Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai

The nine-MC Clan was led by the RZA, who in recent years has gone on to release several solo albums and film scores (Jim Jarmusch's Ghost Dog and Quentin Tarantino's Kill Bill). His latest project, a book released this month called The Tao of...

In this article: RZA, Wu-Tang Clan, Broadway, Jim Jarmusch, Quentin Tarantino, Dragon Ball Z, King Kong, Commodity, and Islam

...empire. He has continued to produce and rap for the Wu-Tang Clan while branching out into film as a sought-after composer (Kill Bill and Ghost Dog: The Way Of The Samurai) and increasingly as an actor, with attention-grabbing supporting...

In this article: RZA, Mathematics, Wu-Tang Clan, The Wu-Tang Manual, Bruce Lee, God, Islam, Allah, Kill Bill, and Christianity

Ghost Dog (Whitaker ) sees himself as a retainer of Louie (John Tormey), a local mobster, who saved Ghost Dog's life years ago. Louie tells Ghost Dog to kill a gangster who is sleeping with the daughter of the mafia boss Vargo (Henry Silva).

In this article: Ghost Dog, Felix the Cat, Rashomon, Le Samourai, and Branded to Kill

...knowledge and goofy enthusiasm to other commentary projects, including the box set of Afro Samurai and a featurette on the music for Ghost Dog: The Way Of The Samurai. He doesn't do many audio commentaries, but after hearing just one of...

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...also tackles texts in which the importance of repetition is less immediately apparent such as the films Independence Day, Fight Club, and Ghost Dog; the television series Buffy, the Vampire Slayer; and Don DeLillo's remarkable novel...

In this article: Independence Day, Jacques Lacan, Historicity, War on Terror, and Alain Badiou

...obsessions for three decades now, and with a handful of America's best post-1970s films to his credit ("Down By Law," "Mystery Train," "Ghost Dog"). If 2005's "Broken Flowers" represented a pinnacle of sorts - with a Zenned-out Bill Murray as...

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...since, Raekwon has released just two albums himself, and both were critical and commercial failures. RZA became a Hollywood composer (Ghost Dog, Kill Bill) and Ghost an unexpected hipster icon. Raekwon remained the guy who once made Cuban...

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The soundtrack to the 1999 Jim Jarmusch film '''' features an original score by RZA and also features hip-hop songs by such artists as Wu-Tang Clan, Killah Priest and Flavor Flav. Two soundtrack albums have been released, one in the United...

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There's probably a simple Japanese fable buried under Jim Jarmusch's new film, "Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai." It would be about the noble samurai and his unworthy master. The samurai serves through many dangerous battles; his master...

In this article: Forest Whitaker, Cliff Gorman, Jim Jarmusch, Carrier pigeon, Mafia, Tricia Vessey, and HBO

IN JIM Jarmusch's delightful "Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai," Louie (John Tormey), a glum, middle-aged foot soldier in a crime family, sits with intense discomfort before his three angry superiors. Ray Vargo (Henry Silva), the big...

In this article: Forest Whitaker, Ice cream, Carrier pigeon, Hagakure, Mystery Train, and Sanjuro