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Scene Breakdown | Do the Right Thing (Part 2)


Another quick analysis of two scenes from Spike Lee's Do the Right Thing. Part 1: https://youtu.be/WIy2cHpzUy8 Twitter: http://twitter.com/filmdrunklove Facebook: http://facebook.com/filmdrunklove Clips From: Do the Right Thing (dir. Spike Lee) Birdman (dir. Alejandro G. Iñárritu) Annie Hall (dir. Woody Allen) Apocalypse Now (dir. Francis Ford Coppola) Goodfellas (dir. Martin Scorsese) The Night of the Hunter (dir. Charles Laughton) Fight the Power Music Video Oldboy (dir. Spike Lee) Music: Fight the Power (Public Enemy) Gobstopper (J Dilla) Waves (J Dilla) This video essay was created by Goutham Gnanasekaran

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