One of the best scenes Spike Lee ever filmed. The heat, the tension, the anger, it all comes bubbling to the surface here and you can feel the intensity.
The point of the move was to ask if anyone is doing the right thing. The only person that did was the old drunk guy. But no one ever listens to an old man. Basically everyone did the wrong thing.
Hopefully it's a lesson on doing things on impulse and the unforeseen consequences that could follow after....The old man in his wisdom became the improbable hero. One of my favorite movies of all time hands down
I remember watching this movie in high school for a class. My teacher said a theory for throwing the trash can at the store was to draw the attention away from Sal. They trashed the store out of anger instead of beating up Sal.
Andrea Domo very possible theory but at the end mookie would have said that instead he argued with Sal about his money and said insurance will cover his pizza parlor. Mookie seemed to not regret it watch the interaction between mookie and Sal at the very end
He cast him intentionally to Mirror the scene in Trading Places when he appeared with Eddie Murphy in the holding cell. Murphy was bailed out by the Duke bros, he "bugged out". Also when the two big guys lifted Murphy high against the bars, that Mirrors Buggin Out's cry to to get some black people "up on the wall". Pino's favorite actor was Eddie Murphy. The little boy who ran for ice cream was named "Eddie".
I agree he was the only nice one in the whole movie. But he wasn't perfect either, it came from his father shutting him up and his brother picking on him. If he was in charge of the place. This movie would've been WAY DIFFERENT
@@fashizzle78 yeah that'd probably come under like hate speech. but hanging pictures of italian americans in a pizza joint is quite a few leagues different to that
You blaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaack *** suckah you n**** motha**** that was good, and also " we closin you guinea *** for good for good motha*** until you get them motha*** black pictures on that walll!!!
One of the best scenes in the film! The anger, the tension, and the energy between the characters makes it look so realistic which makes this film so amazing 🎥🎬
Nothing wrong with trying to appeal to the majority of your customers, if that mexican punk convinced his mexicans friends to stop coming to his shop he would either have to put some pictures up or shut down.
@@mauricioandres7470 Yeah, but at the same time Sal should have made more of an effort to keep his temper in check instead of going straight to the insults.
@@gordonchell4364 It may not have been right for Sal to lose his temper, but it was at least understandable. It's easy to see how it all escalates to that point when people come into your restaurant and start yelling in your face. This is the point I think the film is trying to make - no-one in the neighbourhood has one hundred percent of the moral high ground, but when they think they do, well, that's when the trouble starts.
it's just such a spectacular movie. the way it seems like in the first half it's just a series of characters and people interacting and it seems almost like nothing, it's so effortlessly stylish, every scene like a self contained vignette and then in the second half, it's like a magic trick, everything comes together into this beautiful and deep and transcendent meditation on violence and love and race and the right thing and the wrong thing. AND Gus is in it.
Bro you put it into words perfectly I watched the first hour of this film a month ago, and remembered it as one of those "a regular day in the life of..." type of movies like Clerks, having seen the second half now I'm so surprised by the absolute change in tone, it became a full on tragedy.
No one mentioning the girl crying her heart out, that takes some skills, I felt the tension already from the shouting but it took the cake once I saw her begin to shout and cry and flail.
One of the greatest movie scenes in American film history. The spark of destruction caused by destroying the movie's symbol of rebellion (the radio playing "Fight the Power" constantly) Destroying hate with hate, creates literally an explosion of fury. It's very difficult for me to see which side is in the right. I believe they are both on the wrong, and these are the results on a contemporary (at the time) minority neighbourhood in North Brooklyn.
Nah, if there was someone that had a reason to be pissed, it was Sal. Radio Raheem let himself be influenced by an instigator. Coming to a business when they are closed, blasting your music? Even woke companies like Starbucks would ask you to gtfo. This was completely avoidable. How is antagonising local business owners going to change anything? That was a stupid battle and led to a tragic end
If I had a nickel for every "missing the point" comment I've read I could buy his dead ass another radio. Sal lost his temper, destroyed someone's property...ok, not the most mature. That fucking delinquent duo, however, trespassed, harassed him, physically attacked Sal and started a full riot that burned down Sal's life's work. I don't want to hear this "no one did da right thing dur." The point here is, that opening a small business in the inner city is dangerous due to crip-asses like those two... jk, but for real Sal didn't deserve what he got, the radio guy I'm glad died.
When this movie came out, me and my cousins was just walking down the street, coming from playing basketball. Had no clue what it was about. Went in, saw this at 10 years old and I can HONESTLY say it changed my life. It instantly made me aware of social injustice and also fueled me to become a filmmaker
@@EchoRhythmMusic "Social injustice is when actions are taken that infringe upon a group's rights, marginalize their opportunities or treat them unfairly." The only part of the movie that you could come close to saying was socially unjust could maybe be with the police officers. The rest of the movie exposed the prejudice and bigotry of all people and colors against each other. The heat represented the rising tension and in the climax the fire showed the impact of violence and uncooperative and empathetic people around other people or people groups.
@@EchoRhythmMusic I am a university student and Im doing a mise en scene analysis on this scene for my cinema class. The biggest thing that made me sad was thinking about how this movie came out in 1989 and we really saw the exact same type of violence and bigotry among races these past couple years.
Probably my favorite scene in the film because of how drastically different in tone it is from everything before. There had been scuffles and disputes leading up to this point, but this is the moment when the true rage rises out of everybody, and everything becomes blaring and miserable. Some of the best anger I’ve ever seen onscreen.
Gotta side with Sal on this one, it’s his restaurant, he decides what goes on in there. He had every right to fight back now that they were bringing in more people and screaming their heads off at him.
@@sickfoo5506 no one is saying bugging out and radio Raheem was right for what they did but what Sal did was wrong too. his actions can NOT be justified. Imo anyone who justifies Sal's comments is obviously someone who has negative feelings towards black people. Anytime a black person is too much of a nuisance white people want to. act aggressively towards them. now I can see why black people, Native people, asian people in America are so miserable, you white people treat them unfairly but u pretend that you treat them equally.
I always found it ironic when Buggin' Out yells out how "we're closing you guinea bastards for good" considering the actor who played him, Giancarlo Esposito, is half Italian himself. That plus when Mookie says to Pino earlier in the film "you know what they say about black Italians."
Afro-Italians are indeed a thing, given that the Mediterranean Sea separates Italy and the rest of Southern Europe from Northern Africa, and Africa and Italy have had significant ties dating back to the time of the Roman Empire.
@strike4able you realize Sicily was ruled by North African Muslims for some 200 years, right? And that after the Normans took over, they invaded Africa and ruled modern Tunisia for another 50?
Yeah but my favorite characters are Pino and Mayor, mayor is the only wise character, Pino just reminds me my worst self, he has a lot of racism and anger built because of others perception of him
There's something about seeing Giancarlo Esposito absolutely lose his mind that slays me every time 🤣 It's strange to see someone who portrayed a character as mild mannered and collected as Gus Fring turn a complete 180°
@@Phoenix00Knight he's been playing excellent villains all his life this being one of them School Daze, King of New York, Malcolm X and definitely his role as Estaban in Fresh
It just shows the incredible range Giancarlo has... And the hilarious part is here is Giancarlo Esposito in the role of Buggin Out calling someone a "Guinee mutha fucka" when he's half Italian. 🤣
All the comments about this movie and who "did the right thing" are exactly the problem with American's and race now adays. Both sides are racist rambling on about some stupid pictures on a wall, meanwhile there is no right or wrong. If they don't like the restaurant they don't have to eat there, and if Sal didn't like black people he could of had a different restaurant in a different area. Instead of bitching about race and who's being oppressed, why can't we all just come together and appreciate the diverse and amazing landscape we live in. Yeah sometimes it's not pretty, but by slandering each other and name calling we're only going to end up burning this motherfucker down... My interpretation.
well in this scene it seems he didn't start conflict Radio did and after Sal was called a racial slur it called them one too, so it was twice they started a bigger fight. Can't say if destroying his jukebox was right call but since this was back in the day he would of been justified as he gave them warning to leave as he was closed and they came telling him they want something in his restaurant that he doesn't want, then blasted music in his face practically and kept fighting him ignoring his demands and called him a racial slur. he seems more justified than radio in this.
The silence of disbelief of Raheems radio being destroyed is a powder keg of emotion you can feel about to explode. Raheem and his radio was untouchable throughout the whole movie. Nice scene!
The first ethnic slur in this scene came from "buggin out" who called Sal a guinea bastard. The problem was with "buggin out" and Radio Rahiem. They and they alone started this mess. You may not like it but it's true.
Fight the power literally fits every single scene it’s in. Especially this scene. It’s almost dramatic and intense at the same time. It should have gotten an Oscar nod.
We live in a toxic hateful world at times and this was Spike at his true brilliance. An epic tale of the ambiguity of right and wrong - and the context it needs to be viewed in. worthy of Homer and The Bard. Great movie.
This scene here is Brilliant because you can feel the tension build until it exploded. Excellent writing and directing by Spike Lee and Excellent Acting by all the cast....
This was 1989 folks. It is now 2018. And America is still a powder keg just like this. Love or hate Spike Lee, this scene, and all of the developments afterwards, was one of the most POWERFUL scenes in cinematic history. It's pure raw emotion at its finest.
Its interesting that at the end of the day, while nobody did the right thing, nobody besides radio raheem was willing to beat sals up, they only trashed his business, which while bad, shows that they didnt think he deserved to die or be physically hurt, that human life is more important to them than property damage, and then the police show up and show everybody what matters to them. The point is no matter how in the wrong everyone was, nobody deserved to die.
Love this movie. When I was growing up we had a local pizza shop and I couldn't imagine anything like that happening in there, every time I watch this scene. Reason being, all of the people in the shoppe in this movie, no matter what side they were on, saw each other every single day. There was no reason to result into it going that far. Buggin' Out was 100% to blame for starting the fight but earlier in the movie Sal shouldn't have threatened and kicked him out in that fashion because it made it worse. Buggin' probably wouldn't have started an all-day campaign to boycott the restaurant if Sal talked to him outside privately.
I love it when this song "Fight the Power" by Public Enemy plays through the whole entire movie of Spike Lee's film Do the Right Thing. It plays in the opening credits as Rosie Perez's character Tina dances to the song, shadowboxing and demonstrating her personality's animus. The song is most prevalent in scenes with Bill Nunn's imposing character Radio Raheem, who carries a boombox around the film's neighborhood with the song playing loudly and represents Black consciousness.
Spike Lee’s DO THE RIGHT THING has the Technicolor reminiscence of Victor Fleming’s 1939 Technicolor film GONE WITH THE WIND. The neighborhood is like the town of 1864 Alabama by day with bright red-orange filters and at night when the riot scene occurs it’s almost like the burning of Atlanta scene in Gone with the Wind. Both films involve war and conflict with diversity.
EXACTLY. Please join the long extended conversation at the top of the comments with Hartm-the-man and myself! He seems to think that a customer can make a business owner decorate his place with black people in an Italian restaurant, simply because most of the customers are black!
CORRECT! Please join the long extended conversation at the top of the comments with Hartm-the-man and myself! He seems to think that a customer can make a business owner decorate his place with black people in an Italian restaurant, simply because most of the customers are black!
Giancarlo Esposito from back in the day. Ya'll youngsters might only remember him from " Breaking Bad" and "Better Call Saul" lol. When you look at this movies it's Ironic that in real life he shares both ethnicity . Having a African-American mother and Italian father
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One of the best scenes Spike Lee ever filmed. The heat, the tension, the anger, it all comes bubbling to the surface here and you can feel the intensity.
Silver Snail14 agree. he was a genious
@@suctionhong6728 he still is
Best film he ever made.
Silver Snail14 Agreed. Happy belated 30th Anniversary, DTRT.
@greg oscar facts i cant imagine what the atmosphere in the movie theaters was like
The point of the move was to ask if anyone is doing the right thing. The only person that did was the old drunk guy. But no one ever listens to an old man. Basically everyone did the wrong thing.
Skeptical Slim actually people say Mookie throwing the trash can through the window was the right thing to do
Hopefully it's a lesson on doing things on impulse and the unforeseen consequences that could follow after....The old man in his wisdom became the improbable hero. One of my favorite movies of all time hands down
I remember watching this movie in high school for a class. My teacher said a theory for throwing the trash can at the store was to draw the attention away from Sal. They trashed the store out of anger instead of beating up Sal.
Andrea Domo very possible theory but at the end mookie would have said that instead he argued with Sal about his money and said insurance will cover his pizza parlor. Mookie seemed to not regret it watch the interaction between mookie and Sal at the very end
@@checkthemikecrophone9050 True.
When Raheem is strangling sal, he’s using the hand with the hate ring on it
Spike Lee's choice to cast Giancarlo Esposito as Bugging Out was done on purpose. He's half black half Italian. Adds a level of irony
No wonder he seemed so conflicted in this movie
What I thought he was Puerto Rican
@@amandamarcelle2572 his dad is from Italy and his mother is African American
He cast him intentionally to Mirror the scene in Trading Places when he appeared with Eddie Murphy in the holding cell.
Murphy was bailed out by the Duke bros, he "bugged out".
Also when the two big guys lifted Murphy high against the bars, that Mirrors Buggin Out's cry to to get some black people "up on the wall".
Pino's favorite actor was Eddie Murphy. The little boy who ran for ice cream was named "Eddie".
I think he wanted Wesley Snipes for that role but he took Major League instead.
The other black people in the pizzeria were on Sal's side until he dropped the "N" bomb. You can hear them backing Sal up before that.
They was dead wrong for putting smiley into they bullshit they know he slow
SgtBaker16 most rap is trash I rather listen to actual African music from Africa
I respect you for not saying the word. Thank you. God bless.
@SgtBaker16 thank you for not saying the word.
@@kimberlyjohnson30 😂😂😂😂😂
"Then get the f*** outta here, we're f***ing closed!"
The only guy who's being practical. XD
@Shan Chaudhry YOU WANNA CLOSE ME DOWN?!
YOU GODDAMN RIGHT!!!
I agree he was the only nice one in the whole movie. But he wasn't perfect either, it came from his father shutting him up and his brother picking on him. If he was in charge of the place. This movie would've been WAY DIFFERENT
Spike Lee himself said that Sal was right to decorate his place how he liked
MistaZiggy it’s his livelihood. If he don’t like how it looks inside, he wouldn’t want to go work there.
Really what if he put up Confederate flags and pictures of lynchings and hangings .those rights have a limit wouldn't you agree
fashizzle78 no he can do what he wants on his property
@@jaydaddy4080 yeah in certain areas
@@fashizzle78 yeah that'd probably come under like hate speech. but hanging pictures of italian americans in a pizza joint is quite a few leagues different to that
Great acting by Danny Aiello and Giancarlo Esposito.
Danny Aiello has died.
Aiello was a great actor. R.I.P
Those two went ALL IN!
@@HARDMANALIVE They all did
You blaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaack *** suckah you n**** motha**** that was good, and also " we closin you guinea *** for good for good motha*** until you get them motha*** black pictures on that walll!!!
One of the best scenes in the film! The anger, the tension, and the energy between the characters makes it look so realistic which makes this film so amazing 🎥🎬
When Buggin Out got released from jail, he headed to the borderland and started his own restaurant chain.
Pollos Hermanos.
And then a Mexican punk asks Bugging out "when are you gonna put pictures of Mexican People on your wall of fame?" And it repeats again!
What goes around, comes around!
TechnoHajikelist I'm sure Mexicans couldn't give 2 shuts about shitty pictures
Nothing wrong with trying to appeal to the majority of your customers, if that mexican punk convinced his mexicans friends to stop coming to his shop he would either have to put some pictures up or shut down.
The Observant Servant Still no black people on his walls last time I saw Breaking Bad.
I like how Spike Lee makes it so both opinions make sense so everyone can equally appreciate his work of art.
Both opinions makes kinda sense also because they are both taking the problem wrong. Although Sal was the one right about how he should decorate
@@mauricioandres7470 Yeah, but at the same time Sal should have made more of an effort to keep his temper in check instead of going straight to the insults.
@@gordonchell4364 Yeah, Sal was more right in his reasons, but he completely lost it then
@@gordonchell4364 It may not have been right for Sal to lose his temper, but it was at least understandable. It's easy to see how it all escalates to that point when people come into your restaurant and start yelling in your face.
This is the point I think the film is trying to make - no-one in the neighbourhood has one hundred percent of the moral high ground, but when they think they do, well, that's when the trouble starts.
Yeah..it was great when he used to do that. Abandoned quality over personal politics a long time ago
2:42 That close up of Martin Lawrence is so damn hilarious
He F--ked up my Eye. LOL!!!
Stg 😂😂😂😂
it was a bumblebee....😂
it's just such a spectacular movie. the way it seems like in the first half it's just a series of characters and people interacting and it seems almost like nothing, it's so effortlessly stylish, every scene like a self contained vignette and then in the second half, it's like a magic trick, everything comes together into this beautiful and deep and transcendent meditation on violence and love and race and the right thing and the wrong thing. AND Gus is in it.
It's bad...
Bro you put it into words perfectly
I watched the first hour of this film a month ago, and remembered it as one of those "a regular day in the life of..." type of movies like Clerks, having seen the second half now I'm so surprised by the absolute change in tone, it became a full on tragedy.
No one mentioning the girl crying her heart out, that takes some skills, I felt the tension already from the shouting but it took the cake once I saw her begin to shout and cry and flail.
I found her really annoying lol
@@thatrandomgirl2596 me too cause she was egging it on at one point
Unreal scene. Legendary
One of the greatest movie scenes in American film history.
The spark of destruction caused by destroying the movie's symbol of rebellion (the radio playing "Fight the Power" constantly)
Destroying hate with hate, creates literally an explosion of fury. It's very difficult for me to see which side is in the right. I believe they are both on the wrong, and these are the results on a contemporary (at the time) minority neighbourhood in North Brooklyn.
The symbol of rebellion? Rebellion is walking around your own black neighbourhood blowing everyone's ear drums out?
@@cockoffgewgle4993 Mf the song is about resisting the power that be. It’s a symbol within the movie.
@@artloverivy And resisting is what got him killed lol.
😂
Nah, if there was someone that had a reason to be pissed, it was Sal. Radio Raheem let himself be influenced by an instigator. Coming to a business when they are closed, blasting your music? Even woke companies like Starbucks would ask you to gtfo. This was completely avoidable. How is antagonising local business owners going to change anything? That was a stupid battle and led to a tragic end
RIP Radio Raheem. Buying 20 D batteries in his honor.
Im gonna buy a boom box and blast fight the power in my neighborhood
a simple boycott woulda done the same, playing loud music and yelling...that wop shoulda also just called the police instead of engaging them.
and that other guy should not have choked him like that over a fucking radio...that coulda killed him..that was eric gardner shit right there,.
tonecot89 let me tell you the story about LOVE and HATE............
both sides have hate towards each other
Imagine how much water the actors needed after shouting and screaming so much
Spike Lee’s camera angles were so unprecedented.
That's the point. When the angle is oblique, it creates tension.
People who support the way buggin and radio raheem behave in this scene completely miss the point.
David Mason-Jar correct on all levels
If I had a nickel for every "missing the point" comment I've read I could buy his dead ass another radio. Sal lost his temper, destroyed someone's property...ok, not the most mature. That fucking delinquent duo, however, trespassed, harassed him, physically attacked Sal and started a full riot that burned down Sal's life's work.
I don't want to hear this "no one did da right thing dur." The point here is, that opening a small business in the inner city is dangerous due to crip-asses like those two... jk, but for real Sal didn't deserve what he got, the radio guy I'm glad died.
Does Brian sound like a Japanese name fuckFACE?
David Mason-Jar same can be said for sal and his racist son
David Mason-Jar sal thought he owned the neighborhood, but he didn’t
Sal really hated Public Enemy.
+Wulfrach e garbage i can tell your probably a trump supporter.
Hartm-the-man lol
Haha
Sal didn't know what time it was... big mistake.
U think so?
Danny Aiello Rest in power he died today at age 86!!!!!!!
That’s a blessing, it hurt when I found out he died! This was my favorite movie with him in it
@Slim Pickens Yes playing a corrupt cop!!!!!
@@dwightlove3704 Harlem Nights (1989)
WHY IT GOTTA BE ABOUT JUNGLE MUSIC?!
WHY IT GOTTA BE ABOUT AFRI-CA!?
LMAO
ITS ABOUT. THEM FUCKING. PICTURES!!!!!!
ITS AH BOUT TURNIN DAT SHIT OFF AND GET DA FUK OUTTA MY PLACE!!!
Jason peng RADIO REHEM!!!
+wlliamson53 THIS MUSIC...MY MUSIC!!!
Jason peng FUCK YO MUSIC!
When this movie came out, me and my cousins was just walking down the street, coming from playing basketball. Had no clue what it was about. Went in, saw this at 10 years old and I can HONESTLY say it changed my life. It instantly made me aware of social injustice and also fueled me to become a filmmaker
Social injustice? Lol
@@NoName-hg6cc absolutely. What movie were you watching?
@@EchoRhythmMusic "Social injustice is when actions are taken that infringe upon a group's rights, marginalize their opportunities or treat them unfairly." The only part of the movie that you could come close to saying was socially unjust could maybe be with the police officers. The rest of the movie exposed the prejudice and bigotry of all people and colors against each other. The heat represented the rising tension and in the climax the fire showed the impact of violence and uncooperative and empathetic people around other people or people groups.
@@EchoRhythmMusic I am a university student and Im doing a mise en scene analysis on this scene for my cinema class. The biggest thing that made me sad was thinking about how this movie came out in 1989 and we really saw the exact same type of violence and bigotry among races these past couple years.
@@espyliketheawards that’s the part I’m talking about. RIP Radio Raheem
Probably my favorite scene in the film because of how drastically different in tone it is from everything before. There had been scuffles and disputes leading up to this point, but this is the moment when the true rage rises out of everybody, and everything becomes blaring and miserable. Some of the best anger I’ve ever seen onscreen.
Buggin out was so funny 😆 I love the way he screams and goes off😭
Your right that is so funny as hell
Rip to radio Raheem and the pizza owner. Crazy how they both died a year apart
And just 5 months after the 30 anniversary too
No, they died 3 years apart.
Gotta side with Sal on this one, it’s his restaurant, he decides what goes on in there. He had every right to fight back now that they were bringing in more people and screaming their heads off at him.
“Fighting back” at people yelling at u doesnt have to include calling them racial slurs and destroying their property.
The guy did not even pay the pizza slice in full to beging with then he had the nerve to demand things
@@MayISpeak doesnt have to but who was doing the instigating here? Once its go time its go time
@@sickfoo5506 no one is saying bugging out and radio Raheem was right for what they did but what Sal did was wrong too. his actions can NOT be justified. Imo anyone who justifies Sal's comments is obviously someone who has negative feelings towards black people. Anytime a black person is too much of a nuisance white people want to. act aggressively towards them. now I can see why black people, Native people, asian people in America are so miserable, you white people treat them unfairly but u pretend that you treat them equally.
@@sickfoo5506 and if a black person responded the way that Sal did you surly wouldn't side with them
Danny Aiello is one of my all time favorites an Italian American legend
You know he died in 2019 right?
Fun fact: Giancarlo Esposito is half Italian
Bob Costas , the name gives it away...
Bob Costas yes that’s true
And his mother is a black woman from Alabama too .
Ironic
He's only doing his field of work of acting.
Bill Nunn was a big part of this movie....I hate to hear of his passing.
That was sad, yes.
GGirll22 I remember him from Sister Act as that detective that wanted whoopi's character to hide out at the convent as a nun.
Lucky Number 9 he was also in new jack city and the Spider-Man movies Also
GGirll22 He also appeared in School Daze and Mo' Better Blues.
Now, Danny Aiello has died.
Masterpiece of a film.
so good
Jonathan Moreira Driving Miss Daisy won for BEST PICTURE IN '1990
Dwight Love That was bullshit .
Richard Berry Think how Spike Lee feels
R.I.P. Danny Aiello and Bill Nunn 🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼
And Robin Harris, Paul Benjamin, Ozzie Davis and Ruby Dee 🙏🙏🙏🙏
RIP Danny Aiello...such a great actor in this movie!
I always found it ironic when Buggin' Out yells out how "we're closing you guinea bastards for good" considering the actor who played him, Giancarlo Esposito, is half Italian himself. That plus when Mookie says to Pino earlier in the film "you know what they say about black Italians."
SNARCast Productions Spike Lee eggs people on to use epithets for dramatic tension unlike Tarantino who just likes using them
SNARCast Productions Dark not black Italians.
Afro-Italians are indeed a thing, given that the Mediterranean Sea separates Italy and the rest of Southern Europe from Northern Africa, and Africa and Italy have had significant ties dating back to the time of the Roman Empire.
@strike4able you realize Sicily was ruled by North African Muslims for some 200 years, right? And that after the Normans took over, they invaded Africa and ruled modern Tunisia for another 50?
I love how this movie is in HD, filmed over 30 years ago and looks like it was shot yesterday. So many stars in this movie too.
Can never get tired of this masterpiece
Did anyone else catch and love the symbolism of the boxing pic of Joe Louis and Rocky Marciano @ 2:40...a black and an Italian fighting lol.
never realized that lol
I'm surprised not many caught that.
It's not Joe Louis. It's Ezzard Charles...
Vam The Anomaly Duh, it’s pretty obvious
My favorite part of this scene
I love how this movie is about terrible people being terrible to other terrible people, with Vito and Mayor being the exceptions.
Yeah but my favorite characters are Pino and Mayor, mayor is the only wise character, Pino just reminds me my worst self, he has a lot of racism and anger built because of others perception of him
Only a terrible person would post a comment like yours...
@@seantaylor5051at least you realize your racism is bad
@@RK-um9turetarded on purpose for attention?
I don't think that's what this film is about.
This film.. had the one of the most amazing casts. RIP legend.
Poor innocent boom-box,mindin' it's own business and got smashed to pieces,
Thanks to Radio Raheem.
james brooks everyday to many innocent young boom boxes just minding their own business and then being harrases and destroyed smh
That boom box had dreams of its own too. For only 25 cents a day you can help end boom box violence
Poor Sal
@Your Friend, Ponce THEY DO BRO I FEEL SORRY FOR THAT BOOMBOX
This scene was worth the price of admission!!!!!
Still a masterpiece 30 years later
R.I.P. Bill Nunn, Danny Aiello, Ossie Davis and Ruby Dee
This escalated quick and all because of pictures. The heat, the anger, the rage, and frustration all came to a head.
There's something about seeing Giancarlo Esposito absolutely lose his mind that slays me every time 🤣 It's strange to see someone who portrayed a character as mild mannered and collected as Gus Fring turn a complete 180°
I’m convinced that they cloned Giancarlo because there’s no way 😂
He turned a 180 when he played Gus, not the other way around, but I see what you mean :)
@@Phoenix00Knight he's been playing excellent villains all his life this being one of them School Daze, King of New York, Malcolm X and definitely his role as Estaban in Fresh
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It just shows the incredible range Giancarlo has... And the hilarious part is here is Giancarlo Esposito in the role of Buggin Out calling someone a "Guinee mutha fucka" when he's half Italian. 🤣
All of this could have been avoided. You can't just start shit and expect someone to listen. Violence=violence. 👆
:/ true dat
Sf I am not a edddd and we can
Wise words
Rest in Peace to Bill Nunn aka Radio Raheem #Love #Hate
leukemia killed him at only 62 :(
He would’ve been perfect as Mister Sandman if they had made a punch out movie back then.
Now, Danny Aiello has died.
All the comments about this movie and who "did the right thing" are exactly the problem with American's and race now adays. Both sides are racist rambling on about some stupid pictures on a wall, meanwhile there is no right or wrong. If they don't like the restaurant they don't have to eat there, and if Sal didn't like black people he could of had a different restaurant in a different area. Instead of bitching about race and who's being oppressed, why can't we all just come together and appreciate the diverse and amazing landscape we live in. Yeah sometimes it's not pretty, but by slandering each other and name calling we're only going to end up burning this motherfucker down... My interpretation.
It happens when we dont talk to one another. Instead we talk about or through one another
well in this scene it seems he didn't start conflict Radio did and after Sal was called a racial slur it called them one too, so it was twice they started a bigger fight. Can't say if destroying his jukebox was right call but since this was back in the day he would of been justified as he gave them warning to leave as he was closed and they came telling him they want something in his restaurant that he doesn't want, then blasted music in his face practically and kept fighting him ignoring his demands and called him a racial slur. he seems more justified than radio in this.
This comment is so right, wish the other replies could see that
Years later they said this was really emotional because Giancarlo was close to Danny on the set. Great acting!!!
The silence of disbelief of Raheems radio being destroyed is a powder keg of emotion you can feel about to explode. Raheem and his radio was untouchable throughout the whole movie. Nice scene!
And he was almost killing Sal few seconds later. Raheem had it coming
@@NoName-hg6cc not by the cops though
When Martin grabs Pino and starts trying to choke him 🤣🤣🤣
The first ethnic slur in this scene came from "buggin out" who called Sal a guinea bastard. The problem was with "buggin out" and Radio Rahiem. They and they alone started this mess. You may not like it but it's true.
💯💯💯💯
That's the truth, Ruth.
Actually Sal Told Them To Take The Jungle Music Back To Africa lol
Sal always saw his clientele as inferior. And anyway, he's the one who got violent first.
@9ognimus9 Look up just about any accepted definition of the word and get back to me
Fight the power literally fits every single scene it’s in. Especially this scene. It’s almost dramatic and intense at the same time. It should have gotten an Oscar nod.
Great acting Esposito and Aiello (RIP) and the Dutch camera angles give it an incredible intensity.
We live in a toxic hateful world at times and this was Spike at his true brilliance. An epic tale of the ambiguity of right and wrong - and the context it needs to be viewed in. worthy of Homer and The Bard. Great movie.
This scene here is Brilliant because you can feel the tension build until it exploded. Excellent writing and directing by Spike Lee and Excellent Acting by all the cast....
Radio Raheem: *gives a soliloquy earlier in the film about love overcoming hate*
Also Radio Raheem: 2:29
Buggin out did such an amazing job with this scene you can see & feel it!
They are straight up in the dead wrong here, they come into his business and harass him and then assault him over bullshit like bruh
I honestly was on Sal's side until he started calling Rap Jungle music. Rap and Hip Hop is STREET MUSIC.
and of course Sal breaks and destroys the dude's Radio.
0:08 I love how Radio Raheem stood there like he owned the damn place himself 😂
This scene started riots. I was fired up after I saw this for the first time.
They shouldn’t have caused so many problems. Just eat the pizza in peace
@@ScipioXII They showed up there looking for trouble then play victim when they instigate what happened. Losers
Anthony T 9/10 you’re white
This was 1989 folks. It is now 2018. And America is still a powder keg just like this. Love or hate Spike Lee, this scene, and all of the developments afterwards, was one of the most POWERFUL scenes in cinematic history. It's pure raw emotion at its finest.
Its 2019 now. The 30th Anniversary, after this film came out. Still relevant as ever.
Its 2020 and its the same thing, it will never stop
Yes, all those Italian Americans are a real problem in 2020.
It's now 2023 and it's getting worse.
its not "just like this," it's a million times worse
Gus Fring was just trying to start his chicken restaurant 🤣
Giancarlo Esposito was denied his RIGHTFUL Oscar nomination from this classic!!!!
There were a few Oscar worthy performances in this film. Ginacarlo, Ossie Davis and even John Tuturro.
The meaning behind this scene, and this entire movie, flies over so many peoples heads.
Do the right thing ... nobody in the movie did the right thing .not radio and buggin out not sal not mookie not the police not the rioters
@@fashizzle78 mayor did the right thing
Great freaking scene! I love the "Oh fucking shit" expression on everyone's face when they come walk in the joint. R.I.P Bill Nunn.
It's weird cuz I see him in this movie and all I think of is Robbie from the Sam Rami Spiderman movies. R.I.P
There were some fantastic performances in this film, nice reminder of just how awesome Giancarlo Esposito and Danny Aiello were in this.
As many times as I have seen this film, I have a feeling that this film is going to be more relevant than ever this summer in NYC. Brilliant movie.
They should do a new theater release “Do the right thing 2: Nothing has Changed” Same movie.
@@jorgergonzalezvisualartist8925 LMFAO
Moulies gonna moulie edition
If he had just used a walkman, all of this could’ve been avoided 😂
2:46 there's always that one chick that yells "stop" everytime a fight breaks out 💀
RIP Radio Raheem!!
Now, Danny Aiello has died.
Sal's mistake was dropping the bat.
*not being armed
This movie is still gold imo, best work of Spike Lee defo.
One of the greatest scenes in film history. The mark of a great director...he wasnt judging any of the characters. That's up to you.
the camera angle.... love you spike lee
Its interesting that at the end of the day, while nobody did the right thing, nobody besides radio raheem was willing to beat sals up, they only trashed his business, which while bad, shows that they didnt think he deserved to die or be physically hurt, that human life is more important to them than property damage, and then the police show up and show everybody what matters to them. The point is no matter how in the wrong everyone was, nobody deserved to die.
Rest in Peace Sal , your pizza looked frugal but hey it was your place .
Who acts this entitled over another man's business? Refuse to leave, threaten his livelihood, and act like the victim...I've seen it before.
Buggin out is half italian lol
Rest in Peace Bill Nunn aka Radio Raheem
Love this movie. When I was growing up we had a local pizza shop and I couldn't imagine anything like that happening in there, every time I watch this scene. Reason being, all of the people in the shoppe in this movie, no matter what side they were on, saw each other every single day. There was no reason to result into it going that far. Buggin' Out was 100% to blame for starting the fight but earlier in the movie Sal shouldn't have threatened and kicked him out in that fashion because it made it worse. Buggin' probably wouldn't have started an all-day campaign to boycott the restaurant if Sal talked to him outside privately.
0:08 I liked how Radio Raheem and Buggin Out walked into Sal’s Pizzeria like they own the place. 😂
Buggin Out didn't have to spit on the ground man. He was extra out.🤦🏽😆😆😆😆😆
R.I.P. Danny Aiello aka Sal
Very powerful scene
R.I.P. Bill Nunn Robin Harris and Ossie Davis
I love Esposito's performance in this. He's perfectly over the top in this scene
I love it when this song "Fight the Power" by Public Enemy plays through the whole entire movie of Spike Lee's film Do the Right Thing. It plays in the opening credits as Rosie Perez's character Tina dances to the song, shadowboxing and demonstrating her personality's animus. The song is most prevalent in scenes with Bill Nunn's imposing character Radio Raheem, who carries a boombox around the film's neighborhood with the song playing loudly and represents Black consciousness.
The funny thing is Giancarlo Esposito( buggin out) is half Itallian in real life. LOL
Thanks, I'd never have known. The 15,000 other comments pointing this out didn't register.
"Why it gotta be about jungle music?! Why it gotta be about AF-RI-CAAAA?!" Lmaooo I love this movie
1:56 when I gets all quiet in there, you know something stupid is gonna happen, lol.
Spike Lee’s DO THE RIGHT THING has the Technicolor reminiscence of Victor Fleming’s 1939 Technicolor film GONE WITH THE WIND. The neighborhood is like the town of 1864 Alabama by day with bright red-orange filters and at night when the riot scene occurs it’s almost like the burning of Atlanta scene in Gone with the Wind. Both films involve war and conflict with diversity.
Truly agree William! I too a fan of the movie Gone with the Wind myself but never read the novel.
One of the greatest Hollywood movies of all time, it’s very emotional and appealing to everyone, I still watch it to this day and I ain’t American.
Ughh something tells me if buggin had his own place and a wall of admired people there wouldnt be one white face on there.
im black I agree..the theme of the pizzeria is Italian like going to an soul food restaurant and asking where are the pictures of Italians at
i just felt bad for Vito. .he had to endure so much and he never displayed any kind of racism despite store being burned down
He probably would he's part Italian in real life lol
EXACTLY. Please join the long extended conversation at the top of the comments with Hartm-the-man and myself! He seems to think that a customer can make a business owner decorate his place with black people in an Italian restaurant, simply because most of the customers are black!
CORRECT! Please join the long extended conversation at the top of the comments
with Hartm-the-man and myself! He seems to think that a customer can
make a business owner decorate his place with black people in an Italian
restaurant, simply because most of the customers are black!
The argument over the fight the power song was so cinematic 🔥🔥🔥
DRAMA!!! Just trying to grab a slice of pizza & then drama happens.
Giancarlo Esposito from back in the day. Ya'll youngsters might only remember him from " Breaking Bad" and "Better Call Saul" lol.
When you look at this movies it's Ironic that in real life he shares both ethnicity . Having a African-American mother and Italian father
It’s always surreal to look back and see Giancarlo Esposito acting like this after being introduced to him through Breaking Bad.
RIP Sal. The Pizzeria mourns for you.
This is the most intense heavy duty thermonuclear movie scene ever filmed. Period. How could you even rehearse this.
Can’t really feel bad for what happened to Radio Raheem… he pretty much instigated everything and was a bully to his own people lol
One of the best scenes of Do the Right Thing, as well as one of the best Spike Lee’s masterpieces.