Lars Von Trier is challanging Scorsese to remake one of his films, but with a set of limitations.

Cool news! But movies like this are usually bad. That is, experimental movies that challenge filmmakers to step outside the conventions of the normal Hollywood narrative.

They’re interesting and self-contained, but are never movies that I obsess over. Von Trier (Antichrist, Breaking Waves) is famous for this stuff, often times never even following his own rules, such as Dogme 95, and choosing instead to be inspired by limitations in general.

Limitations are good. Think of El Mariachi – zero money and two camera lens. Limitations are a filmmaker’s best friend. If you’ve ever spent a few hours watching through the Dogme 95 influenced films from Denmark – you’ve probably seen a lot of garbage.Von Trier’s masterpiece, Break Waves, came almost immediately after the release of Dogma 95 and contained almost none of the restrictions. Or maybe it did? That is up for you to decided..

Moreover, Von Trier is a champion of restrictions, believing it sets a filmmaker free. Von Trier is throwing down rules for Scorsese to follow when he remakes one of his famous shorts or re-shoots a famous sequence or scene. What does all this prove? Very little. But Scorsese, of all the active filmmakers, has most command over what makes filmmaking artistic. His command of his film technique can not be matched. Maybe he’ll flesh out some cool ideas.

Source: hollywoodreporter

-Collin