Scorsese's best!!!!

Rating: Null/10 (12 January 2005)

Martin Scorsese is the master of the character-study.hes made films on people ranging from the Dalai-lama to a blue collar gangster to Jesus Christ.but never has been to repeat the success he had with Travis Bickle,a man isolated from the world, his own actions leading to violent consequences. the film follows the life of Travis Bickle ,a new-york city cab driver as he shifts his attention from trying to romance a political volunteer to assassinating a presidential candidate to finally "freeing" a young prostitute. as you can tell,there is no particular plot ,the movie focusing only on Bickles character.dissatisfied, disillusioned and dark, no sane man can identify with his actions or the reasons that guide him. his character is the only focus of the movie ,which leads to little development of any other characters in the movie.but this is only nit-picking in a movie which as a whole is a master-piece,with an ending that makes a wry comment on society. i cant think of any actor living or dead who could have performed in this role the way Robert Deniro did.to bring such a disturbing character to life ,making him flesh and blood is just unbelievable.his best and most complex role to date.of all the Scorcese-Deniro collaborations, this is the best.