I just gained immense respect for Spike Lee. It's good to know someone with as big name recognition as him is sticking it to Hollywood and going directly to who matters- the consumers/ audience/ base.

She was disrespectful, she wouldn't let him make his point.

As an up and coming filmmaker, Spike Lee is doing more help than harm to Kickstarter and other filmmakers. I can't tell you how many times a film comes up short of their goal simply because the artist couldn't get enough people to back it. This exposes Kickstarter to the masses and hopefully gets people to help artists. Critics who say Lee is taking money from other artists don't understand how Kickstarter works. A person can donate to whatever project they want to.

The girl has no idea what he's talking about or the industry, she's gone by in life with her looks and now tries to act like an expert on television.

@andrewquigley4343

8 жыл бұрын

Who cares how she opens though. She also knows what she's talking about because she is on a gossip show

@joecoe4416

8 жыл бұрын

Andrew Quigley hahahahahaha alright, whatever you say.

@guyfuckenfieri5033

8 жыл бұрын

+Andrew Quigley terrible counter point

@TdotSoul

8 жыл бұрын

+Owen Guy to your claim that she "knows what she's talking about because she's on a gossip show?" lol what?

@anitasseo

8 жыл бұрын

+Joe Cole she seems more concerned about her hair than about watching the films from the guy she´s interviewing. don´t get me wrong, no mysoginy here -they´ve just hired the wrong woman-; there´s nothing wrong with her fixing her hair. but, as a journalist, you can´t be fixing your hair and doing your nails if you didn´t put together the good questions first. END OF.

"Oldboy...is a studio film, this is an independent film...I AM AN INDEPENDENT FILMMAKER"

He seems to defend himself with logic she seemed to be out to get him

@huey6248

7 жыл бұрын

Meno Yuno agreed

Exactly. In actuality this Kickstarter is a broader version of what Spike has had to do in his career. He got funds from family, friends and others to produce "She's Gotta Have It". Then years later he got funds from Oprah, Magic Johnson, Bill Cosby, Michael Jordan to name a few so he could complete "Malcolm X".

@johnwebb2442

6 ай бұрын

You got that right.

So let me get this straight. It's a problem when a famous director ask for funding from his audience, but it's not a problem when a famous director ask for LOANS from big companies such as Universal, Paramount, and Interscope? I totally understand his frustration, especially since she kept cutting him off. Spike Lee has been 'doing the right thing' for years. (pun intended)

@johnwebb2442

6 ай бұрын

Facts.

She acted as if he personally came to her house BEGGING for a donation. Her cutting that man off before he can finish his every thought has me angry right now.

this woman needs to let people speak, holy damn

The guest is entitled to have an attitude. But the host is not entitled to interrupt constantly.

We're behind you Spike. We need another Spike Lee joint (classic)

I pledged my $5 because of this video. He put that reporter right in her place. How do you have a guest on your show and introduce them that way?!

She's not used to men standing up to her

I don't know anything about the film he made, but seems to me his anger was justified. The very first words out of her mouth had the effect of derailing Spike's ongoing fundraising effort. She's sitting next to a legend and that's how she starts?

Ya'll tried to play Spike Lee that was dirty, but he caught ya'll with your hands in the cookie jar with that B/S opening!!

@trainmonrovia1912

8 жыл бұрын

Jamie Sanders right?

Thanks Spike for recognizing and correcting the hate from the jump.

She was rude, condescending and blatantly DISRESPECTFUL! The nerve! 😡. Would she ask the same question of Spielberg? Clearly not. They were trying to score points at Spike’s expense.

@chriszayachkowski4399

2 жыл бұрын

I agree she was very rude.

Spike roasted her. Hes bringing so many people to Kickstarter that never knew of it before

I think Spike Lee is occasionally a jerk, but his reaction was spot on. No one shat on the Veronica Mars kickstarter.

@MrWhiskeycricket

2 жыл бұрын

yes, they did.

I'm not a Spike Lee film. But, if he wants contributions to make a film...why not??? Who cares if he has a lot of money! It's NOT A STUDIO FILM!! So he uses Kick Starter to get the contributions, SO WHAT???? I usually can't stand Spike Lee, but HE'S RIGHT HERE!!!

@Da_Fonz

9 жыл бұрын

I meant to say, I'm not a Spike Lee film fan.

I don't usually like Spike Lee as a director, with an exception of Malcolm X, Do the right thing, and the 25th hour, but this video gives me a much bigger respect towards him.

The MAN defined himself. That’s all. He got attacked and put it on check.

Spike's 100% right, media tried to paint him a villain.

@CommanderJamesT.Butler2022

5 жыл бұрын

King Jay He is a villain. And a jerk.

@CommanderJamesT.Butler2022

5 жыл бұрын

King Jay Being a villain generally requires a bit of intellect.....Acosta is less a villain than a fool, but regardless, he is a fuckin tool.

@johnwebb2442

6 ай бұрын

Because he's real and not fake.

I wonder how mad will they get when we really start spending our money with our own.

Tell em' Lee! You put a lot on the map! You help your people! I support you!

The guy in the suit was trying to hold in his laughter

I'll pledge more to Spike's film for sticking up for himself like this.

You go Spike! He definitely was Kickstarting before their was even a Kickstarter.

@johnwebb2442

6 ай бұрын

Truth.

If you're passionate about something you can't let haters like this women belittle your goal with negativity. Keep pushing Spike, and make the greatest movie ever. I will support by buying the bluray.

Spike's been struggling to make all those movies for years because he won't make stupid stereotypical movies. Kickstarter is for people like him as much as the people who are just started out. He's established but he's still very independent from the corporate movie industry.

@johnwebb2442

6 ай бұрын

Independent and consistent.

she hated on you spike... Good man.

The thing here is Spike spends millions on Knicks tickets and has been in the game making since the mid 80s. He has reportedly spent over 10 million dollars on Knicks tickets in 3 decades. I have seen him on the floor since the early 90s screaming at Reggie Miller. I mean I wouldn't give Spike a dime!

You cant play Spike Trish, he saw right through your BS. I Love It. Her body language at 1:10 and ESPECIALLY at 2:04 is PRICELESS!!! Spike is a media vet, he knows how the mind control apparatus of the media works to discourage certain projects and encourage others. Trish got owned.

Trish taunted the wolf, the wolf began to tear her apart and her partner just watched and actually sided with the wolf. haha

I respect spike even more now than I did before. Get em Spike !

Haha Spike owned her.. She was like a scolded school girl

@CommanderJamesT.Butler2022

5 жыл бұрын

Rex Banner Spike ey is a no talent loser who has lost his mind.

@joebarnes3181

5 жыл бұрын

Dallas West you are outta your damn mind to say that Spike Lee lacks talent. Have you made any movies? Gtfoh!!!!!

The moral of this story is ... you can't trust devils ! They will try to destroy you with a smile !

@hichcoc

10 жыл бұрын

He should have slapped the bitch...!!! H~

@jamesmarshall7403

10 жыл бұрын

hichcoc Say word son!

@NATURECAMHD

9 жыл бұрын

Typical racist.

@CaveKanem

9 жыл бұрын

James Marshall I Read That Shit In A Stephen From "Django" Voice...Ahahaha

@brianadams9535

5 жыл бұрын

i know did you see spike lee smiling

The woman host was so rude. Kept cutting Spike Lee off. I don’t blame home for getting angry.

Honestly, I would hate to be in her position, but she did really underplay the man's directorial career. "Why are you on Kickstarter?" is a pretty limp question for an entertainment reporter to ask a celebrity in 2013. It's just a natural extension of what filmmakers have done for decades. I am not saying that I have never disagreed w/ Mr. Lee, but let's not express so much damn negativity about the man over nothing.

I'm not really the biggest fan of Spike Lee, but I think he's on point here.

hahahah spike ate her alive! LOL Seriously a pro goes to kickstarter and that's a problem?

The thing that concerns some people and I is that many of us are not getting enough backers on to our independent projects but people are quick to back a celebrity on their project. With some much money that they have they can fund their own projects and even back us independent artists but they are not. That's what the whole issue is now with kick starter and indiegogo

It IS true what he says, about being Kickstarter before there was a Kickstarter. He raised money independently for his first couple of films; when Warner Bros. shut down "Malcolm X" midway through production, he went around and raised the rest of the moeny through donors and finished the film; and he financed "Get on the Bus" completely through 22 donors. This is nothing new to him. And, yes, he's not taking away from anyone on there. People won't know those people exist. But because he has a Kickstarter and he is famous, people come there, and THEN they may notice other little guys' Kickstarters. He's right, he's bringing people in.

THANK YOU SPIKE! For telling it the way it REALLY is and for busting the bubble of those that assume they know what the industry is like. Also, thanks for your continuation in making movies!

And thats WHY I LOVE SPIKE LEE :D

I'm on Spike's side on this one. He's not being egotistic in this interview at all. I found this to be a very interesting interview as he explained how the hollywood system has changed. I'm a fan of Spike's film but not of his often annoying public behavior. I respect the man for standing his ground and refuting the aggressive opening of the segment. Unfortunately, controversy and scandalous openings and unfair biased media coverage have become a norm for media at the expense of the guest where they are often portrayed as "guilty" or a "villain" of something sorts and left to defend themselves. (this is often disguised as backhanded compliments) Kudos to Spike! She had one point to make "Why go to Kickstarter?" and he explained himself logically and clearly,

Can someone please explain the back story to this argument?

She's just hating

got damn he fuckin finished her at the end

There actually was heavy criticism about the Veronica Mars and Zac Braff's Kickstarter projects. Whenever any famous Hollywood people try to do something on a crowd-funding service, it gets people annoyed. So it's not only Spike Lee who has this problem.

The great thing about Kickstarter is that it takes the power away from the traditional funders of movies who tend to screw over directors big and small. In this case Spike Lee retains his power by going to the common person. I say, let him.

I remember he ask for funds to direct malcolm x. I believe michael jordan gave him a million dollars for the movie.

"I refute your opening!" lmaooooo

they're acting like spike is stealing money. what is wrong with asking people who like your movies to invest in them?

Actually, I think that Kickstarter should be used to kickstart something. Spike Lee is very famous and, I'd say, quite much "kickstarted" already. I think that Mr Lee is a little abusing the system, but everybody does. Who am I to blame?

He put Becky in her place! Go Spike👍👍👍

I won't watch Bloomberg, follow Bloomberg West, or consume any other Bloomberg products/services until that woman is fired.

@Brosif286online

9 жыл бұрын

Cool they don't need you

@igorigosta

9 жыл бұрын

I agree

Each film is a different project and something that needs to be kickstarted. No one is forcing people to donate. His fans or those who desire to see a certain film made will contribute. It's no different than giving to a cause you believe in.

Way to go Spike!

"I´M NOT BLACK, BUT THERE ARE TIMES WHEN I WISH I WAS NOT WHITE" --- FRANK ZAPPA

wow spike did do the right thing tell em spike

I think he means that a section of video was cut out.

Yep.

Why he was so angry with the woman ?

@AlexYoungT

10 жыл бұрын

The woman: "Hang on, hang on. Yeah, we're gonna go there, ahaheh" Spike Lee: "Why would you open like that?"

@AlexYoungT

10 жыл бұрын

***** ***** the main point of the feud here, is that Spike Lee came on the show to discuss and promote HIS BRAND. Whether he was invited or not, the start of this clip is much like slander. Tell me you would not defend yourself in his shoes...

@askchazzellis

10 жыл бұрын

Alex Young You're right man, I think that people think celebrities are just supposed to sit there and allow someone to make them look bad. What she was doing was not journalism, she was trying to shape the viewer's opinion before they even got to watch the interview.

@ArmandoBellagio

10 жыл бұрын

askchazzellis I thought maybe he got so offended because he dislikes white women. After all it's Spike Lee... Well, didn't bash on the guy though, but he hardly said anything

@misterkevinoh

10 жыл бұрын

askchazzellis And he handled it... in the worst fucking way possible. He could've played it cool and just talked about his project and ignored the smearing in passing. It would've gotten people to pay attention to what the segment SHOULD'VE BEEN ABOUT in the first place. Instead, Spike got mad (which is gold for the studio), and now he looks bad to the public. Hey, if Louis CK can do it, so can he.

Wow, embarrassed for Lee that he can't gracefully respond to a question that the entire startup community has been asking.

@Murderface666

9 жыл бұрын

Just shows that you didn't listen to what he was saying. You just saw a Black face and automatically want him leave. But if you did listen, others in the entertainment industry THAT HAS MONEY have used Kickstarter to FUND WHAT THEY WANT and have received no backlash. And the other people? They happen to be white.

You got to defend your work, but I am not going to lie, when I saw Spike Lee doing a kickstarter, I did ask, "Why is someone like Spike Lee doing a kickstarter???"

Kickstarter is the future, it's a way to bring people together to fund the things that we actually want.

Woah woah woah, people actually gave him money to film? Shouldn't the Kickstarter have been for him to stay away from a camera?

The truth is a lot of people cant stand to see a black american male do good for his self. If its not something hes doing that's mentally wrong its something hes doing physically wrong. I mean damn can we get a 10 year break.

At least Adam Johnson calmed Spike Lee down and it was pleasant when they interacted.

'hate conquers love' - spike lee

@virginiahayon4162

10 жыл бұрын

He needs to slow down his rant to sequence thoughts better.

@Chrisicola

3 жыл бұрын

Radio Rahim- Love KO'd by hate. lol

We're with you Spike!

Do the right thing as a reporter and do not disrespect your guest. This is Spike Lee your talking to. That was a low blow intro. So a proper way to introduce as most others have been introduced in the past is one, talk about his accomplishments first and then dive into your questions that tear down his name. Give respect you get respect. Now you know better so you should do better. However it was all in the plan to get you some ratings..

Oh snap they tried to come at Spike lee but he wasn't having it.

people should try to think for a sec, the guy is basically trying to say the right thing here, there was no need for this unnecessary hate towards him, no one gave a damn about veronica mars on kickstarter

That lady is very ignorant and needs to educate herself more on how film production works before she speaks to legendary film director.

Independent filmmaker my ASS. What indie filmmaker begs for $30,000,000 to do a shitty remake of a classic film? Shane Carruth directed/wrote/produced/composed/shot/funded/etc. both Primer and Upstream Color. Primer, now one of the most well known indie films of the last decade cost $7,000. Upstream Color, a brilliant and beautiful film far better than any garbage Spike Lee has done is rumored to have had a budget well under $100,000. THAT is indie filmmaking. Not mansions in Beverly Hills with fountains and a fortune of $40,000,000+, not counting the money he got from Kickstarter.

@MaxDamageProductions

10 жыл бұрын

Stop talking about film? Funny, I think I have more of a right to talk about film, considering I'm receiving a Bachelor's degree in film production/studies and I actually understand how the industry works and how cash flow within the film world works. I'm not toting my education, I'm just saying I know what I'm talking about. And in my honest opinion I think Upstream Color and Carruth are 10,000 buggering times better than Lee, the fraud. And Steven Soderbergh was the one who spearheaded the indie film burst in the 90s with "Sex, Lies, and Videotape," not Lee. Lee simply tagged along in Soderbergh's shadow, using the race card over and over again. I'm not denying that Malcom X and Do The Right Thing are great films, I'm denying Lee the right to call himself an indie filmmaker when he begs for money on Kickstarter to create a massive, bloated budget to make a film that should cost half of what his goal was set at, and then get a pathetic return on his failed film. Another thing, Lee is worth $40+ million, has a mansion in hollywood with a fucking fountain out front, and yet he begs for money because "putting my own money in my film is ludacris." He's a self-righteous, entitled bastard who's entire demeanor drips with "I'm Spike Lee, I'm fucking awesome, you should pay for my film because I'm awesome enough to give them to you. By the way, I'm just taking your money and putting out a shit film to make it look like I'm doing something. Bye now!" He used to fight "the man," now he IS "the man."

@BurningAshesProductions

10 жыл бұрын

You do know he was only asking for $1.25 million dollars, right? And you mentioned "Sex, Lies, and Videotapes", a film that premiere at the same time as "Do The Right Thing" at the Cannes Film Festival in 1989, so I'm pretty sure Spike Lee and Steven Soderberg spearheaded this movement together. And Soderberg has publicly stated that he thinks "Do The Right Thing" was the better movie. One last thing; since you were so eager to mention your bachelor's degree in film, I think the number one lesson that any filmmaker with a camera and a sack of bananas has learned or been taught (or any film professor would teach) at any point in his life is this: NEVER Self-finance. It's not a good investment and it's too stressful on the filmmaker himself. So yeah, I think your argument is a bit misguided.

@lukerage4470

10 жыл бұрын

Wrong, he wasn't asking for that amount and you're fanboyism is showing.

@Matthew Broderick...YOU ARE SO CORRECT.

I don't know what you're mentioning colour for, but man, I'm all for what Spike Lee is doing. Eternal kudos to him for standing up and being the voice of reason on a talk show - something terribly rare. His intelligence and his fluency of vocabulary commands respect. Really love the way he's actually being a pioneer in this sense. Reinventing the whole ballgame. Stoked. Just stoked.

It's not that Spike Lee was wrong to refute, it's simply the way he did it that was wrong.

Spike WHOOPED that A$$

I thought what he said at the end was pretty funny. "Since 1989 I've given away 300k to students through the spike lee production fund." Wooooooooow... really? A whole 300k? So in the past 20 years he's given each kid that's gone through the Spike Lee Production Fund a couple of dollars? That's mighty generous of him. *rolls eyes*

Great point.

Totally with Lee on this one, even though I find it him a bit abrasive. He was treated outrageously. Difficult to imagine a white guy getting treated like that.

@eldoabrahamson

10 жыл бұрын

Oh please.

@jadejewell7716

5 жыл бұрын

I know, it's okay. But it's just cuz you don't pay attention.

@CommanderJamesT.Butler2022

5 жыл бұрын

Archvaldor's Warcraft Hacks Spike lee be a racist prick.

spike lees a boss

I love the way he saw through her putdowns, she even had the cheek to put her hand on his shoulder...

She started off the segment negatively with a bias, even before he spoke, and she expected him to let her getaway with it? Come on now. He put her in her place, and I loved it.

first of all...first of all...first of all...first of all...first of all...first of all...first of all... :-D I LOVE HIM :D

Wow, he could have made the same points being positive but chose to be negative

@AltoAtik

4 жыл бұрын

I dont think ive ever heard spike lee say anything positive lol

She's at fault, i cant imagin being invited to a talk show and having the news anchor throw accuses at me. He should Sue her!

All of this went over my head

Spike, chill brother. She asked you a question. Answer it man.

A well balanced black man, chip on both shoulders

@TdotSoul

8 жыл бұрын

+djguy100 he had a point!

@TdotSoul

8 жыл бұрын

Spike Lee is a prickly character.. almost like the Kanye of directors, but he's not as egotistical as Kanye, but not like Kanye in the sense that he doesn't demand to be loved the way Kanye does. I respect that about him. As a black man in Hollywood, he doesn't seek to live up to the stereotypical image of black people that Hollywood betrays, nor does he suck up to anyone.. He's just not always the most diplomatic guy.. but the black community needs that. There are plenty of yes men, plenty of good cops in Hollywood, he's the necessary bad cop. He survives on his intelligence and his enormous talent.

Spike Lee is right and isn't scared to step on toes.

Spike Lee should not have to raise funds for his projects. PERIOD. In any case, Kickstarter is a space for artists with an established base, much more so than for young start-up filmmakers or musicians whose kickstarter bids look more like lottery tickets than serious attempts to get work made.

as a reporter she did her job, but spike lost his cool and because of that he fked up lol. he could of said marketing to fan and people and on the side extra cash to finance his film.

Spike Lee goes to kickstarter, because all his films are fuckimg trash

@VGMDK1999

8 жыл бұрын

You must be a Michael Bay fan FOH

@LevKozlodoev

8 жыл бұрын

Just because you're too stupid and uneducated to understand any of Spike Lee's films doesn't make them trash.

@OldChanCharlie

8 жыл бұрын

LMFAO

@logantruett2219

8 жыл бұрын

Have you seen inside man, summer of sam? ALL-TIME great movies, Now tell me, who the fuck are you to judge this mans body of work?

@SerlingPictures

8 жыл бұрын

+Logan Truett yeah but there's also school daze, she's gotta have it, old boy, crooklyn, clockers, da sweet blood of Jesus, the miracle at st.anna, summer of sam sucked, etc... he's got like 5 decent movies in a sea of shit

My whole issue is... Spike Lee is right, movies get funded from outside sources, I have no problem with him crowd funding, if people want to put money towards the project, fine. But he could have defended himself in a little bit more of a mature, intellectual manner. I'm tired of these "older people" being so bitter about how things aren't "how they used to be" I'm not that young myself, but I've accepted that things change and keep a happy attitude no matter how much I "disagree". I feel the same about where culture has/is going, but it doesn't mean I should be pissed off about it all the time. Spike Lee is alway pissed off. People need to let things go.

I am an Independent UK film maker, and Spike Lee is bang on! Times have changed, and it is very difficult to raise money through studios, and even if you do they want to control Y. The reporter was out of line with her comments, but I could see she felt embarrassed, but she should have researched more about Spike before jumping. He's done a lot for new film directors. He's a legend, and proved you can defy the odds within our difficult business making films with small amounts of cash. In-fact, I applaud him, as I have worked the same way to get films made, and unless yve experienced it you'll never know! Ytube "The Estate film" I made it for £20000!