Taxi Driver

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Allen T Sep 12 A great character study/story. A mental health story. A cautionary tale. A good one if you like DeNiro. Bernard Herrnann's final score sadly- full of emotion. So glad it was back on the big screen! See more Simon 1 @Simon869 5d Ich mag das genre aber der film ist bei mir nicht ganz angekommen. See more Kingkong K @godkonger Jul 6 As a guy I somehow relate to Henry in this film. The lonely nights, The feeling of wanting a romantic interest, The validation I crave from other people. This film made me realize that you are the 'cab driver' to your life. Wherever the path/destination you go forward that's all up you. Props to the cinematic scenes and how they play jazz in the background it really gives you that dark noir vibe. Overall great film! See more Tristan B @tristan3 Jun 17 [BOT] The pacing dragged a bit but worth it. See more Jonathan S. @JonathanColeSpivey Jun 14 Taxi Driver In the first nine minutes Taxi Driver (1976) reveals a heightened dedication to verisimilitude and skilled in humanity and dreamlike reality. The direction of Martin Scorsese, unveils a gritty 1970 New York City. A streetlamp lit town is trapped and propelled by waves of steam escaping from gutters lined along a limbo of sinful porn theaters and prostitutes and pimps and lost cops before half waken dream state someday hell and others heaven. New York City is a major character at play in a Taxi underworld of noir pacing and anticipating moments. Robert De Niro’s realistic behavior adds to Paul Schrader’s unique take on isolation. The Neo noir film dances to a flowing jazzy genius scored Bernard Herman. Many compare the film writing to Dostoevsky’s Notes From the Underground and inspired by Hitchcock’s The Wrong Man. Jody Foster was brought in at the age of twelve as Iris, underage girl being sec trafficked. Her realistic take on a distress wanderer. (Cole Spivey Facebook) See more Vixo S @vixo_six Jun 9 Taxi Driver remains disturbing because it treats loneliness without romance or comfort. Martin Scorsese turns New York into a psychological landscape where noise, crowds and neon only deepen Travis Bickle's isolation. The film shows a man surrounded by life, yet unable to connect with it. Robert De Niro gives Travis an unsettling fragility, making him feel less like a simple monster than a man whose alienation slowly becomes resentment and delusion. His routines, insomnia and failed attempts at connection reveal how loneliness can distort the self until violence begins to look like purpose. What makes the film endure is its refusal to offer easy moral clarity. Taxi Driver observes a society capable of ignoring suffering until it becomes dangerous. It is a portrait of isolation, masculine frustration and urban decay that remains unforgettable because it feels painfully plausible. See more Read all reviews

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