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I find Taxi Driver to be one of the most powerful films ever made because of the characters and their behaviour. It is like the attitude of some humans at the present time. It is a story of loneliness, slowly falling into madness and a story of different twists and turns that occur for Travis. It is a very heartbreaking film because of Travis's downfall and turning himself into a murderous monster. I would call Travis Bickle Martin Scorsese's most powerful character. I do think that Taxi Driver anlong with The Godfather and A Clockwork Orange are the start of classic crime films. Taxi Driver is the start of the eight Scorsese-De Niro films that have been made so far. This is the best of the collaboration between the two.
Robert De Niro gives out a performance for the ages. He truly reveals how twisted people on Earth can become and how much of a different type of person one can be. The Godfather: Part II is Robert's ultimate start after winning his first Oscar in his first nomination. Taxi Driver is the ultimate start to seeing Robert De Niro in a leading role. It is weird at the start because De Niro hadn't played a villain before. I have mixed feelings about Travis being a villain. I think he is a villain because he becomes mad and kills people. However, I think he isn't a villain because he becomes sort of confused with himself of why he is so lonely. In this case, I think I find it similar to Harvey Dent in The Dark Knight apart from that Harvey did it because appears different and dramatic twist occurs. Travis must have certainly been mad enough to cut his hair from ordinary black hair to a black mohawk. But De Niro truly delivers the most powerful performance of his career. Jodie Foster's performance is another outstanding performance that outdid me and blew me away with my expectations because she was only 13 or 14 at the time of the film but she is playing a 12 year old child-prostitute. It must have been hard for Foster because she was only a kid and she was playing a very crude character. This is a performance that she will be remembered for but will be remembered more for The Accused and especially The Silence Of The Lambs.
The directing was really good from Martin Scorsese. He reveals human behavious in his very own way like David Fincher does in Fight Club. Scorsese shows what life can be like and how it can affect a person's life. The writing was very good. It is like the start of awesome cult films. It was written like it was either trying to make a point or making Taxi Driver a cinematic experience that can teach a person what life would be like if you start to ruin it.
In my personal opinion, I think that Taxi Driver is the best film of the 1970s. It is the best of De Niro-Scorsese films. It is Robert De Niros best film and also Martin Scorseses best film too. Love this film. Always have and always will. It is a masterpiece and it is as simple as that.
10/10
