Lee on Trump, Cannes Scandal and Knicks' Chance

Spike Lee got a good start.

"No fucking today!" the director quipped, starting his press conference Minimum 2 lowesthis new crime thriller premiered at the Cannes Film Festival is exciting. The director was his last time as president of the 74th Cannes jury in Cannes and announced the winner of the Palme d'or plan at the closing ceremony of the festival.

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Denzel Washington plays David King, whose son appears to be a high-stakes corporate power struggle, a charismatic and powerful music tycoon. But the crisis will be different when it finds that the kidnapper mistakenly takes another boy - Kyle, Kyle, David's driver and right-hand Paul (Jeffrey Wright) - while still asking for the original ransom. As loyalty testing and reputations are threatened, the line between personal responsibility and public perception begins to blur.

Lee attended Wright and Ilfenesh Hadera for the Cannes press conference, playing King's calm and suspicious wife Pam.

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"It's an 18-year gap and we were surprised yesterday because we didn't lose a single step," Lee said.

Hadera notes that she is also a frequent Spike collaborator. “I know there’s a lot of chats with Denzel’s history (the history of Spike Lee) over the past year or so, but it’s also fifth for us, and it’s incredible.”

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Wright called Lee "one of the guardians of American black lenses, which is so critical."

Wright is also in Wes Anderson's Cannes game movie Phonecian SolutionSaid he shot the movie back to back. “I’m probably the only person in film history who shot both the Spike Lee movie and the Wes Anderson movie.”

The ensemble cast includes Aubrey Joseph, the king's teenage son Trey, who is a gangster and rapper Yang Felon's supporting role. ISIS "Ice Spice" Gaston played a supportive role in her performance debut, while British singer Aiyana-Lee played one of the most powerful scenes in the film, performing the film's Powerhouse Title Track.

"Aiyana-Lee, it doesn't matter, I found her on Instagram," Lee said. "One of the things that technology does is, if you're an artist, you don't have to move out from New York, Los Angeles and a few people in this movie. I found them on Instagram."

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During an extensive press conference, Lee also took the opportunity to throw shadows at those who were masterpieces Do the right thing When it premiered at the Cannes Film Festival in 1989.

“It started in Cannes and then went to the United States and people said:Do the right thing It will cause riots. Black people are crazy,” Lee recalls. “It’s just pure, blatant racism that black people can’t make a distinction between what’s on the screen. All of these people have been proven to be wrong over the years. None of them said they messed up. They never said it. They misread it. But many years later, the movie is still with us. They are still idiots, Mamalux! ”

Lee and Wright both talked about one of the big themes at this year’s Cannes Film Festival, a sharp decline in shooting days in the United States and a sharp decline.

Lee said: "People are hurting people. There is a guy (Donald Trump) who wants to impose tariffs on every movie he shoots (outside the United States). I don't know what's going on. I don't have an answer, but I like shooting (in New York)... There are a few things you can repeat. You can shoot York, I'm lucky, I'm lucky. I'm lucky.

"I worked a lot in London last year," Wright added. "Obviously, I wanted to work in Brooklyn. It's more convenient...but one of the challenges in the United States is that we have 50 states, so we have multiple tax jurisdictions. (Incorporating) establishing these tax benefits from the federal level, which requires a kind of leadership, not a kind of leadership, not, contrary to gaming tools or rating political points."

Lee is careful and never mention the current POTUS directly.

"My wife said, 'Spike!' Be careful what you said!" he joked.

But Lee took the opportunity to talk about basketball and yelled at his beloved New York Knicks. When asked about the finals of Nick's upcoming Eastern Conference Finals against the Indiana Pacers, he called the series in 4. "We will win!" he said.