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Editor Marc Wiltshire Blends Music Videos and the Kung Fu Genre in 'Wu-Tang: An American Saga'

Wu-Tang Clan ain't nothing to f*** with. This post was written by Marc Wiltshire. The snow was polar white in the Montreal winter of 1994. I was eleven years old, sitting on the school bus when a kid hands the driver a mixtape. What I heard next would turn my freezing butt on fire: Wu-Tang Clan's Ain't Nothin' To F**k With! I knew instantly that what I was hearing was special. I also recognized that my mother would disapprove of me listening to it. Too late. I became hooked on the sounds coming from a faraway land named Shaolin. Cut to thirty years later when I landed my dream job editing the third and final season of Wu-Tang: An American Saga, a biopic TV show co-created by Wu-Tang founding member RZA about the rise of one of the most popular musical groups in history. How does one live up to the vision and hype of a celebrated TV series based on real people? You do your homework. Read More...

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Published By: NoFilmSchool - Thursday, 27 April, 2023

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