Daily Dialogue — January 13, 2011

“Our bodies are given life from the midst of nothingness. Existing where there is nothing is the meaning of the phrase ‘Form is emptiness.’ That all things are provided for by nothingness is the meaning of the phrase “Emptiness is form.” One should not think that these are two separate things.”

 — Ghost Dog (Forrest Whittaker), Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai (1999), written by Jim Jarmusch

For the actual scene, go here.

The Daily Dialogue theme for the week is philosophy of life suggested by Martin_B. Ghost Dog was suggested by Marc.

Trivia: Ghost Dog shoots Handsome Frank first in the stomach, then in the chest, then in the head. These shots follow the same pattern as seppuku, Japanese ritual suicide, in which the first cut with a sword or knife is made across the belly, the second cut up towards the sternum, and finally the suicide dips his head and is decapitated by his assistant.