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John Pierson, investor in Spike Lee’s first feature, She’s Gotta Have It, financial angel to such films as Stranger Than Paradise, The Thin Blue Line, Slackers, Roger And Me and Go Fish. Author of the book Spike, Mike, Slackers and Dykes.
“Scorsese claims the greatest impact of John Cassavetes’ 16mm Shadows was simply this: There were no more excuses for aspiring directors who were afraid of high costs or unmanageable equipment. That was then, and this was now. His statement, when applied to Jarmusch, rings totally true for the first three New York filmmakers I worked with, Bill Sherwood, Spike Lee and Lizzie Borden, and continues all the way through Kevin Smith. Gregg Araki assures me that the West Coast impact on filmmakers like him, Allison Anders, and Gus Van Sant was equally strong.”
Source: “Spike, Mike, Slackers and Dykes”