She's Gotta Have It (1986)

Comedy Romance Directed by Spike Lee
→ Influenced 4 films ← Inspired by 2 films

The story of Nola Darling's simultaneous sexual relationships with three different men is told by her and by her partners and other friends. All three men wanted her to commit solely to them; Nola resists being "owned" by a single partner.

View Full Graph Trace Lineage Trace Influence Path

Films that influenced She's Gotta Have It

← Inspired By (2)

Films inspired by She's Gotta Have It

→ She's Gotta Have It influenced these (4)

Sources

Influenced By

  1. Rashomon (1950)
    "Spike Lee saw Rashomon in film school and cited it as the structural inspiration: Nola Darling's story told from multiple lovers' perspectives, each contradicting the others." source
  2. Breathless (1960)
    "Lee's New Wave influences (Truffaut, Godard) shaped She's Gotta Have It's jump cuts, direct address to camera, and low-budget verité texture." source

Influenced

  1. Reservoir Dogs (1992)
    "Tarantino, Avary and Hamann cited She's Gotta Have It's micro-budget production as proof an unknown filmmaker could make a self-financed feature work — direct inspiration for Reservoir Dogs." source
  2. Do the Right Thing (1989)
    "Lee's third feature and breakthrough — Brooklyn neighborhood-as-character, Mookie ensemble structure, all developed first in She's Gotta Have It." source
  3. Slacker (1990)
    "Linklater's debut is part of the same indie-feature wave She's Gotta Have It opened — micro-budget, ensemble, deliberately formless." source
  4. Clerks (1994)
    "Kevin Smith's debut is in the She's Gotta Have It tradition: black-and-white, $27,000 budget, single neighborhood, deeply talky — Lee's film proved this was viable." source

She's Gotta Have It (1986), directed by Spike Lee, was inspired by 2 earlier films — including Rashomon and Breathless — and has been cited as an influence on 4 later works, such as Reservoir Dogs, Do the Right Thing, and Slacker. Check out the citations below.