Lars Von Trier & Scorsese, huge news (rumor) to me!

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http://ekstrabladet.dk/flash/filmogt...cle1299312.ece

Trier to make film with Scorsese

Lars von Trier, together with Martin Scorsese will do a remake of 'Taxi Driver' from 1976 - Scorsese to remake Taxi Driver based on specific rules - called Obstructions - setup by Lars von Trier for Martin Scorsese

Two of the world's greatest film directors Lars von Trier and American Martin Scorsese throws themselves into a very interesting film, according to movie magazine Echo. They will produce a remake of Scorsese's movie 'Taxi Driver' from 1976, and the film must be made according to certain rules, or "Obstructions as Lars von Trier sets. And Robert De Niro must obviously play Travis again.

Trier has even traveled all the way to Berlin in his motor home to discuss the project with Martin Scorsese, who is here in Berlin with his new film 'Shutter Island'.

This exciting new film project is an extension of the movie 'The Five Obstructions' from 2003, when Trier asked his friend and colleague Jorgen Leth re-recorded his own short film, The Perfect Human - not just one but all five times. And each time with a new set of teasing Obstructions.

Zentropa boss Peter Aalbaek Jensen would not confirm details, but will later today send out a press release about a new collaboration, as Trier must conclude with a famous director. So Echo could possibly be right.

Now before you guys go on about hating the idea of "remaking" I have to tell you guys that this is only a rumor, but if they should do this (to good to be true for me anyways) it won't be a typical remake in the sense of what Hollywood does.

I have seen The Five Obstructions http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0354575/
And I love the whole concept, if you like "artsy-fartsy intellectual" stuff, you should definitely check out The Five Obstructions, from IMDb:
About a filmmaker not only revisiting, but also recreating (not in a conventional sense) one of his first films, The Perfect Human / Det perfekte menneske (1967).
If you shoud be interested in this, check out the original The Perfect Human first, then the documentary which is included in the dvd of course.
WTH? it's even on netflix! http://www.netflix.com/Movie/The_Fiv...r&trkid=222336

Warning, for all you foreign language haters, it's in danish but has english subtitles of course.