{"id":2458,"date":"2013-08-25T21:51:07","date_gmt":"2013-08-25T20:51:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.electricsheepmagazine.co.uk\/events\/?p=2458"},"modified":"2014-04-07T05:01:55","modified_gmt":"2014-04-07T04:01:55","slug":"spike-lee-on-crowdfunding","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.electricsheepmagazine.co.uk\/events\/2013\/08\/spike-lee-on-crowdfunding\/","title":{"rendered":"Spike Lee on Crowdfunding"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_2459\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2459\" style=\"width: 594px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.electricsheepmagazine.co.uk\/events\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/Spike-Lee.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[2458]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.electricsheepmagazine.co.uk\/events\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/Spike-Lee-594x299.jpg\" alt=\"Spike Lee\" width=\"594\" height=\"299\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-2459\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.electricsheepmagazine.co.uk\/events\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/Spike-Lee-594x299.jpg 594w, https:\/\/www.electricsheepmagazine.co.uk\/events\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/Spike-Lee-300x151.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.electricsheepmagazine.co.uk\/events\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/Spike-Lee.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 594px) 100vw, 594px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2459\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Still of Spike Lee from his Kickstarter campaign video &#38 an example of what his new film is not about<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ia601007.us.archive.org\/15\/items\/IrfmcuSpikeLee\/irfmcu_spike_lee.mp3\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-169\" style=\"margin-right: 8px;\" title=\"audio\" src=\"http:\/\/www.electricsheepmagazine.co.uk\/events\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/audio.gif\" alt=\"audio\" width=\"88\" height=\"37\"><\/a>Alex Fitch talks to American film maker Spike Lee about his recent Kickstarter campaign to fund a new movie about &#8216;blood addiction&#8217;. They also discuss his forthcoming remake of Park Chan-Wook\u2019s <i>Oldboy<\/i>, Lee\u2019s thoughts on blaxplotation films such as <i>Blacula<\/i> and the director\u2019s continuing enjoyment of being a film tutor. (Originally broadcast 18 August 2013 on Resonance 104.4 FM)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.kickstarter.com\/projects\/spikelee\/the-newest-hottest-spike-lee-joint\" target=\"_blank\">Spike Lee&#8217;s Kickstarter campaign<\/a> ended on 21 August 2013 and has reached the film-maker&#8217;s $1.25m target.<\/p>\n<div class=\"info\">For more info and formats to stream\/download, visit <A HREF=\"https:\/\/archive.org\/details\/IrfmcuSpikeLee\" target=\"_blank\">www.archive.org<\/A>. <\/div>\n<p><I><B>Podcast produced by Alex Fitch<\/B><\/I><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/archive.org\/embed\/IrfmcuSpikeLee\" width=\"500\" height=\"30\" frameborder=\"0\" webkitallowfullscreen=\"true\" mozallowfullscreen=\"true\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<div id=\"expander\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Podcast: Alex Fitch talks to American film maker Spike Lee about his recent Kickstarter campaign to fund a new movie about &#8216;blood 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