If you are either a hip-hop/kung fu/horror/Bear Jew/QT fan, you might have read some online buzz about Man With The Iron Fist, the RZA directed and Eli Roth/Quentin Tarantino produced film that is set to shoot in Chna in September. 
I recently came across these two "trailers" on YouTube for RZA vs The Golden Phoenix, which looks like RZA's tests for his feature. Further investigation had uncovered these behind the scenes videos with RZA working out shots and sequences with kung fu cinema veterans, including fight choreographer Robert Tai (Chinatown Kid; Crippled Avengers; Five Venoms; Ten Tigers of Kwantung; and The Kid with the Golden Arm) and actor Chi Kuan-Chun (Men from the Monastery; Five Shaolin Masters; Shaolin Martial Arts; Disciples of Shaolin; Shaolin Temple). So the question now is, are these the masters he will be using for Iron Fist...?
Behind the scenes amateur doc for Golden Phoenix
Part 2 (has some brief but cool aerial wirework stuff)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uepnHQBeEQE
Part 3
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_bIE8SeEMMs
Part 4
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qCEVzQ3EjjQ
Part 5
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3cLvOharaik
2 comments:
Funny as hell! Keep up the great obscure gongfu stories!
(For some balance have a look at some of the traditional practitioners as well: http://blog.knowledge-must.com/archives/36-Master-Li-Quan-Cultivating-Kung-Fu-Traditions-in-Sichuans-Chengdu.html)
Could be a fun movie! Russell Crowe playing a martial arts master? Awesome!
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