The start of DeNiro?

Rating: 8/10 (17 May 2019)

This film takes the classic "taxi" and spins it to demonstrate much greater issues going on during this time period, and still occurring today. Throughout this film, the taxi is the center of the film, and the camera often focused on up-close shots of the taxi, and allowed the rest of the surrounding area to drift by, similar to how Travis Bickle feels within the film. Most of the shots in this film are slow, ironic because the life of a taxi driver is quick. The deliberate shots emphasize the loneliness felt by Bickle, and his separation from society. The lighting is also strictly placed to emphasize the busyness around the taxi, but the stillness and darkness felt from inside .