Quote: (01-26-2012 12:08 AM)Timoteo Wrote:
You always have to consider that it's hard for black directors, no matter what their resume, to get big budget money from studios for films with black subject matter, and a predominantly black cast. Lucas himself had trouble getting the money. Spike comes off as angry sometimes because he's been fighting these battles in Hollywood for years. Warner Bros. didn't want to give him money to finish Malcolm X. He had one of the better segments on "Inside the Actor's Studio," and actually came to tears telling the story of how he eventually got the money. Studios don't want to sink money into this kind of movie, because it's hard to make it back. The bulk of the movie going audience simply won't got to a film with a predominantly black cast.
Yet stupid movies with all black casts like "Soul Plane" get made by Hollywood. People will watch all black movies, so long as the blacks are acting like sambos and buffoons. If it's a serious drama, forget it. Crazy that you can count on one hand the amount of black actors that can get a lead role in a blockbuster movie.