9/3/2018 1 Comment taxi driver(1976)Director: Martin Scorsese
I've always good reviews about this movie from those who like gangster movies, such as Goodfellas, however, I don't think this movie should be appreciated just because of all the guns and fighting. Taxi Driver is about a young man, Travi, who is isolated from the society and longs to do something big to be remembered, and unfortunately, he doesn't care how. He is mentally unstable and works as a night time taxi driver so that he could stay awake all night long. He practiced with guns and planed an assassination which he thought that was his only chance. But he failed. He then met a prostitute named Iris and saved her from the pimp. Travis sure has a very different life than most of us, however, deeply we are all the same. He desperately seek connections with someone—he is lonely, everyone is an isolated individual who longs to connect with others after all. He fell in love with the woman he never spoke to, he said she’s an angel; assassination of candidate once became his goal while he had nothing hate on the candidate; he gave all of his deposits to the prostitute, went alone and killed the pimp…… Did he really fall in love with her; did he really want to do the assassination; did he really want to be a hero…… Or was he just unable to control his urge of violence, was he just desperately making connection to prove his value of existence. In the end, Travis was still driving the taxi and he let the woman he first fell in love with go home. He had it. In the beginning, Travis asks a job that could fill him up at night. Without any extra words, viewers can simply get the loneliness of him. He wasted his time all night driving taxi on the "filthy roads" he hates. Until one day, he had to do something to be remembered and the worst part is he doesn't care how--he could murder, he could save. I love the scene where he started to yell at the mirror "you talking to me?" It perfectly showed how he's broken inside and lost himself in the desire of violence. But maybe in his little corner of heart, there is light because when he got into the dirty side of the society, and saw the helpless girl, he tried. Yes, it is a despair move, but he dared his life after all. This movie made me expose to a dark corner where I have never paid attention to. And that’s why I love films because they make me feel. Rated: 8.4/10
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