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<\/a><\/p>\nThe 61-year-old director – who has helmed a string of iconic movies during his career, including ‘Do the Right Thing’, ‘She’s Gotta Have It’ and ‘Malcolm X’ – has received worldwide acclaim for his work in the film business, but Spike has insisted he doesn’t measure his success by the number of awards he’s won.<\/p>\n
Speaking to The Hollywood Reporter, Spike explained: “The goal is not to be nominated. The goal is to make films of impact, and this film [‘BlacKkKlansman’] definitely has.<\/p>\n
“I’m not trying to be some grandiose motherf***er like, ‘Oh, I don’t need awards.’ I’m not saying that. But what I’m saying is that there are things more important.”<\/p>\n
Spike’s ‘BlacKkKlansman’ tells the story of real-life black detective Ron Stallworth who infiltrated the Ku Klux Klan in the 1970s.<\/p>\n
And the director considers the movie to have been timely, arriving amid tension in the US.<\/p>\n
He said: “I think it really deals with the world we live in today. I keep saying this, but it’s true – ‘The stars were in alignment.’ Everything is timing, really. You could do anything – a great song, movie, play, novel – and one little thing in there, it’s not gonna hit. It’s not gonna have an impact. It’s timing.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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