In an interview with “The Hollywood Reporter” Lee He returned to the competition for the Golden Palm from 1989. His “do, what” had its premiere at the time and was well received. However, the film did not receive a single award from the jury chaired by Wim Wenders. The Golden Palma, on the other hand, went to the movie “Sex, lies and video cassettes” Steven Soderbergh.
“Listen, between me and Steven (Soderbergh) is cool, it has always been cool. It’s all the fault of Wim Wenders. He said that Mookie (the main hero do what should be”, which Lee played) is not a heroic figure and it annoys me ” – said Lee.
“Sally Field and the magnificent, late Héctor Babenco told me what was happening at the jury’s meeting. The chairman said that” do, what he should not win. Then I was furious “,” Lee recalled.
When his film won nothing in 1989, the director caused a scandal. “Wim Wenders should be careful because I am lurking at him. Somewhere deep in the closet I have a baseball stick with his name written on him,” he said then.
“He threatened to be waiting for me in the alley with a stick. Well, he should wait for all members of the jury, because it was not only my decision. The film was not supported by our group. He was unlucky that he was in the main competition in a very strong year” – so he referred to the matter. “Sometimes I did not sleep because of the decisions I had to make at the time. I’m sorry that Spike picked it up in person.”
“Do what should be” lost in the Oscar race. It won only two nominations – for the supporting role of Danny Aiello and the original script. Lost in both categories. Today, however, it is considered one of the most important and best American films of the 1980s.
This year, Lee will return to the Cote d’Azur with his latest film “Highest 2 Lowest”. It will be shown in the non -competition section. Despite the application, he did not get to the main competition. Lee did not hide that he was disappointed with this decision. This time there was no threats.