Prometheus 6

The film version of The Spook Who Sat By the Door somehow disappeared from Bay Area theaters in less than a week although when I saw it in Oakland the theater was packed.

My favorite line in the interview: "How did we shoot it? We paid our money and went through the turnstile."

Priceless!

That was just down right DEEP!

I thought this was pretty cool too:

I was a little too young and broke (…In spite of my paper route!) To see this when it came out in the theatre, but I remembered the title alone reverberated.

I came across a bootleg copy of it online sometime in early 2000 and thought it was going to be your typical “Blaxploitation” fare, but I found that it had a depth that went far beyond it’s content.

I see it’s finally out on DVD (...Of which I’ll be very interested in seeing a significantly cleaner version than the one I have now!)

What I also think shouldn’t be overlooked is that Ivan Dixon directed it.

My introduction to him was through “Hogan’s Heroes” like a lot of other people, but when I saw him in “Nothing But a Man” with Abbey Lincoln, I was blown away.

(…I also think it’s some of Gloria Foster’s best work in it as well!)

Along with “Spook” he’s directed another of my other all time favorite movies “Trouble Man” which is also one of my all time favorite soundtracks and if I’m stuck on a desert Island with just one Marvin Gaye album “Trouble Man” is it.

(…Granted, Marvin only sings on a couple of tracks, but you can’t beat that album for atmosphere and contemplation!)

I was having a conversation with someone the other day about how sometimes some creative minds (…Operative word being “creative!”) may really only have one good statement in them, but in most instances, it’s usually a very good one!

“Spook” I think, is one of those statements.

“Spook” I think, is one of those statements.

Mr. Greenlee might agree with you. You heard his last line..."If I don't make another movie, just look at the one I made."

I ran across "Spook" in book form first, in high school. Believe it or not, it was assigned reading, along with "Alas, Babylon." That teacher was the one that convinced me to try writing poetry, too. She was kinda subversive, it turns out.

Nothing but a Man is on my fave list. Been too long since I've seen it.

Alas, Babylon was one of those SF books I should have read in my "classic" phase, never got back to. There were some brilliant, evocative titles in them days.