A great movie from Scorsese and De Niro

Rating: 10/10 (15 February 2010)

This is a great film from Scorsese and De Niro, about a taxi driver's obsession for a teenage girl and his descent into insanity in New York City, the film portrays Travis Bickle (Robert De Niro) as a former marine and he has many problems such as being a loner, possibly suffering from some sort of post traumatic mental problem and suffers from chronic insomnia, and to cure that chronic insomnia he takes a job as a taxi driver at night and spends his days in seedy theatres, anyway when he meets Iris (Jodie Foster) he decides he wants to help her and clean up the streets, which leads up to the famous "you talking to me?" scene and the shootout in the house. The ending i believe is one of the best in films, as Travis Bickle is lying on the couch after being shot you have to wonder whether Travis was dreaming, still alive or hallucinating? I think the film has career defining performances for Robert De Niro and Jodie Foster who were both nominated for the Oscars, the best performance though comes from Robert De Niro as the disturbed taxi driver in one of the greatest film of the 1970's. The other great thing about this movie is the atmosphere, especially during the night scenes and the cab scenes, which should have been nominated for an Oscar for cinematography, but sadly wasn't despite how great it was.
A classic