He got game (1998) Dir. Spike Lee
He got game is an American Sports drama directed by Spike Lee. The production companies for the film are Spike's own company that he set up called 40 acres and a mule Filmworks, the other production company was Touchstone pictures. There are several themes that run throughout the film that include love, family, hatred, unrequited love and sports.The film is based around Jake Shuttlesworth and his son Jesus Shuttlesworth. Jake is in prison for murdering his wife, and for that his son hates him and doesn't look at him as a father anymore. Spike uses Basketball in the film as a bonding tool as Jake used to help teach his son when he was younger. Jake uses this as a way to work himself back into his sons life and help make a decision about what college he wants to go to and to try and make up for the years they lost and for what happened between him and Jesus' mum Martha. We see that Basketball is going to be a key element of the film from the first few opening scenes, we see clips of people basketball on courts in neighbourhoods, we then see Jake in prison on a court with another inmate taking shots. Towards the end of the film, we see a flashback of Jake teaching Jesus and 'helping' him to get better at the game. In this scene we start to see another reason as to why Jesus doesn't particularly like him.
Feels incomplete T! We could do with some comparisons to Spikes other work, other sports based movies, recurring themes in Spikes work? Recurring actors? Dig a little deeper for this one please. Maintain and improve on the level of your last posting and that will see you accessing those higher grades.
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