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Martin ScorseseScreenplay:
Paul SchraderCinematography:
Michael ChapmanComposer:
Bernard HerrmannCast:
Robert De Niro, Jodie Foster, Albert Brooks, Harvey Keitel, Leonard Harris, Peter Boyle, Cybill Shepherd, Diahnne Abbott, Frank Adu, Victor Argo (more)VOD (3)
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At 26, Vietnam veteran Travis Bickle (Robert De Niro) is slipping slowly into isolation and violence on the streets of New York City. Trying to solve his insomnia by driving a yellow cab on the night shift, he grows increasingly disgusted by the people who hang out at night: "Someday a real rain will come and wash all the scum off the streets." His touching attempts to woo Betsy (Cybill Shepherd), a Senator's campaign worker, turn sour when he takes her to a porn movie on their first date. He even fails in his attempt to persuade child prostitute Iris (Jodie Foster) to desert her pimp Sport (Harvey Keitel) and return to her parents and school. Driven to the edge by powerlessness, he buys four handguns and sets out to assassinate the Senator, heading for the infamy of a 'lone crazed gunman'. (Columbia Pictures US)
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Taxi Driver is probably a movie that I will appreciate much later than in my twenties. It is a huge reaction to today’s society, which cannot be monitored. It is only possible to fight it, but the question is whether the fight will change the society or the person who is trying to fight against it. In this film, Robert De Niro made it clear that it is easier for him to change than for the society. With that he created an absolutely unbelievable scene towards the ending, which made me really sick. Even worse were the consequences, which could not be overlooked. Martin Scorsese shot a very good film, but I couldn’t deal with its story. And that was the biggest stumbling block. Otherwise, it’s an example of absolutely great filmmaking, which will be hard to match.
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There was a chance that his fate could have ended well, but Betsy (truly beautiful Cybill Shepherd) should not have blown him off after one date, which he didn't handle organizationally well. The next hope could be the fourteen-year-old prostitute Iris (Jodie Foster, who really was 14), but can she truly save him? Is he capable of acting in a way that will help people? The ending is a fairly expected escalation of events, which only feeds into the great development that the character Travis Bickle has. His life has completely changed, but not here in New York, it changed over there, in Vietnam, New York just showed him that it's not really that different, that it doesn't really make much sense to fight for something so repulsive. Nonetheless, the film still gives us some hope in the end. This is Scorsese's only turning towards hope, towards a higher justice. However, this time he basically completely avoided religious themes and presented us with the fate of one man who will really shake you up. Violence is portrayed here so naturally that you will really think twice about visiting nighttime New York if you ever have the chance.
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Quite shabby and very much “about nothing”. I don’t see anything exceptional about Taxi Driver. De Niro acts like in every film – almost all his roles are the same to me – and I still can’t bring myself to like Scorsese. It’s a shame, but I’ve already come to terms with the fact that the best works of these two gentlemen will never say much to me.
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Scorsese's first major league feature and still one of his most famous. Once again, the master does what he does best, immersing the protagonist chin-deep in the seedy, prostitute- and small-time gangster-infested corners of New York, where no ethical laws apply. As always, the excellent De Niro is amazing in his role and his slow inner transformation is one of the best things of Taxi Driver and enhances its story. Scorsese manipulates the viewer very skilfully, for an hour and a half he just prepares them as they try to identify with the main character, which is very essential towards the final minutes and crucial for the overall impression. The atmosphere is also greatly enhanced by Herrmann's excellent and mysterious music, whose tones are heard at almost every turn. It's just a pity that the narrative wasn't given a smoother and rawer tone, because the bloody finale seems a bit contrasting and absurd in relation to the story as a whole. Taxi Driver is another impressive film from a directing legend, but I'll probably just pass on it again. 80%
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Legendary American director Martin Scorsese has always had a flair for strong themes and great actors, which he proved with this disturbing crime drama in which the utterly inscrutable Robert De Niro as the frustrated loner Travis navigates the dirty streets of New York in a taxi. Absolutely disgusted with abominable social conditions, he finally decides to take justice into his own hands. The young Jodie Foster as the prostitute Iris gives an emotionally convincing performance here, suggesting that she will one day be a star of the first magnitude. (85%)
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