Taxi Driver or Apocalypse Now Redux?
 

As somebody who's seen neither, I'm looking to purchase one of these shortly as a blind buy. Both have impressive legacies/reputations and I really have huge respect for Scorsese and Coppola as filmmakers. Which would you guys recommend for me first?

To give a sense of my taste for movies, my top 5 are:

The Godfather, Brokeback Mountain, Pulp Fiction, The Godfather II, The Fellowship of the Ring ... with honourable mentions going to Raging Bull, Almost Famous, and Mystic River.

As a filmmaker huh? Then I would recommend theatrical cut version of Apocalypse Now and if you can't find it Redux will do fine. AN is a beautiful film showing how far one's passion for filmmaking can go, well documented by "Heart of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse."

Taxi Driver is also an excellent film but it's less technical in shooting than AN so that's my reason. BUT PLEASE! Just get both of them. :)

yeah. Hearts of darkness really shows the nitty gritty behind it all and is amazing. I'd go with the original AN first though

I suggest buying Taxi Driver now. Apocalypse Now is getting a re-release with both films called the Complete Dossier - Special Collector's Edition in August.

Taxi Driver

Taxi Driver

your tastes seem more inline with TD.

your tastes seem more inline with TD.

your tastes seem more inline with TD.

Apocalypse Now (non-Redux).

Taxi Freakin' Driver, wait on the newer version of AN coming soon.

Get Apocalypse Now non-reduxed.

what's with the copycatting?

what's with the copycatting?

They're both great, but yeah, if you're buying now, get TAXI DRIVER and go for the APOCALYPSE NOW: The Complete Dossier (which features both theatrical and Redux edits of the film) later this year.

Go to Blockbuster and rent both

Catalog titles at Blockbuster? Good luck...

I live in a Region 4 country so I'm not sure if we'll have the Apocalypse Now: The Complete Dossier Edition ... or at least not until much later after its Region 1 release.

I figured, since you said it so perfectly, why take the time to make up a new sentence. :D

I'd go with Taxi Driver. If I remember correctly I don't think I understood the end of Apocalypse Now.

TD with inline more seem tastes your.

:lol:

Martin Sheen was actually dead the whole time.

Just buy them both. Taxi Driver is a discount title here in the states. It's just $10 or so.

If you REALLY can only buy one, get Apolocalypse Now. Didn't see the movie till I was 18, and it just blew me away. Great filmmaking. Abashingly FUN, cruel, dark, and poetic. The kind of movie I can get into an indepth conversation about.

The movie works a lucid level. It feels deep. It has a lot to say. But it's not just for the beret-wearing, coffee-drinking intellectuals (as opposed to A Space Oddesey). It's a movie that any average moviegoer can get something out of.

Enjoy.

Apocalypse Now, definately. I've only watched Taxi Driver once since I bought it. It was a decent movie, but nothing spectacular.