THE CINEMA SPECULATION FILM SERIES
MARCH 3 - 930PM with Special Guest John Reed (Western University Professor - Lecturer for Media Studies)
Suffering from insomnia, disturbed loner Travis Bickle (Robert De Niro) takes a job as a New York City cabbie, haunting the streets nightly, growing increasingly detached from reality as he dreams of cleaning up the filthy city. When Travis meets pretty campaign worker Betsy (Cybill Shepherd), he becomes obsessed with the idea of saving the world, first plotting to assassinate a presidential candidate, then directing his attentions toward rescuing 12-year-old prostitute Iris (Jodie Foster).
Taxi Driver - FILM REVIEW
Pauline Kael, The New Yorker
"This picture is more ferocious than Scorsese’s volatile, allusive “Mean Streets.” “Taxi Driver” has a relentless movement: Travis has got to find relief. It’s a two-character study—Travis versus New York. As Scorsese has designed the film, the city never lets you off the hook. There’s no grace, no compassion in the artificially lighted atmosphere. The neon reds, the vapors that shoot up from the streets, the dilapidation all get to you the way they get to Travis." For the full review CLICK HERE!
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