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The Spook Who Sat by the Door (1973)
Greatest guerrilla movie ever made
26 March 2006 - 16 out of 17 users found this review helpful.
This is one of the undiscovered treasures of cinema people, if you haven't seen it you need to. They never paid for one permit and they did this movie for about $90,000USD, but they don't skip a beat. Same editor as Schindler's List; if you watch the movie you can tell why Spielberg uses this guy, he is a master.
Even if you don't agree with the films message you have to agree that this is one of thee finest made independent films in existence, and considering the subject matter it is a surprise this film was ever shot, because the book had a pretty hard time getting published too.
I think this film is everything Melvin Van Peebles wanted SweetBack to be.
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