Absolutely stunning

Rating: 10/10 (17 January 2002)

This is a cinematic masterpiece. I only saw it for the first time last year and was totally in ore of the mastery captured by Scorsese's direction. De Niro is chilling as Travis and only he could have pulled of probably one of the most intense performances ever to be seen in cinema history. The whole movie is his without a doubt, the support is good, but De Niro must be fully commended on his portrayal of a man who fights for what he believes is right.
Paul Shrader's script must not go unmentioned as Scorsese usually gets all the credit. Shrader must have known he had created a masterpiece when he wrote this one out.
I think the writing and the use of imagery and sound in Taxi Driver is very much like that used in some of Tenessee William's plays, particularly Street Car Named Desire, genius.
If you haven't seen this film, why not!!!??