Personal History

Rating: 10/10 (8 September 1999)

I saw the film on Hollywood Boulevard the first week of it's release. I left the theatre shaking. Later, I would find out that Hinkley lived in the same area and had seen TAXI DRIVER in the same time period. That made me shake even more. However, it's brilliance out-shines such coincidences. I have watched it regularly, on tape, and now on DVD. It is relentless, brutal, and still timely. Harrowing in a way that rings true.