Zidane film inspires Spike Lee documentary on Kobe Bryant

0 Comments | AFP, August, 2008

SINGAPORE (AFP) — US director Spike Lee said here Friday a film on France football legend Zinedine Zidane inspired him to do a similar documentary on American basketball star Kobe Bryant.

"Three or four years ago there was a film in Cannes on the great soccer player Zidane," Lee told delegates to an international conference in Singapore called the Global Brand Forum.

"It was about one game when he was playing with Real Madrid. What was amazing in the film was that 20 cameras were on Zidane (during) the whole match. I was amazed by it, I said this is great."

Lee said he decided to do a similar documentary on National Basketball Association (NBA) superstar Bryant, who plays for the Los Angeles Lakers.

In the documentary, entitled Kobe Bryant 4/13/08,...