Fascinating!

Rating: 10/10 (21 January 2007)

Taxi Driver is a really fascinating movie, not just because of the fantastic direction and writing, but also due to the incredible De Niro's performance as Travis Bickle. The movie provides us a real picture of a true society drama, the loneliness of a man, who lived a traumatic situation during the Vietnam war. The whole picture is psychologically disturbing to the viewer and it's ending is very violent, as the climax of a disturbing and revolted person. Robert De Niro is really great and I think it is his best performance because he really lives Travis inside and outside, he is Travis. This wonderful ability of De Niro to disappear from himself into the screen and into the character he is playing is, for me, the most important issue that an actor must have to succeed in his performance. By the way, Taxi Driver is very well written by Paul Schrader. It's dialogs, it's descriptions about the lonely life that Travis takes are wonderful rich. Martin Scorsese is also an important person who made this movie epic. It's directing is synonymous of hard working, dedication, passion and a tremendous knowledge about filming... Loneliness, violence, anger against society, racism, love, mental illness, protection, politics, prostitution are many of the thematics taken by this historical picture, so well painted by these three artist and many others who helped to create this painting.