’s rap group’s “Blak iz Blak” (one is an actual video, the other just seems to be the full sequence from the film). There are too many films, TV, books, etc. Flesh Tones: The detail level seen in the actual characters is impressive.
His documentary was the bigger hit, and it’s easy to see why. A very brisk 26-minutes. Watching the whole sequence involving the application of blackface makeup is heartbreaking. Criterion’s Bamboozled Blu-ray is the definitive version of this underappreciated Spike Lee joint.
When his boss (Michael Rapaport) approves the idea and the show becomes a smash success however, Delacroix is forced to look at what he’s done and how it has changed those involved. But it’s not showy in this regard and sticks primarily to the fronts. The two also talk about blackface, the history they learned around it, and the emotional impact it had on them when it came time to apply it (Davidson wasn’t faking it when he was crying in the film). It covers most of the motions of your typical making-of, even getting into the advantages of digital photography (best recognized during the editing stage), but this one also has a number of people pop up to praise the film, including screenwriter Budd Schulberg, and I’d like to think Lee geeked out over that. I am all for social messages in cinema, but not if the filmmaker shoves the ideas down the audience’s throat, which Lee sometimes does. Those familiar with Spike Lee and his films know there’s always a message. Reds and oranges pop, as do the blues and other cold colours. That should be reason enough to check out this Blu-ray.
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