text:  dealing with the son of sam killings it's about them accusing each other of being the killer and it's also about the summer in general it's not just the son of sam it's the summer of sam so you've got the blackout you've got disco and punk flourishing and you get to see all these communities it's really well realized spike lee was about 20 when this summer was happening and so i think these details are really baked into his head and he was able to make them come alive