Mo' Better Blues
Summary:
Spike Lee's 1990 directing effort is a jazz film, the story of a fictional trumpeter named Bleek Gilliam (Denzel Washington). He leads a quintet at the Beneath the Underground club with a flashy saxophonist named Shadow Henderson (Wesley Snipes). Though Shadow takes a few too many solos, everything seems fine in Bleek's life. Trouble soon arises, however, and he is forced to mak... Full Summary >>
Cast:
Denzel Washington - (Bleek Gilliam)
Spike Lee - (Giant)
Wesley Snipes - (Shadow Henderson)
Joie Lee - (Indigo Downes)
Cynda Williams - (Clarke Bentancourt)
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Review:
Spike Lee's film on the life of a jazz musician features some wonderful music, but in its slapdash construction and melodramatic hokiness, it does little to illuminate the nature of the profession it attempts to explore. Lee, whose father was a noted bass player, has an unquestionably vast knowledge of the jazz idiom and the kind of lif... Continue >>
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