Spike Lee’s latest movie, Minimum 2 lowest It is a reinterpretation of English by Akira Kurosawa’s 1963 police drama High and low His hero is played by Denzel Washington. But, along with Washington, Lee’s own collection of art (at least a copy of them) is also important.
In the movie, artworks like Jean-Michel Basquiat, Kehinde Wiley, Deborah Roberts, Gordon Parks, Henry Taylor and others decorate David King’s luxury home, a music tycoon played by Washington.
Mark Friedberg Minimum 2 lowest,Tell Artnet News The film takes Lee’s personal art collection as a reference point, especially after a 2023 survey at the Brooklyn Museum. Horn player (1983) and Now it’s time (1985), a portrait of Toni Morrison by Tim Okamura in 1993, and a series of works by Andy Warhol in 1973.
Friedberg told Artnet. “We immediately see who this person is and where he is because of the way his apartment is dressed and designed.”
The living room of the King’s residence is Willy’s Bishop Harold as Duke of Franconia (2005), portrait of Jackie Robinson, commissioned by Lee, and paintings by Frederick J. Brown Billie, Lester, Fats and Duke (1993).
Artnet It is also reported that the penthouse is decorated with historic photos, such as Park’s Malcom X images and Marvin Gaye’s iconic images on the piano, in a record studio shot by Jim Britt. Prints by Kamala Harris by Shepard Fairey forward The poster is also hung in the bedroom of the king’s son Trey.
The film has a day-to-day trail in David King’s life when he planned to buy back shares of record label Stackin’Hits for $17.5 million. But his integrity was tested when he received a call from the person who claimed to have received Trey and then detailed the issue about the kidnapping.
Minimum 2 lowest Opened on the theater starting September 5th on August 15th and will be broadcast on Apple TV+.
