Spike Leedid not have to do much for his filmDa 5 Bloodsto be the no.
1 streaming film on Netflix this weekend.
We tapped into this historical moment that’s happening in the United States of America, without knowing it.
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This film was done before the pandemic, before the murder of King George Floyd, Lee explains.
The world premiere was supposed to be at Cannes….
I was going to be the president of the jury, but the world changed.
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First though, comes the surprise of how the group finds the gold.
They think they’re lost.
There’s two things I give a sh about.
Why will they care, which Mr. Lee has, is a genius at, and is it surprising?
Those are my things that I care about the most when I’m watching something, he adds.
The comedic premise framing the discovery of the treasure only opens the door to more jokes within the scene.
Guys were adjusting lines and giving their feelings about things, and it just makes it all real.
It’s like an osmosis thing, it’s real natural after that.
I tell him where I want music and I tell him the color because instruments have different colors.
And what Terence and I like to do is that we have particular themes for people, Lee states.
I could tell Terence knew what we needed for that scene, says Lee.
I mean, the orchestration is so big and so lush.
Willmott shares his sentiment, saying everybody just loves it man.
It’s such an upper, that moment when they find the gold…
They get one win.
It’s everything in this scene.
The writing, Terance’s score, the acting, gold.
What else do you want?
It’s all there, says Lee, selling the scene one last time.
The words just lift off the piece of paper.
