Gripping Work from Scorsese

Rating: Null/10 (3 April 2004)

Travis Bickle is somebody who knows what he is talking about. Martin Scorsese created a character who knew what was wrong with the world and tried to tell the people who didn't know.
Taxi Driver is one of the greats if not the best. When I first saw it I thought Travis Bickle was a person who thought like we should about what should be done to the scum and Skunk Pussies on the streets. I know that skunk pussy is the same type of word as scum but I really like that word.
What a film this is though. Everything about it is just fantastic. From the directing, editing, acting and the camera work which is what I loved the most as it takes you into all these different parts of New York whether it would be good or bad. It's safe to say that Scorsese is obsessed with New York, being born and growing up there obviously has a big part to play, but his stories of New York whether it be Taxi Driver of The King of Comedy, they are just excellent.
Jodie Foster was a huge influence I think here as she nearly out did all the other actors especially Cybil Shepard who was a big name at the time and all the trivia behind the movie is really interesting and makes you more apart of the film. So if anyone has the DVD and haven't got the chance to watch the very long documentary all about The Making of Taxi Driver then please do as it will make the movie all the more interesting and watch able. Harvey Keitel is as creepy as he is in Bad Lieutenant but says some pretty horrific things to De Niro when they first meet and Keitel is telling him what Foster will do to him for $10 is just sick but great as it shows the realism of what most pimps will do to a young girl for a cheap bit of cash.
Scorsese has been in the industry for five decades now and in the 70's the film that made that decade all the more special or him as a filmmaker was Taxi Driver as it is still as fresh as it was back and then and will continue to do in the near future. A classic piece of filmmaking.