One of the most harrowing and disturbing films ever made- must watch

Rating: Null/10 (17 August 2018)

Taxi Driver is a milestone. Be it a character study, or a time capsule of the era this film captures the mood and feeling of post-Vietnam America unlike few others. Robert De Niro plays Travis Bickle- a lonely war vet, struggling to make sense of a world that gives no respect to him or people of his ilk. The raw emotions and portrayal by the young actor are so good it makes you realize how talented the duo of Scorsese- De Niro is. Jodie Foster is impeccable as the young prostitute and the writing of Paul Shrader keenly exposes the cesspool of 1970s America(New York City to be specific)- one of the best character sketches in all of cinema. The cinematography, as expected from a Scorsese film is very good and the mood of the film is heavily accentuated through the lens. Martin Scorsese is a grand daddy of cinema today but its worthwhile to sit and think that a young man filmed this amazing character study the way he did.