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Highest 2 Lowest with Spike Lee and Jim Jarmusch (Ep. 558)
The Director’s Cut - A DGA Podcast
55 minutes
2 months ago
Highest 2 Lowest with Spike Lee and Jim Jarmusch (Ep. 558)
Director Spike Lee discusses his new film, Highest 2 Lowest, with fellow Director Jim Jarmusch in a Q&A at the DGA theater in New York. In the conversation, he discusses working with his longtime collaborator Denzel Washington and trusting him with his process, packing the film’s mis-en-scene with references to African American artists, and the utilization of his trademark double dolly shot in this film in comparison to his other films.
This reimagining of Akira Kurosawa’s 1963 film High and Low follows music titan David King as he works to save his flagging business. But when he’s targeted by a ransom plot which might jeopardize everything, he must make a high stakes decision that could have dire consequences.
See photos and a summary of this event below:
https://www.dga.org/events/2025/october2025/highest2lowest_qna_0825