The Great....De Niro

Rating: 9/10 (3 March 2012)

The presence of Robert De Niro--in the title role--is the most important reason why this work is an outstanding motion picture. He completely becomes--Travis Bickle--a socio/psycho-path. An incredible achievement....and De Niros finest hour. He refused to break character during filming---and made some of his co-players --a little nervous on set. Martin Scorsese uses some wonderfully inventive direction---but his usual sloppiness --in relation to continuity--is there for all to see. Writer Paul Schraver wrote a great script---very New York --but universal in its examination of loneliness. However--it is the gradual disintegration of Bickle--into madness, that is the rock solid viewing foundation of this Classic movie experience.