Those pesky Scorsese rumors…
Martin Scorsese doesn’t seem like a guy who would work the media. We’ve seen him give acceptance speeches. He rambles. Oh so adorably, he rambles.
Still, with Shutter Island hitting theaters on Friday, you can take what I’m about to post here with a grain of salt.
1.) At the Shutter Island‘s Berlinale press conference on Saturday, Scorsese let it slip that he and Robert De Niro were talking about revisiting the gangster genre. THR caught Scorese’s quote, which states that he and his former go-to leading man were discussing “something that has to do with that world. No doubt about it. But it’s from the vantage point of older men looking back.” Whoa, right? Wait for No. 2.
2.) Today, BlackBook posted a story that says that Scorsese and Lars von Trier are mulling a Taxi Driver remake… starring Robert De Niro. Say what you will about classics and cultural artifacts, but I’m very interested to see what could happen here, even moreso than I am about Martin and Bob reuniting for one last job. Whether this is, as BlackBook points out, a Five Obstructions scenario or if it’s just plain bullshit, it’s certainly fun to think about. Could we be in for a Dogme 95 Taxi Driver? Scorsese’s probably to technical (and violent) for that, but hey, I’d pay still pay to see it.
Even if the rumors turn out to be completely false, I’m happy to use them as a way to once again mention Scorsese’s latest picture, Shutter Island, opens nationwide on Friday. You’re welcome, Marty.
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