New Hollywood - Taxi Driver

Something that wasn't mentioned throughout this film was the Vietnam war. The audience learn that Travis was given honourable discharge from the marines but it was never stated that it was from this particular war. The Vietnam war caused a large portion of the the film to include such violence.

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Schrader, P. (2000) ”One of the key films of the 1970s and winner of the Palme d'Or at the 1976 Cannes film Festival… Taxi Driver remains a devastating portrait of a man in urban purgatory". 

Macnab, G. (2005) Pauline Kael states "no other film has ever dramatised urban indifference so powerfully; at first, here, its horrifyingly funny, and then it's just horrifying". - to get this kind of reaction from a critic that is so trusted and influential was great for Scorsese.

Corrigan, T. White, P. (2012) - include image on desktop!!!!! 

"The famous scene in which the main character, Travis Bickle, confronts his mirror image demonstrates a divided and shifting identity."

Corrigan, T. White, P. (2012) - include image on desktop!!!!! 
"The windshield functions as a frame for Travis Bickle’s limited point of view."

Sangster, J. Condon, P. (2002) - extra detail - shot on 35mm "SUMMARY: - Honourable discharge marines - job, taxi driver - insomnia--- SHOW TRAILER----

Bibliography:

Sangster, J. Condon, P. (2002) Scorsese - Taxi Driver - Virgin Films Ltd.

Macnab, G. (2005) The Making of Taxi Driver  - Critical reaction - Unanimous Ltd.

Schrader, P. (2000) Taxi Driver Faber & Faber - biography - awards: One of the key films of the 1970s and winner of the Palme d'Or at the 1976 Cannes film Festival…

Corrigan, T. White, P. (2012) The Film Experience: An Introduction - History and Historiography: Hollywood and Beyond Chapter 10 Bedford/St. Martin's