“Yes. I’m considering the possibility,” says Martin Scorsese when asked whether the Frank Sinatra biopic he’s going to be working on eventually will be in 3D. Oh, and remember how he said that Taxi Driver should have been in 3D? Geh. So what does that mean? Read more »
If you get misty-eyed over Scorsese and NYC circa Taxi Driver, watch for TASCHEN’s fancy new book coming out this month with tons of never-before-seen on-set photography by Steve Schapiro, including bloody/cheery/behind-the-scenes De Niro and Scorsese waving a lot of arms and crawling around pretend-dead bodies. Read more »
The trailer for gansterriffic 1920′s Atlantic City HBO series Boardwalk Empire is out and it looks like they’re doing a wolf in weasel’s clothing thing with Steve Buscemi. Read more »
Irritating: buckets of crap poured over [the pretty good] Brooklyn’s Finest for not having enough/having too many guns-go-boom-related spectacles, while criticism for that video-game headache chasm Shutter Island is politely on half-dial. Read more »
Sorry, guys: that whole Taxi Driver remake thing was definitely a cruel lie and the most annoying rumor at the Berlin Film Festival. It didn’t sound very real anyway, pfft. I had a hard time believing Lars Von Trier could scrape together enough funding for an art film so soon, lest more Willem Dafoe penis torture was involved. Oh well.
If Variety’s Taxi Driver rumor has got you salivating for a Hollywood-superfleous-remake-style explosion-laden “update” on the classic, prepare to be disappointed. As amusing as it would be to see a senior Bickle raise some bloody havoc over a teeny hooker (casting idea: Baby Cyrus, blegh), with what collaborator Lars Von Tier’s got in mind, it’s going to be less blockbuster boom and more cinephile dorkfest. YEY!!! Read more »
The MTA rejected a Brooklyn politician’s attempt to honor the late Michael Jackson by renaming one of the borough’s dirtier subway stations after him. Councilmember Letitia James plans to continue petitioning to at least install a plaque at the Hoyt-Schermerhorn station where’s Jackson “Bad” video was filmed. |NYP|
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