A post-modern classic.

Rating: Null/10 (2 January 2006)

Taxi Driver is a post-modern classic in that the intention of the director is to permit the viewer to think for themselves, giving their own interpretation of what's going on.
In my opinion the film is about the evolving world, and the freedom's it brings, which culminate in vice, etc; which men of a certain generation and time find difficult to comprehend and come to terms with.
This situation culminates in De Nero's character, Travis becoming isolated. It is the isolation of Travis which is a caveat of what the post-modern era will be, as the English philosopher Thomas Hobbs indicated; a society full of atomised individual's colliding with each other.
Here De Nero's depiction of the atomised individual is played to almost perfection. His intensity makes his presence felt.
In conclusion, this is truly a post-modern masterpiece of a film, which is ahead of its time.