Robert De Niro
Powerhouse project written by Paul Schrader and directed by Martin Scorcese. Alienated, terminally lonely Travis Bickle cruises the streets of NYC, repulsed and attracted by the depravity he perceives. He brings to mind the old adage...we see things not as they are, but as we are...
This film confirmed Scorcese as a major filmmaker after Mean Streets and Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore. He and De Niro went on several years later to do Raging Bull...perhaps the greatest film ever made about a sports figure.
I continue to think that the several scenes that followed the shootout were in Bickle's mind...that he was dying from the injuries he suffered and that his hero status was entirely in his imagination.
This will always be a classic.
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