Stephen Soderbergh Like Spike Lee. Tell Your Friends.

Spike Lee: Artist. Pioneer. Crowd-sourcer.

     In the latest example of what is becoming an increasingly common trend of successful filmmakers asking the world for money to finance their projects via Kickstarter, auteur Spike Lee has taken to the crowd-sourcing site to finance his latest, as-yet-unnamed Joint.  His pal Stephen Soderbergh, the man behind Oceans Eleven through Thirteen, has pitched in $10,000.00 as well as an impassioned couple of paragraphs bemoaning the shrinking possibilities of the film industry and why we should support idiosyncratic filmmakers like Lee.

    It's an insightful post, and sweet, but even as more and more big names include Kickstarter as part of their fund-raising strategies, it's still hard to think of someone like Spike Lee needing to solicit donations to get his projects completed.  At least he's only asking for help with a pet project about the 'addiction for blood' unlikely to be seen by more than a few cinephiles.  When Marvel Studios starts asking for money to finance Thor 3, we'll know a line has been crossed.