Travis Bickle (Robert De Niro, Ronin) is a 26 year-old former Marine, an honorably discharged Is the world what a man makes of it, or does the world make a man? Which lead to dire, unwanted consequences. He sees opportunities to better himself and the world around him, both of Nothingness that passes him by without so much as a blink of an eye. That focuses like a laser on a life and a world both out of focus it's a picture where nothing works as it should, at least in the mind of the "taxiĭriver." He's in search of a place in the world, a role to play, but he comes to understand that his life, like his profession, is an unending circle of Taxi Driver is a masterpiece motion picture Where others tell him, powerless to stop it - unless he chooses to break the rules of the game. It's not his choice he's only along for the ride, going Headed somewhere, and whether he likes the direction or destination or not is irrelevant. He sees a world around him that's always on the march, always Now, imagine a "taxiĭriver" who takes this existence outside of the cab and into every facet of his life. Thought, for some as soon as the cab ride ends, for others he remains an empty vessel behind a wheel even during the ride. Impersonal it denotes not only a profession but an invisible, forgettable figure, one that plays an important role but who vanishes without a Of business or recreation, but for the cab driver the symbolism of only delivering rather than arriving is impossible to miss. He never finds a place to settle or stop the destination is but another leg of the endless circle of seeing others to their homes or places His is a journey of circles, of a continuous string of coming and going, but never really arrivingĪnywhere. Who is a "taxi driver?" A "taxiĭriver," or at least the title implies and the profession dictates, is a person who knows how to get somewhere, is capable of delivering others to aīut who himself never actually goes anywhere. Taxi Driver is one of the most ambiguous pictures of them all, and the ambiguity begins with the title. Reviewed by Martin Liebman, March 22, 2011 Sony delivers a Blu-ray worthy of being labeled a "masterpiece."
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