Just saw Spike Lee's BlacKkKlansman. No offense to Kore-Eda, but Shoplifters had better be one of the greatest pieces of art ever committed to celluloid, otherwise its beating this for the Palme is an injustice. That was a fire sermon of howling fury and despair. The past is the present is the future unless we confront the ghosts of our past and fight. I've heard some people complain that the racists and Klansmen in this film are too over-the-top, but as someone from the Deep South, I know that they're right on the money. As Lee so importantly understands, they're idiots; but they're not just idiots, they're dangerous and organized idiots. Also: this film contains perhaps the best dolly shot of Lee's career. It gave me shivers.
Rating: 9/10
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