Scorsese and Lars von Trier to remake 'Taxi Driver'....5 TIMES?!?!

[Foggy]

Well done to IGN (Idiots gone nuts) for the naming the article "Scorsese to Remake Taxi Driver?" Way to anger a ton of people over something quite interesting

Source: Ign

It looks as if two visionaries in the film industry, Martin Scorsese and Lars von Trier, are joining forces to create a follow-up to von Trier's 2003 success, The Five Obstructions, which came together as a collaboration piece between von Trier and Jorgen Leth.

Screen Daily has the story. Lars von Trier, the director of such gritty pieces as Dogville, Antichrist, and Dancer in the Dark, will be the puppet master for the legendary Academy Award-winning director Scorsese.

Here's how this works: von Trier asks a famed director to recreate one of his classics five separate times with five different obstructions that the director must abide by. For Jorgen Leth, the target was The Perfect Human; for Scorsese, it is speculated that the film to be remade five times will be arguably his greatest achievement in filmmaking, Taxi Driver.

In an earlier interview by Screen Daily, von Trier elaborated on the experiment's process and motive. "The idea behind this obstructions thing is that you give each other tasks which will move you into an area where you have been reluctant to go yourself. Under protest, you do that and then you enlarge your repertoire."

Basically, if you haven't seen The Five Obstructions, Lars von Trier tried an experiment where Jorgen Leth had to remake Perfect Human his first film, 5 times, but each time he had to stick to a set of rules, like it has to be animated or it has to be shot in Bombay and Leth had to be the Perfect Man.

I think this looks very interesting, I'll be keeping an eye out for it

[octagon]

In an earlier interview by Screen Daily, von Trier elaborated on the experiment's process and motive. "The idea behind this obstructions thing is that you give each other tasks which will move you into an area where you have been reluctant to go yourself. Under protest, you do that and then you enlarge your repertoire."

This could be fun...let's make up Marty's five rules/obstuctions.

1) No Rolling Stones anywhere in the soundtrack. Make that no soundtrack...silent film organ music only.

2) No DeNiro, Pesci, DiCaprio (in fact, nobody with two capital letters in his last name)

3) Comedy, maybe even RomCom. Yes. RomCom

4) A kid (who is not a prostitute, pusher, addict, bagman or corpse) has to be a main character.

5) Set it in Chicago, maybe Milwaukee. Get out in the Heartland.

[Mahatma]

Originally Posted by octagon

This could be fun...let's make up Marty's five rules/obstuctions.

1) No Rolling Stones anywhere in the soundtrack. Make that no soundtrack...silent film organ music only.

2) No DeNiro, Pesci, DiCaprio (in fact, nobody with two capital letters in his last name)

3) Comedy, maybe even RomCom. Yes. RomCom

4) A kid (who is not a prostitute, pusher, addict, bagman or corpse) has to be a main character.

5) Set it in Chicago, maybe Milwaukee. Get out in the Heartland.

Seriously?!Why not get Aniston and Kutschner as lead roles as well

I think we may be in good hands with Scorsese and Trier re-making it.Who will direct though?

[Foggy]

Originally Posted by Mahatma

Seriously?!Why not get Aniston and Kutschner as lead roles as well

I think we may be in good hands with Scorsese and Trier re-making it.Who will direct though?

Scorsese, that's the whole point

My 5 Obstructions:

1) Make it with puppets only
2) Scorsese be Travis Bickle
3) Set it in Russia
4) Make it a silent movie
5) Tell the whole film within 21 Frames

[Blu Ian]

How do you remake a masterpiece?

[Foggy]

Originally Posted by Strafer

How do you remake a masterpiece?

It's not a remake

[broganreynik]

Originally Posted by Foggy

Scorsese, that's the whole point

My 5 Obstructions:

1) Make it with puppets only
2) Scorsese be Travis Pickle
3) Set it in Russia
4) Make it a silent movie
5) Tell the whole film within 21 Frames

I'm not sure if it was intentional for you to say "Pickle", but that would add a pretty odd element.

[Foggy]

Originally Posted by broganreynik

I'm not sure if it was intentional for you to say "Pickle", but that would add a pretty odd element.

I didn't even notice

[octagon]

Originally Posted by Mahatma

Seriously?!Why not get Aniston and Kutschner as lead roles as well

I think we may be in good hands with Scorsese and Trier re-making it.Who will direct though?

Oddly enough that was the only one I was half-serious about. His movies obviously have some very funny moments but I really would be interested to see how he approached a comedy and something like this seems like the perfect opportunity.

[ZoetMB]

Originally Posted by octagon

Oddly enough that was the only one I was half-serious about. His movies obviously have some very funny moments but I really would be interested to see how he approached a comedy and something like this seems like the perfect opportunity.

Scorsese made two comedies: "Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore" and "The King of Comedy".

[Idioteque...]

I hate Lars but the original seemed like Lars was just torturing the guy. It's a cool idea but not when it becomes like torture.