Summer of Sam

In the summer of 1977, a serial killer who called himself Son of Sam (real name David Berkowitz) held New York City in terror as he went on a killing spree, periodically writing letters to New York's media in which he took full responsibility for the murders and made clear that he intended to kill ...more

In Summer of Sam, Spike Lee revisits the conditions that made his Do the Right Thing one of the most bracing films of the 1980s: a sweltering New York City summer in which tempers flare and bigotry is agitated. In this case, it's the summer of 1977, when David Berkowitz, aka "the Son of Sam," terrorized New York with his parked-car assassinations and bizarre media screeds, forcing thousands indoors and inspiring numerous paranoid witch hunts. While Lee's films often showcase the worst in people, ...more