Editing Do the Right Thing (section)

===Filming===
Principal photography commenced on July 18, 1988, on a single block in [[Brooklyn, New York]]. The film crew transformed the dilapidated Stuyvesant Avenue, between Quincy Street and Lexington Avenue in the Bedford–Stuyvesant neighborhood, creating new structures such as the Korean grocery store, a functional pizza parlor representing Sal's Famous Pizzeria, and a radio station replacing a burnt-out building. Some characters' residences were set in a former crack house shut down by the production, and the [[brownstone]] serving as the home of the only white resident, "Clifton," was a vacant building before filming. Lee organized a block party before principal photography to foster a positive relationship between the neighborhood residents and the filmmakers. Production designer Wynn Thomas altered the street's color scheme, using a great deal of red and orange paint to convey the sense of a heatwave. During filming, the neighborhood's [[crack cocaine|crack]] dealers threatened the film crew for disturbing their business, leading Lee to hire [[Fruit of Islam]] members to provide security.<ref name=ew/> Filming wrapped on September 14, 1988, with a budget of $6.2 million.<ref name="AFI" />

During the final confrontation between Aiello's "Sal" and Giancarlo Esposito's character, "Buggin Out," Lee allowed the actors to improvise racist remarks. Esposito, who was of half-Italian and half-African-American descent, found the scene cathartic.<ref name="AFI" />