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Lex Fridman · 2021-10-05

RZA: Wu-Tang Clan, Kung Fu, Chess, God, Life, and Death | Lex Fridman Podcast #228

RZA: Wu-Tang Clan, Kung Fu, Chess, God, Life, and Death | Lex Fridman Podcast #228

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The 36th Chamber of Shaolin

Lau Kar-leung (inferred)

“best best ever”
“the 36th chamber of shaolin now the master killer is your favorite best best ever would you say that's the greatest kung fu movie ever”— guest
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Five Deadly Venoms

Chang Cheh (inferred)

“these movies are beautiful”
“and then i went on to five deadly venoms and spearmen and 36 chambers and these movies are beautiful”— guest
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The Chinese Connection (Fist of Fury)

Bruce Lee (inferred)

“i saw something different there and i got enamored”
“but then when i saw chinese connection which is uh the real festival right i saw something different there and i got enamored”— guest
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Enter the Dragon

Bruce Lee (inferred)

“just really complete”
“and then of course into the dragon right just really complete that's why my first album was into the wu tang 36 chambers of shaolin”— guest
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The Godfather

Francis Ford Coppola (inferred)

“that's your favorite movie”
“but in terms of the real you mentioned the godfather good and evil that's your favorite movie yeah what makes it great”— Lex Fridman
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American Gangster

Ridley Scott (inferred)

“one of your favorites”
“you were an american gangster great film uh you said it's one of your favorites too”— Lex Fridman

The guest's own work

BookBy the guestISBN verified

The Tao of Wu

RZA

“in the tao of wu you're right when my mother left the physical world i lost one of my main links to the universe”— Lex Fridman
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Love Beats Rhymes

RZA

“even though if you watch my movie love beats rhymes i named the school in that movie after my mother”— guest
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Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers)

Wu-Tang Clan

“that's why my first album was into the wu tang 36 chambers of shaolin so it's into the dragon at 36 put together”— guest
BookBy the guestISBN verified

The Wu-Tang Manual

RZA

“read the dowels let's start with the wu tang manual first yeah no you gonna do that second”— guest

Also referenced (named, not recommended)

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Master of the Flying Guillotine

Jimmy Wang Yu (inferred)

“he said master the flying guillotine that i got a chance to uh that you commentate over today and i got a chance to see the screening”— guest
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Black Samurai

Al Adamson (inferred)

“it was a few green hornet clips cut together and then i saw a black samurai then my following kung fu movies”— guest
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The Big Boss (Fists of Fury)

Bruce Lee (inferred)

“when i saw the first one i saw was the big boss which they re-titled fist to fury”— guest
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Scarface

Brian De Palma (inferred)

“so you watched the palmer in scarface uh who does it in two minutes uh but it's only one character”— guest
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Star Trek

Gene Roddenberry (inferred)

“thus star trek to me is just a precursor to our cell phones”— guest
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Back to the Future

Robert Zemeckis (inferred)

“i don't know who's going to come with the back to the future time machine but uh do you have any classmates”— Lex Fridman