I love 'Crash' but I liked it better when it was 'Grand Canyon' and 'Falling Down'

Go back. Go to Blockbuster or Target or Tower and pick up these two movies, 'Grand Canyon' and 'Falling Down.' No, 'Grand Canyon' is not a western, it's a movie about life in the culturally, economically and class diverse city of Los Angeles, California set in the early 1990s. Oh, wait, that sounds familiar. It sounds like Joel Schumacher's film 'Falling Down' that tackled the same issues a few years later, but instead of the protagonist being Kevin Kline it was Michael Douglass. Or, does it sound like this year's Academy Award nominated 'Crash'?

I'm Joe and that's how I see it.

"Please show the same love to my friends...Dear Summer,"

Friends,
I will be working very hard to finish my book over the next two months so that I can have a copy completed by Mother's Day. So, in the meanwhile, I won't be posting as regularly as I'd like to.

I will however being posting at least once a week to give my opinion on a number of things or rant when need be.

Thanks for the support and love.

I'm Joe and that's how I see it.

My Sister's Blog

Please check out my sister's blog at...

goodbeadworkthough.blogspot.com

I'm Joe and that's how I see it.

Just another Morehouse man

SHELTON JACKSON LEE
DOB: March 20, 1957
POB: Atlanta, Georgia
EDUCATION:
Morehouse College, 1979 B.A. - Film
Tisch School of the Arts @ N.Y.U., 1982 M.F.A. - Film Production
FILMS:
'Last Hustle in Brooklyn' - 1977
'A Day in the Life of Miss Maroon & White' - 1978
'The Answer' - 1980
'Sarah' - 1981
'Joe's Bed-Stuy Barbershop: We Cut Heads' - 1983 - Winner, Student Academy Award
'She's Gotta Have It' - 1986
'School Daze' - 1988
'Do The Right Thing' - 1989 - 2 Academy Award Nominations
'Mo' Better Blues' - 1990
'Jungle Fever' - 1991
'Malcolm X' - 1992 - 2 Academy Award Nominations
'Crooklyn' - 1994
'Clockers' - 1995
'Girl 6' - 1996
'Get on the Bus' - 1996
'Four Little Girls' - 1997 - Academy Award Nomination
'He Got Game' - 1998
'Summer of Sam' -1999
'The Original Kings of Comedy' - 2000
'Bamboozled' - 2000
'Jim Brown All American' - 2002
'25th Hour' - 2002
'She Hate Me' - 2004
'Inside Man' - 2006

Awards and Nominations
Academy Awards
1989 - Do The Right Thing - Nomination for Best Original Screenplay
1998 - Four Little Girls - Nomination for Best Documentary Feature

Cannes Film Festival
1986 - She's Gotta Have It - Winner, 'Award of the Youth'
1989 - Do The Right Thing - Nominated for the Golden Palm
1991 - Jungle Fever - Nominated for the Golden Palm
Jungle Fever - Winner, 'Prize of the Ecumenical Jury'

Golden Globes
1990 - Do The Right Thing - Nominated, Best Original Screenplay
Do The Right Thing - Nominated, Best Director

Independent Spirit Awards
1987 - She's Gotta Have It - Winner, Best First Feature

Los Angeles Film Critics Association
1989 - Do The Right Thing - Winner, Best Director
1986 - Do The Right Thing - Winner, New Generation Award

Just another Morehouse man.

I'm Joe and that's how I see it.