Lars von trier biography of martin scorsese

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    Martin Scorsese and Lars von Trier To Remake ‘The Five Obstructions’
    There was a story circulating in February of last year that Martin Scorseseand Lars von Trierwould be collaborating to remake the former’s classic, Taxi Driver. It would be done in the vein of the latter’s The Five Obstructions, a documentary he made where he challenges filmmaker Jorgen Leth to remake his short, The Perfect Human. It seemed like it was just a crazy rumor, and both parties blew it off as such.

    But it looks like it’ll be happening in some form, as THR says that the two are indeed collaborating for a remake of The Five Obstructions. For those of you who don’t know that film pictured to the right, it had von Trier challenging Leth to remake The Perfect Human five different times, and each time with a new “obstruction” (hence the title). They included not being allowed to have any shots be more than 12 frames,

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    Master Class with Martin Scorsese

    From Scorsese and Lynch to Wenders and Godard, interviews with twenty of the world’s greatest directors on how they make films—and why. Each great filmskapare has a secret method to his moviemaking—but each of them is different. In ‘Moviemakers’ Master Class,’ Laurent Tirard talks to twenty of today’s most important filmmakers to get to the core of each director’s approach to film, exploring the filmmaker’s vision as well as his technique, while allowing each man to speak in his own röst. Martin Scorsese likes setting up each shot very precisely ahead of time—so that he has the opportunity to change it all if he sees the need. Lars von Trier, on the other hand, refuses to think about a shot until the actual moment of filming. And Bernardo Bertolucci tries to dream his shots the night before; if that doesn’t work, he roams the set alone with a viewfinder, imagining the scene before the actors and crew join him. In these interviews—which originally ap

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    The Five Obstructions

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    The Five Obstructions is a Danishdocumentary film directed by Lars von Trier and Jørgen Leth. The film is conceived as a documentary, but incorporates lengthy sections of experimental films produced by the filmmakers.[1] The premise is that von Trier has created a challenge for his friend and mentor, Jørgen Leth, another renowned filmmaker.[2] Lars von Trier's favorite film is Leth's The Perfect Human, and von Trier gives Leth the task of remakingThe Perfect Human five times, each time with a different "obstruction" (or obstacle) imposed by von Trier.[3]

    It has been said that "Both this film and Dogville show a more mature von Trier, one who is more aware of and accountable to the full implications of the torture, suffering and victimization he has employed in his films, especially in exploring how easily those who victimize others in the name of righteousness become victims [of] their own self-righteousness."