RIP John Singleton

[DanOregon]

Boyz in the Hood was a hell of an introduction. Stroke is no joke.

‘Boyz n the Hood’ director John Singleton dies at age 51

 

[garrow]

Such a shame, he was young. Helluva director. RIP.

 

[Baron Scicluna]

Damn. Boyz is an incredible film. RIP.

 

[Webster]

That was just an amazing movie.

 

[Songbird]

Boyz was magnificent.

 

[DanOregon]

Also produced Black Snake Moan and Hustle and Flow and currently Snowfall on FX (which isn't bad).

 

[The Big Ragu]

Agree that Boyz is a great, great, great film.

Singleton was so young. It was too bad he wasn't able to quite duplicate what he did with that movie, although getting that one masterpiece out is something few people ever find a way to do. I just imagine it sucks when you do it on your first try rather than building up to it and feeling like you reached your crowning achievment later in your career.

RIP.

 

[CD Boogie]

"Don't know, don't show, or don't care about what's going on in the hood."

Movie came out when I was a senior in high school. It was a big cultural touchstone. So much so that freshman year of college, we lived in an all-male dorm (because the University of Richmond sucked back then) called Wood Hall, and someone created T-shirts that read "Boyz in the Wood."

Just a great movie and stunning to think he was like, what, 24 years old when he made that? Crazy.

 

[Slacker]

I just imagine it sucks when you do it on your first try rather than building up to it and feeling like you reached your crowning achievment later in your career.

Did he say that, or are you putting words in his mouth? Singleton had a rewarding career after that, and he did a lot of different things and inspired others who followed him. So maybe he found satisfaction with his other projects, too?

 

[The Big Ragu]

Did he say that, or are you putting words in his mouth? Singleton had a rewarding career after that, and he did a lot of different things and inspired others who followed him. So maybe he found satisfaction with his other projects, too?

I have no idea how he felt. I am just telling you how I would be. I am always trying to chase something bigger.

 

[DanOregon]

He came in at a time with a lot of other talented black filmmakers breaking through and crossing over beyond a core audience, Spike, Townsend, F. Gary Gray, Antone Fuqua, - most black directors to that point had established themselves as actors (Van Peebles, Wayans, Poitier) first.

 

[CD Boogie]

I have no idea how he felt. I am just telling you how I would be. I am always trying to chase something bigger.

"**** you" -- Harper Lee

 

[DanOregon]

Fun fact - To Kill A Mockingbird was the Lee's "second" book, the first was Go Set a Watchmen which came out later but was written first but deemed unpublishable.

 

[CD Boogie]

Fun fact - To Kill A Mockingbird was the Lee's "second" book, the first was Go Set a Watchmen which came out later but was written first but deemed unpublishable.

Mockingbird was a rewrite of Watchmen, which was never intended to be published, and only was after her sister — who acted as her executor and guarded her interests bc she was basically a mute at that point — died. It was a cash grab by her agent and publisher. Those are not so fun facts