Character study of the main character of Taxi driver in a glance.

Rating: 10/10 (29 August 2016)

Scorsese has made plenty of great movies in the past. In recent years he made few good ones as well and hopefully he will continue to do so in The future. Taxi driver is one of his earlier work to mark his visual style as an author. Together with his main actor 'Deniro', he manages to create an underdog character in a post Vietnam New York city and tackles on some psychological aspects of his main character. Scorsese invites us into the mind of his unconventional and non stereotyped character and made him as believable as sympathetic. In this movie we are faced with Travis's gradual shift in his sanity. Scorsese manages to make Deniro's character in a way that it's hard for the viewers not to sympathize with his. One should also give Deniro credit for his abilities as an actor. It seems that the director and the main actor understood each other well and had the same goal in mind in respect to Travis's mental state and motives. I recommend everyone who is interested in art of filmmaking to view this movie deeply.