Crooklyn (Lee, 1994)
(Ed. Note: Originally published at Film-Think.) Spike Lee’s dolly shots in 25th Hour may be the best post-9/11 commentary on film – shocked minds drifting to and fro among aftermath. At first, pulling Anna Paquin and Philip Seymour Hoffman through a Manhattan nightclub on dollies seems contrived, not out of sync with New York nightlife. But […]