Films/DVD Asylum

Posted by Monsanto on October 25, 1999 at 13:34:39:

just rented the taxi driver DVD and on the "making of..." documentary, Albert Brooks comments that, although his character made a few jokes throughout the movie, it was "office humor." it wasn't meant to be incredibly funny. he then goes on to assure us that if he wanted to, he could be much funnier. why in the world did he say this? why did he have to make an excuse for playing the role as it should have been played. lately i've heard that he's been bitter because his films aren't as widely known as they should be. i'm a big fan of his but his comment on the documentary was a bit saddening. He also remarks that travis bickle and his character would never have associated in "real life" and this is why DeNiro ignored him between takes. Again, we all know about DeNiro's method. it felt like albert was twisting it all around and telling us that, although it may have looked like DeNiro was snubbing him, he was really just in his role. strange, but i sensed a bit of insecurity on Brooks' part. Oh, and Audiohead: my wife saw it for the first time this weekend and, during the ending she leaned over to me and said "I think he's still in his coma and this is all a dream." I thought that was an interesting take on it.