Martin Scorsese Almost KILLED Someone for Taxi Driver

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[@Film_bro1110]

It would be cool if Tarantino made a KZbin channel where he just talked about movies.

[@alandowning7460]

He has a podcast about it called The Video Archives with his friend Roger Avery where they talk about movies it’s pretty cool

[@NotThatJonesShow]

It would be better that his last 3 movies

[@Reedy1h38]

His new book, cinema speculation is good

[@SvenS2]

​@@alandowning7460 cool, where can you check it out?

[@alandowning7460]

@@SvenS2 I know it’s on Spotify I’m not sure if it’s on other streaming services

[@jaysonp9426]

You should see what a 45 magnum does to a executive's...that you should see.

[@pabloescobar9461]

*44

[@jaysonp9426]

@@pabloescobar9461 good call

[@LupoDeMare69]

best comment

[@michaellavery4899]

As John F. Kennedy has already pointed out, the gun in question is 44 magnum.

[@patflaherty307]

Fun fact: the guy that was supposed to do that scene sitting in the back of the cab in the movie didn't show up that day or got sick?,,, Marty decided to do it and basically improved the whole thing!👍

[@Ope334]

So Martin became his character.

[@badname8501]

Pretty much yeah

[@oophorror2251]

He adlibbed his scene in the back of the taxi. He’s a dark dude.

[@dondami4n]

@@oophorror2251apparently the extra that was supposed to play his character was gone that day but that might be a hollywood legend too

[@ALZY1989]

Someone dodged a bullet 😂😂

[@Sleeper-Work]

Lol the drunk guy with a loaded gun or the guy he wanted to shoot

[@ALZY1989]

​@@Sleeper-Work Both of them in a sense but the executive producer literally dodged it lucky guy😅

[@dislike__button]

"See, I desaturated it." he said to the executive, while wielding his loaded gun. "I see, that's much better. R" 😥

[@shriharihudli8596]

@@dislike__button Made him an offer he couldn't refuse. R rating for the movie or his brains on the table.

[@jbdubz553]

Imagine caring about something so much that you’d consider murder that’s wild to think about.

[@zackwaffen9210]

Not that crazy in my opinion.

[@maxalvarez5223]

I mean considering how much love and care he put into it, there’s a strong argument that it’s his magnum opus. It’s unlike his epic crime dramas but is an epic in its own right. Tells a story of an individual. A very personal film for Marty i’m sure.

[@notd0ll109]

That’s a true artist. It may seem insane to us but that’s why we are not Picasso of van Gogh

[@maxalvarez5223]

@@notd0ll109 what?

[@idlehands1111111111]

​@@maxalvarez5223 wHaT¿

[@fmellish71]

Funny thing is that the desaturation made the blood look more real

[@RoniloJrLawas]

I second your claim

[@brookelambert7204]

Tarantino had to do the same thing in Kill Bill to avoid a NC-17 rating.

[@Sharken-ob9gu]

In the trailer at least

[@Gitfiddle]

These directors in the 70’s were wild guys. Really they’re one step away from an insane asylum. That’s what made them great directors. They were crazy artist high on drugs and booze. And we got the best decade of films ever made. Now we got guys like JJ Abrams and Jos Whedon who will accept any “notes” from the studio. They’re literally shills for the Hollywood studios. They deliver bland unoriginal movies.

[@williamshakespeare9815]

Add on top of that Martin grew up around a lot of mob guys

[@danielevans9379]

Well stated. You should read the ultimate book on that maverick era of film making- “Easy Riders and Raging Bulls:How the drugs, sex, and rock and roll generation saved Hollywood. It’s a fascinating read

[@SMoneyT]

​@@Psychedelicgothicpinkthat psycho who loves to make eroticas 😂

[@adyingbreedofman9112]

I can't think of his name but I've become of a fan of director of wind river, hell over high water and so on

[@eranodelpum9752]

​@@adyingbreedofman9112is that in nexflixt? If no were i can see it

[@nossenkanter]

"Now that you should see, what a .44 Magnum pistol does to an executive's face."

[@morrowtom7500]

I wonder how many movies have been held back from becoming the next Taxi Driver because of the MPAA

[@alexpollock6932]

Now a days, probably not much.

[@sonny9493]

​@@alexpollock6932 There is plenty of fantastic films coming out these days

[@alexpollock6932]

@@sonny9493 what? That’s not even what the comment was talking about. They asked how many movies are being held back because of the MPAA. Now a days Taxi driver would easily get the R rating without question, so any films that are comparable wouldn’t be held back

[@analcommando1124]

@@sonny9493 name them because i see nothing but cheap slop made for streaming or comic book junk.

[@patflaherty307]

​@@analcommando1124 ok Mr. Director,,, how many movies have you done??

[@OPUP]

Censorship being as it is, it’s frustrating, but true genius is never suppressed by restrictions, rather it thrives under the challenge. This is what I take from this video. Also don’t let Martin Scorsese drink with a gun anymore lol.

[@dynamicvoltage9765]

That's not censorship though. They didn't tell him he couldn't do it. They told him what rating they would give if he did.

[@BenOchart]

And DaVinci Resolve was born, LOL

[@ChristopherCopeland]

And the shadows were evidently more magenta 😂

[@sankalpranjan1863]

😂

[@williamshakespeare9815]

​@@ChristopherCopelandand teal and orange came soon aftrr 😢

[@marcushaynes843]

Holy shit. Now that's an urban legend.

[@eloisacute111]

so Martin was really that sick passenger irl

[@zacharysiple629]

Some people say something like: "I'd kill for a burger right now." Scorsese is like: "I'd kill for my movies" and actually means it! :0

[@wetwilly01]

Well, Marty was well known for drinking champagne and popping ludes in the editing room.

[@nikolabaric1140]

it'd be pretty cool if someone were to make a video re-saturating the scene to try replicate it's original state then

[@empathicallyyours4937]

all movies should be exactly as the filmmaker wants it to be, studios should either take it or leave it, censorship is as horrible as religious rituals that oppress people

[@darren871]

So then who takes the losses if the movie either doesn't get made or the movie performs poorly due to only being allowed to be shown in essentially porn theaters? The investment studios or the filmmaker?

[@KABOBkabob]

Lol it's not censorship when someone else is paying for your movie to be made. If you're self funding you can do whatever you want but if you want someone to hand you millions of dollars you have to play by their rules at least a little bit

[@krypticunlimited6925]

Your opinion was valid until that second part lmao. Let’s not go that far. It’s always some nut in the comment section trying to bring so-called “religious oppression” into everything and project their own insecurities

[@krypticunlimited6925]

@@privisuals9888 your comment isn’t even remotely discernible, and even if it was it still wouldn’t make any sense. The practices you refer to in India are wrong, but that doesn’t make practice as a whole wrong. And in regards to Saudi there’s nothing wrong with what you’re describing, that’s just their way of life which you are denouncing through your own orientalist perspective

[@werdle92]

Its true. the color of blood matters. Youll notice it in a lot of bloodier PG13 movies, the blood is almost black.

[@skins4thewin]

Better than not having it. Some scenes are far less impactful without it. It creates tension & despair. Without it the emotional impact of the scene isn't the same.

[@xhunterxpiecex286]

@@skins4thewin they bought the MCU in 2011

[@skins4thewin]

@@xhunterxpiecex286 Fair point I guess.

[@MilkSteak55]

@@skins4thewinI agree. I was watching the old x-men movies and it takes me out of it when Wolverine is slashing people up and there’s not a drop of blood. I get why they do it obviously but it’s always bothered me

[@skins4thewin]

@MilkSteak55 Well it depends on the scene. If it's just a run of the mill fight scene then whatever, but one with emotional weight behind it? Then it becomes far more important. It's there to show just what the character is going through. Blood has an emotional weight to it.

[@lTha208l]

Probably makes the blood look more real in the end than that candy apple looking red

[@MehranMoin]

Scorsese wouldn't shoot his own load - dude's a devout Catholic for God's sake!

[@williamshakespeare9815]

So is the Italian mafia.

[@babylonhasfallen1329]

I’m calling BS on the whole murdering part. I thinks it’s just Hollywood embellishment .

[@miserablepumpkin9453]

Well I mean...artists are artists still. Fuck with their creative vision to this extent abd reap the consequences

[@jimsmith3715]

There is no murdering part... The story is apparently Martin Scorcese was drinking with a gun "plotting" to kill an executive, but somehow he has his peers come over and talk him out of it and somehow he comes up with the rating. Seems just like a whacky legend but it's probably rooted in truth. I'm sure Marty was drinking with a gun talking shit that night

[@theprimaryread8081]

Yeah I don’t even think this is an actual rumor that pervades Hollywood, I’m 99% sure Tarantino just let his imagination get carried away here lmao

[@jacobprice4311]

​​@@miserablepumpkin9453most of them including marty who has mellowed out since are physcopaths. Their life force is the art

[@krypticunlimited6925]

That’s the funniest part about it. We will never truly know. Scorsese will never confirm or deny it. On one hand it could be a story made up to create more aura and lore around the film thus bringing more attention. But on the other hand, Scorsese at this time was an impassioned artist in the 70s going through a severe cocaine addiction…anything is possible. But no matter what you believe, we’ll never truly know

[@sandhanitizer15]

Nowadays if a film has an X rating, I think I'd be more inclined to see it lol

[@dr.richardcockter9633]

the problem is the film won’t make as much money with an x rating

[@jimsmith3715]

Yeah for sure but I think even though it hits a stronger audience, because the bulk numbers aren't there they don't go for that rating. Also as I understood it X meant sexual, at least in Australia, and R is the highest the ratings go

[@arhaegar12e.73]

Loll yes and no… See (but don’t) ‘Blonde’...👀🫠

[@VE.creations]

was looking for this comment. Thank you.

[@lovingmayberry307]

This just proves how ridiculous the rating/censoring system is.

[@timswabb]

And a lot of directors have used this loophole since, including Tarantino (shifting to black and white in Kill Bill) and Peter Jackson (making orc blood black in The Lord of the Rings).

[@lil._.gon1]

Young scorsese kinda looks like charles manson

[@NotAStanAccount]

Hahahaha, yes -- THIS!

[@akuzikemauluka1086]

Scorsese is such a cinephile to protect his work like that. Good for you, Marty.

[@jesse-ll3dh]

They should redo Taxi Driver and make the Blood the real color it was meant to be.

[@PrismCasillica]

This explains why some shows and games change the color of blood to anything but red.

[@boris8787]

* Martin Scorsese would like to preserve classic films such as the masterpiece set in the movie town of Chillingbourne.

[@josecarranza7555]

This is so new to me. Cause I always wondered why the color looks different in the shooting scene from the rest of the movie. And I always just assumed it was 70’s cameras that made it that way.

[@therewasadisaster]

This shouldn't be praised or normalised, if it's true

[@BrowserReady]

Only reason I am here, This was in my notifications as RECOMENDED!

[@davemustaki134]

He seems a bit out there wouldn't surprise me

[@gbaker9295]

Look how Scorsese is closed off - legs and arms tightly crossed

[@jimsmith3715]

How does the colour of blood have this affect on the rating?

[@pontnlbeats]

He was literally him

[@imsqeker69420]

The character you create is just as smart and designed as you are, I’m not surprised Martian at some point was thinking of killing someone.

[@Knave_Orange_24]

Ironically the desaturated color actually made the scene better

[@KevinJXT38]

Absolute LEGEND

[@PhantomFilmAustralia]

To think he was so close to becoming a priest.😂

[@reptongeek]

I don't know if it's because films have got more violent since the seventies but I was disappointed by the final scene because of this anecdote. It seems really tame now 45 years after the film was made

[@engineeringartist4801]

Nowdays on shows like Chicago PD the very realistic bleed-out from head shots is with brown blood. Ever notice that? Red looks fake.

[@Chuked]

MPAA is awful i hate regulation companies

[@mohamedmoemen2100]

If he had actually done it, 70 years later they’d be making a movie about it. With Daniel Radcliffe as Marty.

[@carljuztine3328]

man thats wild

[@RichardGreaves]

I can't see the captions behind the subscribe button and other fixed text at the bottom of the screen.

[@BlowmeRoger]

obsession has negative consequences no doubt

[@mfzoom5401]

Not always

[@alexzander1769]

Rumor has it they're doing a remake

[@troybracy2915]

It would be cool if QT made a movie about this called once upon a time in Hollywood

[@nindorse5763]

Just watched the movie and I felt the filter change in the climax.Now I know why!

[@josha618]

i’d watch a movie about this very incident

[@IbraMaldini3]

He made him an offer

[@matthewvasquez9278]

Who would of knew Scorsese was gonna walk a guy

[@NoMoJo]

That's why I don't like these rating systems. They're very arbitrary

[@ZenGlenn]

😎Creative alternatives are great👌

[@ElSantoLuchador]

And Paul Schrader wrote it while living out of his car.

[@neildempsey4359]

The legend would be him going to shoot the executive over giving him an X rating and the truth is probably that he sat up all night thinking up the desaturation of the colour red. Great legend tho.

[@nomecognome8737]

so basically Spielberg and Scorsese are confirming the story and it's not just a legend Lol

[@user-eq6us4lw6h]

Ik Tarantino and Scorsese's are a friends 😂

[@pneumonianakey]

into a more WHAT blood? (TNO reference holy shit)

[@carlkamuti]

Yeah, that's bollocks right up until the saturation remarks.

[@bloodknight7420]

So Martin Scorsese went…..Scorsese 😊

[@darthyvardyreal]

Ratings are arbitrary bullshit

[@babykuttthroat3410]

N they just went on after that like nothing Fuckin happened ?? AaaaaYYYOOOO

[@markLCE01]

So we glorify somebody that is almost committing murder😅

[@NotAStanAccount]

Well, this is prolly a tall tale, so ...

[@markLCE01]

@@NotAStanAccount So what? Does that make it correct???

[@savethewest4129]

@@markLCE01you sound like a pussí

[@floridaman.813]

@@markLCE01well considering it never happened, I’d say it’s pretty fun to joke around with

[@markLCE01]

@@floridaman.813Then will you glorify if that happens to your love ones or appreciate if people poke fun at it while you suffered

[@ryannazir7000]

You talkn to me?

[@InvalidUser_]

If anything that just made it worse lmao

[@christchanbuentiempo1981]

So scorsese is travis bickle

[@Black_Caucus]

Alec Baldwin moment, just kidding lol

[@angel_d99]

Scorsese, Deniro, Pacino... Such beautiful men 😍✌️legends

[@zmoneytmnt]

Dam that’s passion for what you do. Also a lot of darkness and would have been a incredibly dumb and blowing it way out of proportion. Glad he didn’t do it.

[@annalisavajda252]

Hence the expression...could you just tone it down a bit?

[@deborahdale2169]

HOLLYWEIRD...

[@NoName-ql1wk]

Never happened.

[@Lugs_drama]

Entertain those who arnt -I am I’m a banana

[@turdferguson3982]

Ridiculous

[@probablynotmyname8521]

So ne bit of that is true the rest is just nonsense.

[@dorothyparkes4831]

Me Tarrentino, I love your work I think you are a ginious 🤟

[@panos4800]

I could listen to Tarantino talk for hours.