Interview: ‘Miracle at St. Anna’ Director Spike Lee

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In Miracle at St. Anna, four African-American soldiers are trapped behind enemy lines in Italy near the end of World War II; caught between indifferent leadership and hostile troops, the four fight to survive — and protect the Italian villagers they’ve come to know during their exile. Director Spike Lee spoke with Cinematical from New York about the challenges of film financing in modern Hollywood (”it’s hard to get stuff made this day that’s not superhero, comic-book, TV show, sequel stuff. …”), shooting in an 800-year-old Italian town (” … all we had to do was take down the satellite dishes …”) and the challenges his new film faces (” … historically, women do not run to see, or even walk to see, or even crawl to see World War II films …”), The Wire (”‘Omar’s Coming!’”), sequel possibilities for Inside Man and more.

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