Taxi Driver (1976)
Country: US
Technical: col 114m
Director: Martin Scorsese
Cast: Robert DeNiro, Jodie Foster, Cybill Shepherd, Harvey Keitel, Albert Brooks, Peter Boyle
Synopsis:
A Vietnam veteran suffering from insomnia takes a job as a taxi driver working the seamiest shifts and becomes depressed by the tawdriness around him. After fixating on an angelic political campaigner and a tarnished angel in the shape of an underage prostitute, his state of mind gradually deteriorates towards the homicidal.
Review:
Stunningly intense character study of an enigmatic figure with whom it is impossible to identify; it gained notoriety when Reagan's would-be assassin turned out to be similarly obsessed by Jodie Foster. That's a red herring, though, as is the antihero's apparent intention to commit a similar crime in the film. It's a densely textured and uncompromising film, full of memorable sequences, none of which outstays its welcome, and it set the seal on the careers of DeNiro, Scorsese and Schrader, besides putting a sad end to that of composer Bernard Herrmann. The writing is perhaps the most striking contribution of all, the way in which Travis seems to speak a language, sometimes vulgar, sometimes poetic, but all his own: direct and full of unresolved tensions. One of the five most important films of the 70s.
Country: US
Technical: col 114m
Director: Martin Scorsese
Cast: Robert DeNiro, Jodie Foster, Cybill Shepherd, Harvey Keitel, Albert Brooks, Peter Boyle
Synopsis:
A Vietnam veteran suffering from insomnia takes a job as a taxi driver working the seamiest shifts and becomes depressed by the tawdriness around him. After fixating on an angelic political campaigner and a tarnished angel in the shape of an underage prostitute, his state of mind gradually deteriorates towards the homicidal.
Review:
Stunningly intense character study of an enigmatic figure with whom it is impossible to identify; it gained notoriety when Reagan's would-be assassin turned out to be similarly obsessed by Jodie Foster. That's a red herring, though, as is the antihero's apparent intention to commit a similar crime in the film. It's a densely textured and uncompromising film, full of memorable sequences, none of which outstays its welcome, and it set the seal on the careers of DeNiro, Scorsese and Schrader, besides putting a sad end to that of composer Bernard Herrmann. The writing is perhaps the most striking contribution of all, the way in which Travis seems to speak a language, sometimes vulgar, sometimes poetic, but all his own: direct and full of unresolved tensions. One of the five most important films of the 70s.
Country: US
Technical: col 114m
Director: Martin Scorsese
Cast: Robert DeNiro, Jodie Foster, Cybill Shepherd, Harvey Keitel, Albert Brooks, Peter Boyle
Synopsis:
A Vietnam veteran suffering from insomnia takes a job as a taxi driver working the seamiest shifts and becomes depressed by the tawdriness around him. After fixating on an angelic political campaigner and a tarnished angel in the shape of an underage prostitute, his state of mind gradually deteriorates towards the homicidal.
Review:
Stunningly intense character study of an enigmatic figure with whom it is impossible to identify; it gained notoriety when Reagan's would-be assassin turned out to be similarly obsessed by Jodie Foster. That's a red herring, though, as is the antihero's apparent intention to commit a similar crime in the film. It's a densely textured and uncompromising film, full of memorable sequences, none of which outstays its welcome, and it set the seal on the careers of DeNiro, Scorsese and Schrader, besides putting a sad end to that of composer Bernard Herrmann. The writing is perhaps the most striking contribution of all, the way in which Travis seems to speak a language, sometimes vulgar, sometimes poetic, but all his own: direct and full of unresolved tensions. One of the five most important films of the 70s.