As some may have read in NY Mag, rumors coming out of Sundance were that Lars Von Trier was in"talks" with Scorsese about a re-make of the groundbreaking and one of my personal favorite films of all time Taxi Driver. MARTY DON'T DO IT!
First off there could be NO improvement. The magic of that time and feeling in NYC depicted in the film, of dreariness and a feeling of anxiety and of being trapped, of hopeless disgust and lack of any morality, could never be recreated or perhaps even understood today. And the way Scorsese re-wrote the book on film making, different shooting techniques and POV's would be both disrespectful to the Genious himself and to film history. Besides, Von Trier's a misogynistic creepy fuck. And a tool.
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