Taxi Driver . Tucson Weekly . 02-02-98

Taxi Driver

DIRECTED BY: Martin Scorsese

REVIEWED: 02-02-98

Robert DeNiro has some bad ideas in his head in this Martin Scorcese masterpiece. Its script, by Paul Schrader, is poetic enough to commit to memory; the acting, by DeNiro and Peter Boyle, is seamless; and the story moves insistently without succumbing to the Hollywood desire for meaningless action. The subtle Bernard Herrmann score eschews the conceit of producing tension with intrusive music and provides an eerie counterpoint to the sociopathic world of a New York taxi driver who moves inexorably towards an explosive expression of anomie. It's also a good chance to see Jodie Foster, Cybill Shepherd and Harvey Keitel before they became insufferable. Without a doubt one of the best American films ever made.

--DiGiovanna

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Bringing Out the Dead
Casino
Kundun
Mean Streets
Raging Bull
The Last Temptation of Christ

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