Spike Lee has responded to Spike Lee's criticism of his two films about the
World War II battle of Iwo Jima, Flags of Our Fathers and Letters
from Iwo Jima. At the Cannes Film Festival last month Lee told reporters:
"There was not one black soldier in both of those films. ... In his vision of
Iwo Jima, Negro soldiers did not exist." However, in an interview with
Britain's Guardian newspaper published today (Friday), Eastwood said his
film was about the American soldiers who raised the flag on Mount Suribachi
during the battle. He noted that the black troops who participated in the
battle were part of a munitions company that was not involved in the flag
raising. "If I go ahead and put an African-American actor in there, people'd
go: 'This guy's lost his mind.' I mean, it's not accurate." He then angrily
said of Lee: "A guy like him should shut his face."
06/06/2008
See Also
