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Redpyramidhead · Nov 20th, 2003, 02:20 AM

Film Title: Taxi Driver
Genre: Drama
Actors: Robert De Niro, Jodie Foster, Cybill Shephard
Plot Outline: Robert De Niro plays a Vietnam Vet who becomes a Taxi Driver in New York City who succumbs to psychological issues and the monotony of a repetitive life in a "filth infested" environment.

This is considered by some to be one of the best movies of the 20th century. I think it came out in '76. It is also credited with helping to usher in a new type of "gritty" and depressing look at life in a drama in a new and harsh way. Cybill Shephard plays a girl he tries unsuccessfully to date and Jodie Foster (at the age of 15 when this movie was made...considered a very controversial role) plays a 12 and a half year old hooker that Travis (De Niro's character) becomes interested in rescuing from the life she is trapped within. It's got some classic scenes with Travis packing a hell of a lot of heat at once and the classic line "You talking to me?..." and so on. I enjoyed this movie very much as I am a big fan of this type of film along with Robert De Niro himself, who I think is a genius in his own right. I am surprised I had never seen the movie before, until this past weekend. I felt it lacked something in terms of getting inside Travis' mind to understand his deterioration better, but I had to keep in mind that this was one of the first movies of its kind. I strongly reccomend it. ENJOY!

_RED_ stuff

Nov 20th, 2003, 02:20 AM	#6
Redpyramidhead pazparacolombia Joined: Sep 2002 Location: Restless dreams... Age: 45 Posts: 2,002	"Are you talkin' to me?" Film Title: Taxi Driver Genre: Drama Actors: Robert De Niro, Jodie Foster, Cybill Shephard Plot Outline: Robert De Niro plays a Vietnam Vet who becomes a Taxi Driver in New York City who succumbs to psychological issues and the monotony of a repetitive life in a "filth infested" environment. This is considered by some to be one of the best movies of the 20th century. I think it came out in '76. It is also credited with helping to usher in a new type of "gritty" and depressing look at life in a drama in a new and harsh way. Cybill Shephard plays a girl he tries unsuccessfully to date and Jodie Foster (at the age of 15 when this movie was made...considered a very controversial role) plays a 12 and a half year old hooker that Travis (De Niro's character) becomes interested in rescuing from the life she is trapped within. It's got some classic scenes with Travis packing a hell of a lot of heat at once and the classic line "You talking to me?..." and so on. I enjoyed this movie very much as I am a big fan of this type of film along with Robert De Niro himself, who I think is a genius in his own right. I am surprised I had never seen the movie before, until this past weekend. I felt it lacked something in terms of getting inside Travis' mind to understand his deterioration better, but I had to keep in mind that this was one of the first movies of its kind. I strongly reccomend it. ENJOY! _RED_ stuff __________________ "..loathsome laughing, mixed with such a cry as no man has heard save for in the phlegathon of unrelatable nightmares; a cry wherein reverberated the horror and anguish of a haunted lifetime packed into one atrocious moment..."