If all art is done along the same path, a new link can be drawn between musicians/filmmakers Questlove And movie icon Spike Lee. During a new interview with Variety’s Award Circuit PodcastThe “Sly Lives!” Director Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson shared that his career was started after seeing an advertising from the 1980s made by Lee.
“My best friend in high school saw a commercial one day of Spike Lee with a bushing drummer on the street corner,” said Questlove, “and we looked at each other like,” Hello, let’s do it. ”
He added that this experience drums on the streets “led to a record agreement, which led to living in London and it led to my first Grammy, and that led to this moment.” Questlove continued to win Oscar and BAFTA for his documentary 2021 “Soummer of Soul.” He returned to London for the BAFTA ceremony and decided to visit some of his old haunts.
“I got my driver to go so that 50-year-old I could look at the 24-year-old, very discouraged version of myself in his apartment window and wondered if he had a future or not,” Questlove told Variety Awards Circuit Podcast.
Then Questlove will debut a land, wind and fire documentary that he hopes will land on a very special day.
“I don’t give promises,” he said, “but about this film Does not come out on September 21, then I do not know what I do. “
Do you feel to catch up with Questlove personally? Participate in ours “Pass the remote control” Screening of “Sly Lives!” On Saturday, May 3 at Vidiots in Eagle Rock. The documentary will be followed by a question and answers with both Questlove and his producer, Joseph Patel.
When he spoke to IndieWire back at Sundance where the film premiered, Questlove discussed including a shot of Will Smith In a mounting for the movie. This held a special resonance as Questlove’s Oscar win was preceded by Smith’s notorious relaxation by Chris Rock.
“It was an important discussion,” Questlove said about how or if you should include Smith. “How do we handle this? What frame we show? It was probably a rare moment of several sabotagings happening in a moment, it was lightning in a bottle. But we had to give examples (about what we tried to express), and I think it was tasteful.
