Oh, we’re still very much interested in Euphoria here at Shadowplay, those little bits of projected happiness. We’ve just given up NUMBERING them, that’s all. From now on they are free to wander and intermingle.
Simon Kane, AGES AGO, nominated the following:
“It’s all there for me, every possible argument against opening a film with white titles on a black background, and pretty much every argument the ensuing film contains. Angry, funny, sexy, “lo-tec”, kind of hilarious, and then the rest of the film just keeps on running like a classic musical. They haven’t just nicked a hit here. It’s the song that sets everything off. Spike Lee’s career is a total mystery but I love this film. And: “Introducing Rosie Perez”. I’ll say!”
It is rather splendidly dynamic! I think this was the last time I really appreciated a Spike Lee film, sorry, “joint”, although I’ve liked bits of them since. Sometimes his use of music is atrocious, sometimes it’s great.
I must admit I took it against him slightly when I read Rosie Perez say that she was so distressed doing the nude scene that she started crying. Lee’s solution? Tilt down and frame her face out. Charming.
But — she OWNS this title sequence, so something good came out of it all.
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