Spike Lee, Holding Court; The Director Talks Movies, Hollywood, Basketball and, Oh Yes, Controversy
The film opens with a montage of basketball images, a slow-motion tribute to the artistry of the game: You see girls and boys, men and women, their hands caressing smooth round leather, slapping it between their legs, on rural dirt and city asphalt, in calm environs and rough neighborhoods, spinning, passing, arcing shots that softly kiss the net.
All that to the symphonic exaltation of Aaron Copland's music.
To watch this scene from Spike Lee's new movie, "He Got Game," is to watch the real-life passion of the filmmaker emerge onscreen. Lee has loved the game since he was a kid growing up in Brooklyn, buying student discount seats in in Madison Square Garden's nosebleed section. …
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