The website's critical consensus reads, "A must-see film for movie lovers, this Martin Scorsese masterpiece is as hard-hitting as it is compelling, with Robert De Niro at his best. The original cast of Taxi Driver have been pictured together to mark the 40th anniversary of the classic's box office release. He said, "It was a terrible idea" and "in Marty's mind, it never was something that should be done. The end sequence plays like music, not drama: It completes the story on an emotional, not a literal, level. One of the greatest actors of all time, Robert De Niro was born on August 17, 1943 in Manhattan, New York City, to artists Virginia (Admiral) and Robert De Niro Sr. His paternal grandfather was of Italian descent, and his other ancestry is Irish, English, Dutch, German, and French. [23], Jackson Browne's "Late for the Sky" is also featured in the film, appearing in a scene where couples are dancing on the program American Bandstand as Travis watches on his television. The director relied on Robert De Niro to deliver his directions to the young actress. Clemons said that De Niro had seen Bruce Springsteen say the line onstage at a concert as fans were screaming his name, and decided to make the line his own. New to Streaming: Preston Sturges, Rose Plays Julie, Another Round, Zack Snyder’s Justice League & More, Chadwick Boseman is the first posthumous Oscars acting nominee since Heath Ledger, Joker & 9 Other Movies That Borrowed Heavily From Existing Classics, Everything Coming to IMDb TV in July 2020, Everything Coming to Netflix in April 2020, Biggest Golden Globe-Nominated Transformations Over the Years, Memorable Graduation Advice From the Stars, IMDb Poll Board Users' Top 10 Movies Since 1970, IMDb Poll Board Movies That Awoke Your Passion For Cinema, Come Dine with Me Canada: Specialty Italian Challenge: Mirella Martino - Block 4. Can the sequence be accepted as literally true? The first disc contains the film itself, two audio commentaries (one by writer Schrader and the other by Professor Robert Kolker), and trailers. ", Title: "[12], While preparing for his role as Bickle, De Niro was filming Bernardo Bertolucci's 1900 in Italy. [33] The film was booed at the Cannes Film Festival for its graphic violence. Jodie Foster Recalls Working with Robert De Niro and Martin Scorsese on Taxi Driver as a Kid Foster was 12 when she was cast as an underage prostitute in the drama. Travis manages to kill the three men, before slumping on a couch next to a sobbing Iris. There really were row after row of condemned buildings and that's what we used to build our sets, were condemned buildings. He is heralded by the press as a heroic vigilante, and is not prosecuted for the murder of the men. [55] Schrader's screenplay for the film was ranked the 43rd-greatest ever written by the Writers Guild of America. The media builds Bickle into a hero, when, had he been a little quicker drawing his gun against Senator Palantine, he would have been reviled as an assassin. He was driving the taxi at night without sleeping in the city, taking people to their destination, people like prostitutes, thugs, businessmen, people of all kinds. "[39] When asked on the website Reddit about the film's ending, Schrader said that it was not to be taken as a dream sequence, but that he envisioned it as returning to the beginning of the film—as if the last frame "could be spliced to the first frame, and the movie started all over again. Retrieved on March 15, 2009 from, AFI's 100 Years...100 Movies (10th Anniversary Edition), Most Promising Newcomer to Leading Film Roles, Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Motion Pictures, Best Album of Original Score Written for a Motion Picture or Television Special, "Taxi Driver (1976) - Martin Scorsese | Synopsis, Characteristics, Moods, Themes and Related", http://www.musicweb-international.com/film/2004/Mar04/taxi_driver.html, "Song And Vision No. We end not on carnage but on redemption, which is the goal of so many of Scorsese's characters.[36]. Watch all you want. (1976). Robert De Niro thought 1976’s Taxi Driver had the potential to be a movie people would still be talking about 50 years later. When he had time off from shooting 1900, De Niro visited an army base in Northern Italy and tape-recorded soldiers from the Midwestern United States, whose accents he thought might be appropriate for Travis's character. A tale of greed, deception, money, power, and murder occur between two best friends: a mafia enforcer and a casino executive compete against each other over a gambling empire, and over a fast-living and fast-loving socialite. With Robert De Niro, Jodie Foster, Cybill Shepherd, Albert Brooks. Taxi Driver Film - Kritik 1976 Martin Scorseses memorabelste Zusammenarbeit mit Robert De Niro zählt zeitgleich zu den gewagtesten und auch besten Filmen, die Hollywood je hervorgebracht hat. "[79], In his 2009 memoir, saxophonist Clarence Clemons said that De Niro explained the line's origins when Clemons coached De Niro to play the saxophone for the 1977 film New York, New York. Scorsese de-saturated the color in the final shootout, and the film got an R rating. Ebiri, Bilge (April 1, 2015). Empire also ranked him 18th in its "The 100 Greatest Movie Characters" poll,[53] and the film ranks at No. The director also cites Alfred Hitchcock's The Wrong Man and Jack Hazan's A Bigger Splash as inspirations for his camerawork in the movie. [44][45] It has also been referred to as an antihero film.[46][47]. The life of boxer Jake LaMotta, whose violence and temper that led him to the top in the ring destroyed his life outside of it. In an attempt to find an outlet for his rage, Travis begins a program of intense physical training. James Berardinelli, in his review of the film, argues against the dream or fantasy interpretation, stating: Scorsese and writer Paul Schrader append the perfect conclusion to Taxi Driver. Well I'm the only one here.' AMA! [38] Writer Paul Schrader confirms this in his commentary on the 30th-anniversary DVD, stating that Travis "is not cured by the movie's end", and that "he's not going to be a hero next time. [80], De Niro repeated the monologue (with some alterations) as Fearless Leader in the 2000 film The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle.[81]. [91], In 2010, Variety reported rumors that Lars von Trier, Scorsese, and De Niro planned to work on a remake of the film with the same restrictions that were used in The Five Obstructions. "Dan Perri: A Career Retrospective". What's a Nice Girl like You Doing in a Place like This? A family heads to an isolated hotel for the winter where a sinister presence influences the father into violence, while his psychic son sees horrific forebodings from both past and future. Steeped in irony, the five-minute epilogue underscores the vagaries of fate. It includes the special features from the previous 2-disc collector's edition, plus an audio commentary by Scorsese released in 1991 for the Criterion Collection, previously released on LaserDisc. Taxi Driver. In 2012, Sight & Sound named it the 31st-best film ever in its decennial critics' poll, ranked with The Godfather Part II, and the fifth-greatest film of all time on its directors' poll. Is this a fantasy scene? He becomes obsessed with her. In the future, a sadistic gang leader is imprisoned and volunteers for a conduct-aversion experiment, but it doesn't go as planned. [16], Scorsese brought in the film title designer Dan Perri to design the title sequence for Taxi Driver. [89] At a 25th-anniversary screening of Raging Bull, De Niro talked about the story of an older Travis Bickle being in development. Travis attempts to reconcile with her, to no avail. [57], Taxi Driver was nominated for four Academy Awards, including Best Picture and Best Actor (De Niro), and received the Palme d'Or at the 1976 Cannes Film Festival. The 1976 film follows De Niro’s character Travis as he works as, you guessed it, a taxi driver. An all-new lossless DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 soundtrack was also made from the original stereo recordings by Scorsese's personal sound team. The film generated controversy at the time of its release for its depiction of violence and casting of a 12-year-old Foster in the role of a child prostitute. [41] However, despite similarities between Taxi Driver and the vigilante films of the 1970s, the film has also been explicitly distinguished as not being a vigilante film or not belonging to the 1970s vigilante film wave.[42]. One of his priorities is to be the savior for Iris, a twelve-year-old runaway and prostitute who he believes wants out of the profession and under the thumb of her pimp and lover Matthew. He fantasizes about saving her from her life of exploitation. [20], The music by Bernard Herrmann was his final score before his death on December 24, 1975, and the film is dedicated to his memory. Roger Ebert has written of the film's ending: There has been much discussion about the ending, in which we see newspaper clippings about Travis's "heroism" of saving Iris, and then Betsy gets into his cab and seems to give him admiration instead of her earlier disgust. Roger Ebert instantly praised it as one of the greatest films he had ever seen, claiming: Taxi Driver is a hell, from the opening shot of a cab emerging from stygian clouds of steam to the climactic killing scene in which the camera finally looks straight down. [13], In Scorsese on Scorsese, Scorsese mentions the religious symbolism in the story, comparing Bickle to a saint who wants to cleanse or purge both his mind and his body of weakness. Taxi Driver: Music composed by Bernard Hermann. He frequents the porn theaters on 42nd Street and keeps a diary in which he consciously attempts to include aphorisms, such as "you're only as healthy as you feel.". [26][5], Additional concerns surrounding Foster's age focus on the role she played as Iris, a prostitute. [11], In writing the script, Schrader was inspired by the diaries of Arthur Bremer (who shot presidential candidate George Wallace in 1972), by Jean-Paul Sartre's existential novel Nausea and John Ford's film The Searchers. That evening, Travis drives to the brothel where Iris works. They were ready to kill. This detail was suggested by actor Victor Magnotta, a friend of Scorsese, who had a small role as a Secret Service agent and who had served in Vietnam. Travis solicits her and tries to convince her to stop prostituting herself and go home to her parents, and gives her money to start a new life. De Niro obtained a taxi driver's license, and when on break would pick up a taxi and drive around New York for a couple of weeks, before returning to Rome to resume filming 1900. Travis goes into a coma due to his injuries. Written by The film can be viewed as a spiritual successor to The Searchers. The Poster Material: Poster is printed on Silk Fabric Cloth,it is soft, not easy to damaged; It can be sticked or hung on wall ,door, glass like the normal paper poster; You talkin' to me? Today he is 77, and has starred in 143 movies in total, 125 since Taxi Driver was released.. How old do you think he looks in the movie? Perri had been Scorsese's original choice to design the titles for Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore in 1974, but Warner Bros would not allow him to hire an unknown designer. His new film with Luc Besson is feistily violent and he still hankers after making a sequel to Taxi … [67][68] The film also influenced the Charles Winkler film You Talkin' to Me? This is a brutally compelling and bleak look at a decaying and corrupt society of the 70's. Perkins, Will. In 2006, a 30th-anniversary 2-disc 'Collector's Edition' DVD was released. [78], Roger Ebert said of the latter part of the phrase "I'm the only one here" that it was "the truest line in the film.... Travis Bickle's desperate need to make some kind of contact somehow—to share or mimic the effortless social interaction he sees all around him, but does not participate in. Travis takes a job as a night shift taxi driver to cope with his chronic insomnia, driving passengers around the city's boroughs. According to Scorsese, it was Brian De Palma who introduced him to Paul Schrader. After watching her interact with fellow worker Tom through her window, Travis enters to volunteer as a pretext to talk to her, then takes her out for coffee. You actually get drawn into the isolation and anger that Travis is feeling towards these lowlifes and because of that you really feel sympathy for him. [15], When Bickle decides to assassinate Senator Palantine, he cuts his hair into a Mohawk. Screenwriter Paul Schrader (who directed the latter three films) has said that he considers the central characters of the four films to be one character, who has changed as he has aged. He attempted to incubate within the viewer the feeling of being in a limbo state between sleeping and waking. It contained special features, such as behind-the-scenes and several trailers, including one for Taxi Driver. When Robert De Niro talks to himself in the mirror, “ y o u talkin’ to me “ was the best dialogue in the film. 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[2] According to Scorsese, it was Brian De Palma who introduced him to Paul Schrader. He attempts to kill himself, but is out of bullets. Robert de Niro’s Best movie, I first watched this at a time in my life where I could see many similarities between myself and Travis Bickle. On their date, Bickle takes her to see a Swedish "sex education" film, which is in fact the American sexploitation film Sexual Freedom in Denmark with added Swedish sound. musicweb-international.com. He enters the building and engages in a shootout with Sport, the bouncer, and Iris's client, and is shot several times. MCU fans, here are some streaming picks to watch while you wait for the next episode of "The Falcon and the Winter Solider. "Tribeca: 'Taxi Driver' Team Recalls Filming in 1970s New York, Current Relevance of Classic". Enraged, he storms into the campaign office where she works and berates her, before he is ordered to leave by Tom. De Niro obtained a taxi driver's license, and when on break would pick up a taxi and drive around New York for a couple of weeks, before returning to Rome to resume filming 1900. [69], The 1994 portrayal of psychopath Albie Kinsella by Robert Carlyle in British television series Cracker was in part inspired by Travis Bickle, and Carlyle's performance has frequently been compared to De Niro's as a result. [72], The vigilante ending inspired Jacques Audiard for his 2015 Palme d'Or-winning film Dheepan. A pragmatic U.S. Marine observes the dehumanizing effects the Vietnam War has on his fellow recruits from their brutal boot camp training to the bloody street fighting in Hue. "[93], 1976 American psychological drama film directed by Martin Scorsese, This article is about the 1976 film. [34] In order to attain an R rating, Scorsese had the colors de-saturated, making the brightly colored blood less prominent. [77], Screenwriter Paul Schrader does not take credit for the line, saying that his script only read "Travis speaks to himself in the mirror", and that De Niro improvised the dialogue. According to Boyle, he would "finish shooting on a Friday in Rome ... get on a plane ... [and] fly to New York." Robert De Niro celebrates his 76th birthday on August 17, 2019. Travis drives her home, and allows her to leave without paying her fare, departing with a smile. Call#: Van Pelt Library PN1998.3.S39 A3 1989, "Travis gave punks a hair of aggression.". Why does the colouring look weird at the end of the film? De Niro's "You talkin' to me?" Taxi Driver You didn't even go near them. In addition, before being given the part, Foster was subjected to psychological testing, attending sessions with a UCLA psychiatrist, to ensure that she would not be emotionally scarred by her role, in accordance with California Labor Board requirements monitoring children's welfare on film sets. A mentally unstable veteran works as a nighttime taxi driver in New York City, where the perceived decadence and sleaze fuels his urge for violent action by attempting to liberate a presidential campaign worker and an underage prostitute. [37], On the LaserDisc audio commentary, Scorsese acknowledged several critics' interpretation of the film's ending as being Bickle's dying dream. Bickle is a self-appointed vigilante who views his urban beat … An excellent portrayal from Robert De Niro as Travis Bickle the cabbie and good performances from Jodie Foster as the child prostitute Iris Steensman, Cybill Shepherd, Peter Boyle and Harvey Keitel as a pimp called Sport. Scorsese later noted: "He told us that, in Saigon, if you saw a guy with his head shaved—like a little Mohawk—that usually meant that those people were ready to go into a certain Special Forces situation. "Martin Scorsese Remembers Shooting Taxi Driver in New York". When a simple jewelry heist goes horribly wrong, the surviving criminals begin to suspect that one of them is a police informant. The hypnotic cinematography is a standout, as if your seeing the harsh & gritty New York streets and twisted people through the eyes of Travis when he is driving his cab. At home, Travis practices drawing his weapons, and modifies one to allow him to hide and quickly deploy it from his sleeve. By the time Taxi Driver was going into production, Perri had established his reputation with his work on The Exorcist, and Scorsese was now able to hire him. [14], Taxi Driver was shot during a New York City summer heat wave and sanitation strike in 1975. An undercover cop and a mole in the police attempt to identify each other while infiltrating an Irish gang in South Boston. In 1954, a U.S. This film is filled with such memorable lines e.g.Travis Bickle 'You talking to me? [29] Hinckley stated that his actions were an attempt to impress Foster, on whom Hinckley was fixated, by mimicking Travis's mohawked appearance at the Palantine rally. He also begins attending Palantine's rallies to scope out their security. View production, box office, & company info. Last day to watch on Netflix: March 31. You talkin' to me? By Julie Mille r As Travis drives off, he becomes suddenly agitated after noticing something in his rear-view mirror. Taxi Driver Robert De Niro Movie • Millions of unique designs by independent artists. That is what I was: this person in an iron box, a coffin, floating round the city, but seemingly alone." As Roger Ebert pointed out,[43] both films center on a lonely war veteran who attempts to rescue a young girl who does not want to be saved. [58] It has been selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry. Anchored by De Niro's disturbing embodiment of "God's lonely man," Taxi Driver remains a striking milestone of both Scorsese's career and 1970s Hollywood. Robert de niro thought 1976's taxi driver had the potential to be a movie people would still be talking about 50 years later. The Crazy Way Robert De Niro Prepared for the Movie Taxi Driver. [11], When Travis meets Betsy to join him for coffee and pie, she is reminded of a line in Kris Kristofferson's song "The Pilgrim, Chapter 33": "He's a prophet and a pusher, partly truth, partly fiction—a walking contradiction." We didn't know we were documenting what looked like the dying gasp of New York. Following a divorce and a breakup with a live-in girlfriend, he spent a few weeks living in his car. He's a loner who has strong opinions about what is right and wrong with mankind. Lewis, Hillary. Set in a decaying and morally bankrupt New York City following the Vietnam War, the film follows Travis Bickle, a taxi driver and veteran, and his mental state as he works nights in the city. It's just exciting to see the city bounce back and become the great place it is today from where it was then. Travis becomes infatuated with Betsy, a campaign volunteer for senator and presidential candidate Charles Palantine. The Oscar-winning actor shows no signs of slowing down, with several movies on … "[51] Metacritic gives the film a score of 94 out of 100, based on reviews from 23 critics, indicating "universal acclaim". and the many powerful scenes that stay in your head after it's finished. See more ideas about robert de niro, martin scorsese, taxi driver. A great screenplay, a stunning score by Bernard Herrmann and a superb atmosphere created. Soon after, Travis cuts his hair into a mohawk, and attends a public rally where he plans to assassinate Palantine. As police report to the scene, a delirious Travis imitates shooting himself in the head. Robert De Niro, as Travis Bickle, utters the line in the film Taxi Driver. She was 12 when filming the movie. Then who the hell else are you talkin' to? Barnett also observes that the opposing noises in the soundtrack—gritty little harp figures, hard as shards of steel, as well as a jazz drum kit placing the drama in the city—are indicative of loneliness in the midst of mobs of people. Who the fuck do you think you're talking to? "[40], The film has also been connected with the 1970s wave of vigilante films and has been noted as a more respectable New Hollywood counterpart to the numerous exploitation vigilante films of the decade. I am not sure there can be an answer to these questions. [90] In November 2013, he revealed that Schrader had done a first draft but both he and Scorsese thought that it was not good enough to go beyond. In later interviews, Scorsese commented that he was pleased by the color change and considered it an improvement over the originally filmed scene. He calls Travis an "avenging angel" floating through the streets of a New York City intended to represent all cities everywhere. [24], Some critics showed concern over 12-year-old Foster's presence during the climactic shoot-out. After an incident with her, he believes he has to do whatever he needs to make the world a better place in his opinion. A mentally unstable veteran works as a nighttime taxi driver in New York City, where the perceived decadence and sleaze fuels his urge for violent action by attempting to liberate a presidential campaign worker and an underage prostitute. Schrader decided to make Bickle a Vietnam vet because the national trauma of the war seemed to blend perfectly with Bickle's paranoid psychosis, making his experiences after the war more intense and threatening. For the occupation, see, Robert De Niro's preparation for the role, "Scorsese on Scorsese" edited by David Thompson and Ian Christie. Shop de niro - taxi driver taxi driver movie t-shirts designed by oryan80 as well as other taxi driver movie merchandise at TeePublic. Both also portray the main character as someone who is alienated from society and who cannot establish normal relationships with people. ", Scorsese said that he drew inspiration from John Huston's 1967 movie Reflections in a Golden Eye in a scene in which Marlon Brando's character is facing the mirror. The film had a budget of $1.9 million. One of his priorities is to be the savior for Iris, a twelve-year-old runaway and prostitute who he believes wants out of the profession and under the thumb of her pimp and lover Matthew. After an incident with her, he believes he has to do whatever he needs to make the world a better place in his opinion. The film opened at the Coronet Theater in New York City and grossed a house record $68,000 in its first week. The meaning of the line "You talkin' to me?," uttered by Travis Bickle (Robert De Niro) in the 1976 film Taxi Driver, is closely tied to the themes of the film as a whole.Directed by Martin Scorsese, Taxi Driver tells the story of a loner whose life, much of it spent behind the wheel of a New York City taxi cab, is unsatisfying. He becomes obsessed with her. [73] The script of Joker by Todd Phillips also draws inspiration from Taxi Driver.[74][75][76]. Source: IMDB. Was the film damaged. Scorsese did not know how to approach different scenes with the actress. The lives of two mob hitmen, a boxer, a gangster and his wife, and a pair of diner bandits intertwine in four tales of violence and redemption. Take a look ahead at all the major movie releases coming to theaters and streaming this season. 17 on the magazine's 2008 list of the 500 greatest movies of all time. Robert De Niro Taxi Driver Perishable Rush from static1.squarespace.com (1) nos complace informar que ya se puede ver la película taxi driver de forma online, esperamos que haya sido de tu agrado y que la. Was this review helpful to you? In Taxi Driver, I think Robert De Niro looks: [27], Taxi Driver formed part of the delusional fantasy of John Hinckley Jr.[28] that triggered his attempted assassination of President Ronald Reagan in 1981, an act for which he was found not guilty by reason of insanity. As the film closes, the misanthrope has been embraced as the model citizen—someone who takes on pimps, drug dealers, and mobsters to save one little girl. The first 'Collector's Edition' DVD, released in 1999, was packaged as a single-disc edition release. [54], Time Out magazine conducted a poll of the 100 greatest movies set in New York City. Robert De Niro and Martin Scorsese Reflect on Taxi Driver’s 40th Anniversary The Tribeca Film Festival hosted a screening to mark four decades of … He attempted to incubate within the viewer the feeling of being in a limbo state between sleeping and waking. Martin Scorsese completed shooting Taxi Driver on the streets of New York in 1975. Although De Niro’s preparation for 1978’s Vietnam masterpiece The Deer Hunter was (slightly) less physically rigorous than his Taxi Driver turn, the movie required even more research from De Niro. Scorsese wanted to look away from Travis's rejection; we almost want to look away from his life. Huggo, A lonely Vietnam veteran who has insomnia spends his nights as a taxi driver in the dirty streets of New York, where he encounters a young prostitute who he tries to help make a difference. [82], A Blu-ray was released on April 5, 2011, to commemorate the film's 35th anniversary. Well I'm the only one here. He admits that the last scene of Bickle glancing at an unseen object implies that Bickle might fall into rage and recklessness in the future, and he is like "a ticking time bomb". [12] The writer also used himself as inspiration; in a 1981 interview with Tom Snyder on the "Tomorrow" show, Schrader related his experience living in New York City while battling chronic insomnia, which led him to frequent pornographic bookstores and theaters because they remained open all night. Jodie Foster, who was born on November 19, 1962, turned 13 on November 19, 1975. Some critics have described the film as "neo-noir". Travis concedes that she is "just like the others". 5/5. [59] The film was chosen by Time as one of the 100 best films of all time. Robert Barnett of MusicWeb International has said that it contrasts deep, sleazy noises, representing the "scum" that Travis sees all over the city, with the saxophone, a musical counterpart to Travis, creating a mellifluously disenchanted troubadour, played by Ronnie Lang. Gritty, Dark. Want to share IMDb's rating on your own site? Also in 2000, De Niro mentioned interest in bringing back the character in conversation with Actors Studio host James Lipton. Travis Bickle is an ex-Marine and Vietnam War veteran living in New York City. [30][31] When Scorsese heard about Hinckley's motivation behind his assassination attempt, he temporarily thought about quitting film-making as the association brought a negative perception of the film.[32]. Starring: Robert De Niro, Jodie Foster, Cybill Shepherd. The film received critical acclaim. Find your thing. As an intimate character study of an insomniac war veteran who is driven to vigilantism by rampant crime in the city he once loved, Taxi Driver is one of Martin Scorsese’s most haunting and intense movies. De Niro apparently lost 16 kilograms (35 pounds) and listened repeatedly to a taped reading of the diaries of criminal Arthur Bremer. This edition also retains some of the special features from the earlier release on the second disc, as well as some newly produced documentary material.