your brother is up on the wall. ask sal. in the 80s, there was a push to have more diversity on-screen. but diversity on-screen doesn t mean you have diversity behind the camera. and you weren t having a lot of black filmmakers who were getting a chance to make films. so you really do need spike lee at that point. don t start shit, all right? beatle s down. all right? all right? do the right thing is one of the most important films in the history of cinema certainly as it pertains to the representation of race. it was like a cultural hand grenade. someone set it off and you just couldn t believe the things that were being said in that film. they were all under the surface but they weren t said in that way. who is your favorite basketball player? magic johnson. who s your favorite movie star? eddie murphy. who s your favorite rock star? prince. bruce. prince. bruce. all you talk is nigger this and nigger that.
of a converted old department store from 1939 connected to an adventurous brand new futuristic structure, which has been designed to provide america s film capital with something it s never had before a cathedral for movies. we hope that the academy museum becomes the centre place for people coming to los angeles, looking for a sense of movie magic, looking to learn about cinema, looking to get connected to the academy. right now the academy is mainly the oscars, which people see once a year, globally. this is a home for the work of the academy and for the history of cinema and we hope that tourists turn to us for that. the museum is also a striking feat of design, the work of renowned italian architect renzo piano. he believes the complex he has created somehow reflects the wonders of cinema. when you make a building, you must create a building that tells a story of what
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a year, globally. this is a home for the work of the academy and for the history of cinema and we hope that tourists turn to us for that. the museum is also a striking feat of design, the work of renowned italian architect renzo piano. he believes the complex he has created somehow reflects the wonders of cinema. when you make a building, you must create a building that tells a story of what is the building for. this is a place of cinema, and cinema is old enough to have a museum but young enough to need to be flexible, open to change. but what do critics and commentators in california make of architect renzo piano s creative achievement? the museum does seem to be on its way to becoming an appreciated iconic los angeles landmark. i m excited for what this building