If you’re of a certain age, there’s a decent chance that your first real exposure to the martial-arts cinema of the Shaw Brothers and Gordon Liu came from the generous splices of film dialogue featured on albums by the Wu-Tang Clan. Those samples all came courtesy of Wu-Tang mastermind the RZA, who has since expanded his horizons into feature film scoring and directing, and who is also a frequent participant in panels and Q&As on kung-fu films both classic and obscure.
It’s easy to see the appeal, then, of RZA’s newest venture through his 36 Chambers production company. Dubbed 36 Cinema, the platform presents live streaming commentary on films, with RZA in conversation with Dan Halsted, head programmer of Portland’s Hollywood Theater. The two will present their second film program this Sunday, a live exploration of the ultra-violent jidaigeki pic “Shogun Assassin,” which RZA memorably sampled...
It’s easy to see the appeal, then, of RZA’s newest venture through his 36 Chambers production company. Dubbed 36 Cinema, the platform presents live streaming commentary on films, with RZA in conversation with Dan Halsted, head programmer of Portland’s Hollywood Theater. The two will present their second film program this Sunday, a live exploration of the ultra-violent jidaigeki pic “Shogun Assassin,” which RZA memorably sampled...
- 5/22/2020
- by Andrew Barker
- Variety Film + TV
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