"Taxi Driver"

As I watched “Taxi Driver” for the first time I found myself following the plot and finding it somewhat meandering, like it wasn’t going anywhere. I understood Travis (DeNiro), this man whom seemed at odds with society who is not quite sure how to fit in or what norms he was to follow, and I understood most of the characters. The characters weren’t two dimensional, they possessed a depth of their own and they fit in the story and their stories broke open for me to see upon the rock of Travis. I enjoyed every part of the movie but I couldn’t figure out what they were doing with the plot. Suddenly Travis had a Mohawk and in the remaining time the whole movie came together for me. The parts of Travis that I didn’t see clearly came into vision like the world at the beams of light in the morning and all the loose strings in the plot pulled tighter than rigging on a sailing ship. This was cinematography like I had never seen. If you’re like me and had never seen this movie, you should see it, I felt it was worth my time and I plan on buying it at the next opportunity I have.

“Taxi Driver” premiered on February eighth of 1976; happy 35^th anniversary they don’t make ‘em like they used to.

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