i'm willfully ignorant of some movies. i don't like going into a movie with an opinion. and sometimes that means i avoid figuring out what they're about before i watch them. even films as well known as this, i prefer to remain clueless until i see them. if it is at all possible. i knew nothing about taxi driver other than its considered good and has robert dinero in it...as a taxi driver. read more
Description:Taxi Driver is the definitive cinematic portrait of loneliness and alienation manifested as violence. It is as if director Martin Scorsese and screenwriter Paul Schrader had tapped into precisely the same source of psychological inspiration ("I just knew I had to make this film," Scorsese would later say), combined with a peTaxi Driver is the definitive cinematic portrait of loneliness and alienation manifested as violence. It is as if director Martin Scorsese and screenwriter Paul Schrader had tapped into precisely the same source of psychological inspiration ("I just knew I had to make this film," Scorsese would later say), combined with a perfectly timed post-Watergate expression of personal, political, and societal anxiety. Robert De Niro, as the tortured, ex-Marine cab driver Travis Bickle, made movie history with his chilling performance as one of the most memorably intense and vividly realized characters ever committed to film. Bickle is a self-appointed vigilante who views his urban beat as an intolerable cesspool of blighted humanity. He plays guardian angel for a young prostitute (Jodie Foster), but not without violently devastating consequences. This masterpiece, which is not for all tastes, is sure to horrify some viewers, but few could deny the film's lasting power and importance. --Jeff Shannon... (more)(less)
Manufacturer : Sony Pictures Release date : 15 June 1999 Number of discs : 1 EAN: 9780767830553 UPC: 043396034815
“i'm willfully ignorant of some movies. i don't like going into a movie with an opinion. and sometimes that means i avoid figuring out what they're about before i watch them. even films as well known as this, i prefer to remain clueless until i see them. if it is at all possible. i knew nothing about taxi driver other than its considered good and has robert dinero in it...as a taxi driver.
so here is what i think for what its worth:
its a slow film but a distinct one. an original concept and i never really knew what to expect as it played out. not in a 'figure it out' game sort've way...simply as the character evolves the film changes drastically.
the movie starts as this washy nostalgic romp through the dingy new york of the 70's. the main character tr” read more
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