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Lee told Vulture).
That same phrase is uttered by Major Clipton (James Donald) while surveying the carnage atRiver Kwais conclusion.
AndBloodsborrowsSierra Madres most famous line of dialogue you know the one.
My conscience wont let me shoot my brother or some darker people, hetold reporters.
And shoot them for what?
They never called me nigger.
These suicide protests would continue throughout the war, both in Vietnam and in the United States.
Braunstein, the New YorkTimessubsequently discovered, rented his office from Trumps father, Fred C. Trump.
(This selfless act returns in the films climax.)
The following April, he wasposthumously awardedthe Medal of Honor thefirst black recipientof the Vietnam War.
(Lee, however, has made his allegianceclear.)
Your government sends 600,000 troops to crush the rebellion, she tells the black GIs.
Your soul sisters and soul brothers are enraged in over 122 American cities.
Even when Spike Lee makes films about the past, hes dealing with the present.
The death and destruction I saw in Vietnam sickened me, Frankie told Marvins biographer, David Ritz.
The war seemed useless, wrong, and unjust.
I relayed all this to Marvin.
(Seriously, it just seems like so much extra work.)
