Spike Lee Reveals The Career Advice He Received From Michael Jackson -- Cannes Lions
“It’s a combination of the commercials, the feature films, the documentaries, not music videos but short films.” The latter is how Lee chooses to describe his work with artists including Jackson, Prince, Miles Davis and Public Enemy, following a tip he received from Jackson.Jameela Jamil "Will Work With Any Brand Except The Diet Industry - Do Not Approach" -- Cannes Lions
Lee also revealed he couldn’t resist the offer from Nike to reprise his character of Mars Blackmon – first seen inLee had previously said to friend Barry Brown “I’m never going to do that again” when asked about playing the role in an ad. On stage at the Festival, Lee remembered how, back in 1988, the era-defining three way relationship between him, Nike and a rising basketball star – one“They called me up, said they liked the film, said we want you to do a commercial. You can direct it. You’ll play Mars Blackmon and we want Michael Jordan. At the time, Michael Jordan had not seen a film, nor knew what one was. They could easily have found some big-time director, but Mike agreed to it, and it blew Nike up.
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