Jungle Fever (1991)

Regista:

Spike Lee

Sceneggiatore:

Spike Lee (writer)

Data di uscita:

7 giugno 1991 (USA)

Genere:

Drama | Romance

Plot:

Friends and family of a married black architect react in different ways to his affair with an Italian secretary.

Plot Keywords:

Cross Cultural Relations | Drug Addiction | New York City | Drug Addict | Poignant

Premi:

5 wins & 3 nominations

Recensioni degli utenti:

More about sex than race

Cast

Wesley Snipes	...	Flipper Purify
Annabella Sciorra	...	Angie Tucci
Spike Lee	...	Cyrus
Ossie Davis	...	The Good Reverend Doctor Purify
Ruby Dee	...	Lucinda Purify
Samuel L. Jackson	...	Gator Purify
Lonette McKee	...	Drew
John Turturro	...	Paulie Carbone
Frank Vincent	...	Mike Tucci
Anthony Quinn	...	Lou Carbone
Halle Berry	...	Vivian
Tyra Ferrell	...	Orin Goode
Veronica Webb	...	Vera
Veronica Timbers	...	Ming
David Dundara	...	Charlie Tucci

Durata:

132 min

Nazionalità:

USA

Lingua:

Inglese

Colore:

Colore

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sonoro:

Dolby

Divieti:

Iceland:14 | Iceland:16 (video rating) | Singapore:M18 | South Korea:18 | Australia:M | Finland:K-14 | Germany:16 | New Zealand:R16 | Spain:18 | Sweden:15 | UK:18 | USA:R

Luoghi delle riprese:

Bensonhurst, Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA

Company:

40 Acres & A Mule Filmworks

Curiosità:

During a scuffle in Paulie's store, a man can be seen reading a newspaper with a front headline that reads "Doin' The Right Thing." Most likely this is a reference to one of Spike Lee's earlier films, Do the Right Thing (1989).

Citazioni:

Flipper Purify: Of course not. It is a myth. I think.

Movie Connections:

Featured in Ego Trip's Race-O-Rama (2005) (TV)

Colonna sonora:

Each Other's Throats

More about sex than race

This movie is more about sex than race. Lee was quoted in the NYT as follows: "I hate this whole Hollywood process of breaking down a movie to one sentence," he said. "My films don't deal with one theme. They interweave many different things. You have to think. I'm not saying interracial relationships are impossible. Flipper and Angie are not meant to represent every interracial couple in the world. They are meant to represent two people who got together because of sexual mythology instead of love. Then they stay together because they're pushed together. They're outcasts. And since their relationship isn't based on love, when things get tough, they can't weather the storm." Thus at its core this film is a feminist critique of the nature of sexual attraction in contemporary America. These folks are wrong for each other but they both are stereotypically "attractive." There is "chemistry" between them, but no shared values that are the bedrock of a serious relationship. The "black stud"/ "sexy white girl" is just one way this could be instantiated.

In one sense, this is a serious issue and it is worth exploring. My own misgivings about this film is that Lee's moral seems to be: values = good, chemistry = bad, and this strikes me as somewhat simplistic.