Film Class-The political issue

Rating: 10/10 (19 June 2005)

Well I am a high school student and I take a film class and being a huge movie buff i was shocked that Taxi Driver was not in our curriculum.
Anyway one of the main reasons I love this movie is due to its keen insight into the political mind. Travis's view on the corruption in the world boils over and he clearly goes insane. The movie digs deep into the soul of a political mind which makes the movie just that much more enjoyable to watch. Travis trains for his war, yet while training has not decided who he will attack the Senator who he does not believe will do an adequate job solving the removal of the scum which lurks in New York, My hometown :). Or should Travis attack the drug dealers dealing with the problem directly. Killing the Senator is a very democratic thing to do, instead of dealing with the problem directly he attacks the person who Travis could trace the source of scum too. The republican way would be to jump in and try to solve the problem directly. Travis chooses to not kill the senator knowing that he would be caught for sure. Of course the irony of the movie lies within him killing "innocent" drug dealers so he can take out his aggression on the world. This makes him an radical republican, he kills drug dealers and pimps, who technically are wrong doers but if you really think about it they are not farther out of like then any other pimps and although they deserve to be in prison they don't deserve to die. Travis choice to be a republican over a democrat frees Jodie foster which killing the senator wouldn't of solved. The further irony lies within the world praising him for killing 4 pimps even though they did not directly do anything to hurt him. Of course the people who praise him are unaware that if possible he would of killed the senator. Travis is insane, but re stabilizes through killing. Which hits upon man's primal instinct to kill. It is hard for me to define what the movie truly says about the political parties but nevertheless it is an epic film that can create tons of thoughtful conversations and sleepless nights.