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Summary: Practical recommendation
Review: In my humble opinion - the best way to get the message is to watch the entire DVD one night - just to get the story. Than let it be for 2-3 weeks or even longer. Go back to it only when you're REALLY in the mood for T.D., and try to get the air of this outstanding project - with music, long looks of the 70s, digesting the "Animals come out at night" or "You're talkin' to me?!!!" scenes ... It happened to me about a week ago, that it made me look over-and-over T.D. 3 times in a day. Happy to have it on DVD not VHS - the tape would excoriate very soon ...
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Summary: Fantastic and intriguing!
Review: A great movie if you wanna see what insomnia and loneliness can make a person do! This movie is truly a great addition to your collection. Robert de Niro gives an outstanding performance. My favourite scene in this movie is when he is talking to his reflection in the mirror. Awesome stuff!
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Summary: WOW
Review: This film is a tour de force. Scorsese is not my favorite director, but he did everything right with thtis one. The growing apathy, frustration, and isolation of the main character (played, of course, brilliantly, by De Niro) is wonderfully displayed by well filmed scenes and priceless voice-overs that make NYC llok like a real gutter. De Niro's character enters a campaign headquarters to woo Cybill Sheperd, and it is one of the best film scenes in history ...The film is brutal, but honest in its own way, and tells a brilliant yet disturbing sotry as well as I can imagine...
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Summary: One of my all time favorites
Review: When I think of movies, from an artistic standpoint, some of my favorites are "American Beauty," "The Godfather" (Part One and Two), "Saving Private Ryan," and "The Silence of the Lambs." However, I think that from the same standpoint, my favorite would have to be "Taxi Driver." This is one my absolute favorite movies. It is one of those movies that I think has stood the test of time and is still a classic, and always will be a classic. This is director Martin Scorcese at his best, and may be my favorite De Niro movie (or Godfather II). "Taxi Driver" is a movie that shows how terrible society really is, and it probes into the mind of a person going crazy. Robert De Niro does an awesome job as Travis Bickle, a lonely man who can't sleep at nights, thus becoming a cab driver. He frequently visits porn theaters as well. Driving around every night in his taxi, he sees that the scum of the earth comes out at night and walks the streets, in the form of criminals, pimps, hookers, etc. He feels that the streets need to be washed clean of the dirt that contaminates them. Amidst all the horror of society and the city, he meets a woman named Betsy (Cybill Shepard), and is very much attracted to her. He attempts to take her on a date, but not knowing much about movies, he takes her to a porn movie, and she rejects him. After Betsy continually avoids him, Travis gets hurt by this. Then he comes across a twelve-and-a-half year old prostitute named Iris, who he sees doesn't like what she does and wants to get out of it. As all of this happens, Travis starts to get sick of the loneliness, and the rejection, and the trash that walks the streets, and he slowly goes crazy. Then he gets a hold of some guns and a combat knife, and decides to "clean the streets." The action sequence toward the end of the movie is very realistic and very graphic, and it is possibly the greatest and most intense shoot-out ever filmed. The film has great directing and acting, and is a magificent movie, though somewhat shocking and disturbing. If you're looking for a classic, then "Taxi Driver" is not to be missed.
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Summary: Still Gritty...after all these years.
Review: I've seen this film many times over the years and I'm always stunned by the final shoot-out. Very Dark.
A truely brilliant comentary on the under-belly of society through the eyes of the under-belly of society.
One of my All Time Favorite Films!
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Summary: it is not in letterbox
Review: it is not in letterbox u stupid fuks i wish a rain would come and wash u all away......
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Summary: the best psychological film from that time.
Review: Some people claim that this movie is specifically about angst and the the loneliness one feels when you reach middle age. I DISAGREE however. This movie is actually based on several pyschological factors that involve "becoming". Maybe another psychology major might read this and think. Yeah. It's a great movie. check it out.
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Summary: Taxi Cab Confessions
Review: Robert De Niro is a New York City cab driver in this landmark film from director Martin Scorsese. De Niro's potrayal of Travis Bickle accurately conveys his feelings of isolation, and a slow descent into madness, as he tries to rescue a young prositute (Jodie Foster). The movie also stars Harvey Kietel, Peter Boyle, and Cybil Shepherd. The script by Paul Schrader is a total study of the human psyche and how easy it is to lose control. Everyone is familiar with the line, "you talkin' to me?", uttered by Travis, even if you have never seen the picture. That one line is now a part of American culture. TAXI DRIVER is, however, so much more than one famous line of dialogue. Its style and substance have influenced a generation of filmmakers and filmgoers alike. If you haven't seen this, you should, and if you have seen it before, please see it again. The digitally remastered film on DVD looks and sounds good. There is a great retrospective documentary as a bonus. There are interviews with cast and crew .about the film. There is the original screenplay, a photo gallery/montage and good liner notes. Even though, a commentary track or some deleted scenes would have been nice to have, this is still solid. I highly recommend this DVD
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Summary: an exploration into the human psyche
Review: once again the deniro/scorsese team has struck cinematic gold.althought this was a little on the talky side,the construction of travis bickle made this well worth it.if harvey keitel's charactor was more antagonizing/involved,his demise would have been more effectual.i mention this because in a round about way,hes responsible for travis' transformation.nontheless,the simplicity of the story is genius.a lonely man with too much time to think on his hands.an insomniatic travis is hired as a cab driver to waste away his sleeplessness.while on duty,he encounters societies extremes.a chance encounter with a young hooker(jodie foster)changes him(more so than his brief affair with cybil sheppard)forever.in her,travis finds purpose for his life.this,coupled with the break up of his quasi relationship with the senetors aide(sheppard)pushes travis to the brink.although the VHS version is adequate,i would splurge and go for the DVD.either format,this is a great movie.1 thing though,THE INCIDENT(you know,that multiple oscar nominated FILM)costs more than TWICE this(and im talking about the VHS version of the all time classic THE INCIDENT).does this make ANY SENSE!?!?!?!?!?
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Summary: Buy it!!
Review: This is one of the basic films of the last quarter of the 20th century and this DVD offers a good chance to own it in a version remastered both in audio and video under the control of Scorsese in person!!
Audio and video tracks are both pleasing. The images are faithful to the movie experience, while the DS audio track is more effective and involving than many DD tracks we're used listenin' to.
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