I was talking with martin scorsese about doing a sequel to taxi driver, where. Taxi driver robert deniro as cab driving vigilante travis bickle directed by martin scorsese columbia pictures movie still. Im aware that im veering dangerously close to asking for an explanatory sequel. There was something about the guy all that rage and. According to contact music, robert deniro is looking to reunite with his old pal martin scorsese on a sequel to their 1976 classic taxi driver. Interview with martin scorsese interviews roger ebert. A mentally unstable veteran works as a nighttime taxi driver in new york city, where the perceived decadence and sleaze fuels his urge for violent action by attempting to liberate a presidential campaign worker and an underage prostitute. Regisseur martin scorsese hat zu diesem film eine ganz andere. Mean streets, taxi driver, raging bull, goodfellas. According to gossip at the berlin international film festival, the new movie is a. A mentally unstable veteran works as a nighttime taxi driver in.
Scorsese eyes new fare for taxi driver film the guardian. Scorsese 67, is in berlin to promote his new psychothriller, shutter island, a thriller based on the bestselling book by dennis. Sacha borat baron cohen asks melanie what her price is friday night with jonathan ross duration. The oscarwinning actor, who starred as disturbed vietnam. Scorseses taxi driver and the king of comedy are two sides. Taxi driver is a dirty movie, not in the same way as the porn movies that travis likes to watch in the rundown theaters of 42nd street, but in its depiction of the grimy city. I said, thats the stupidest fucking idea ive ever heard, the. At the end of taxi driver, what happens screenprism. The idea of a taxi driver sequel was first floated a few years ago by paul schrader, who wrote the original script. Scorsese shot the movie in the summer heat wave of 1975, during a trashcollection strike that. Cinemas feared tough guy teared up as he accepted his career. Todd phillipss movie pays homage to scorseses unsettling classics.
Taxi driver is very effective portrayal of new york, loneliness, violence and does it so well that no film afterwards has managed to capture it. The direction by martin scorsese is very stylish and gives taxi driver a unforgettable look. The role was among a number of breakthrough performances for the actor in the 70s, alongside the young vito corleone in the godfather. The ultimate news source for music, celebrity, entertainment, movies, and current events on the web. Schrader last collaborated with scorsese on 1999s bringing out the dead, and it is not known whether he will be involved in the sequel. Scorsese and i met for lunch during his visit last week to chicago and were joined by paul schrader, who wrote the screenplay for taxi driver. Directed by martin scorsese, this grimy tale of murder and mental illness won the palme dor at cannes. Martin scorseses violent 1976 classic, about a cabdriving insomniac on a killing spree. While a taxi driver sequel has oft been mooted over the years, it has never looked as though it might really come to fruition. Rewatching taxi driver in the age of joker vanity fair. Forty years ago, an alienated cabbie named travis bickle shocked audiences in martin scorsese s taxi driver. Schrader, a midwestern protestant in pullover sweater and tie, and scorsese, a new york italianamerican, in jeans and a beard.