[[Shizo]]

I wonder if anyone saw Taxi Driver, it's an old film but i just watched because someone at GTA3 forum said it was their favorite film so i had to see it :D

Well i think this film is a break from the usual hollywood films, as i watched more like an artwork than a movie.. anyways it was pretty weird so i have a few questions about it.

1. Was this shot on real ghetto streets or were those hookers and pimps acting?
2. Why did the main guy get a mohawk? If it is to look unrecognizable, why didnt he shave off all hair and wear different clothes?
3. Today i actually saw his green jacket on some guy, a chinese dude passed me on a bicycle and i went "what!" hehe, is it an army jacket or what?
4. Why the hell did he try to assassinate the givernor? I thought he was friendly with him, plus i didnt see point in doing that.
5. At the end he survived and wasn;t in jail, why not? Is it possible for a regular person to arm himself with guns and kill 10 people even if they all were criminals?


Those questions really bug me, i hope i get answers although it doenst seem like a big popular film but it is good.

Oh, and what's a 'panty hose'?!

[roundeye]

next time get the DVD and watch all the extra shit and it will answer most of your questions except the dumb ones.

[roundeye]

brilliant movie though, and fair questions. im tanked. but if the answers arent here tommorow ill find them. i know 3/4 off the bat but cant formulate sufficiently(sp?).[EMAIL]null[/EMAIL]

[elam]

1. Well, I know Jodie Foster isn't a real hooker, so I would assume their actors.

2. He's crazy

3. umm, hmhm. Don't know.

4. He's crazy.

5. Now I saw this movie a while ago, but I thought he was dead at the end? Can't remember.

It is a cool movie, if not a little old.

[roundeye]

1. she wasnt but her friend on thee street was. like a real kid hooker. she (jodie foster) didnt even do the 'almost head' scene'. who did? a midget i hear.
2. antihero shit.
3. i saw a chink once. beat me in math. no army jacket. wack like mental. whats the matter with you?
4. cuz of the chick man! think about it! she was in moonlighting!
5. anti-hero justification-point. so smooth. so sweet. the point all wrapped up.

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doenst seem like a big popular film

are you half-cuban or some shit?

[ June 06, 2002: Message edited by: roundeye ]

[fshock]

1.They were actors.
2.Because he was crazy.
3.Yes it's an O.D.(olive drab)Green army jacket. I have one too
4.Because he was crazy.
5.First, he wasn't in jail because it was a movie. Second, of course it's possible it happens every day. Not saying you would get away with it or it would be illegal.

It was an ok movie. I think it's a bit over-rated though.
I think the director was attempting to show the insanity of a man that felt he needed a mission. You have to think when this movie was made. It was right after the Vietnam war, so I think they wanted to show the effects of war on a man.

A better movie to watch would be "The Deer Hunter", also staring DeNiro.

[roundeye]

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[[Shizo]]

I'll watch Deer Hunter but i dont think it's an over-rated movie, cause i never heard about it. It's a 'compact' movie but very biffy at the same time. I like.

So whats a panty hose? I really dont know.

[roundeye]

Ur gay.

[Lunatique]

If you want more Scorsese films(better ones, IMHO), try:

Goodfellas
The Last Temptation of Christ

Those two are his best(my opinion).

[ June 06, 2002: Message edited by: Lunatique ]

[ruler protractor pen penc]

The Deer hunter is Brilliant, it was also the best picture of the year 1978 i think. it has one of the best (and the longest) wedding scenes ever made. Christopher Walken is exellent in his role!

Travis was 'crazy', i think that very last scene in his Taxi where he suddenly looks in the mirror describes that pretty well

The Last Temptation of Christ is good as well, i have the DVD with the commentary by Scorsese himself

[Basse_Ex]

If you need proof of how popular Taxi-Driver is, then just try to recall how many times you've seen movies, TV-series, sit-coms, comics, and so on, where suddenly there's a scene(Often featuring a mirror) where they start saying:

"Are you looking at me?

Are you looking at ME?"

That scene has been "homaged" to death. But it's still a great scene.

Deer Hunter is also great. A different kind of movie, more emotional(More Oscar stuff), but really great. One of my all-time favorite movies, since I whined my way into seeing it when I was way to young, and it made a huge impression on my mind. When I'm half-asleep, I still once in a while get small flashes of the chopper scene, although when I saw the movie again last year, it wasn't half as gruesome as I remembered it. Still pretty gruesome.

[ken]

heheh, roundeye, yousa funny.

1) jodie foster actually studied a prostitute for the role. the different coloured glasses thing was a personality trait she borrowed from her.

2) no, it's like a 'get into action thing'. people don't normally just decide to shave half their hair off. it's like a sign of change, and of wildness. imho. that's not a real mohawk btw, de niro wore a skincap.

3) okay.

4) can't remember that bit. something to do with trying to piss of cybil shepherd's character, no doubt.

5) just pretend he wasn't it the us justice system, and that for once a sociopathic loser had a happy ending.

haven't seen deer hunter or last temptation of christ. but i highly recommend kundun, and raging bull. kind of opposite movies.

-Ken

[Basse_Ex]

Raging Bull is totally amazing.

[[Shizo]]

Oh, and i thought that the gun-dealing guy was totally like Beck!!!
..And his brain is wax, falling on a termite, that's choking on the splinters.

[THE LAST GOONIE]

Hey thats wierd, Taxi Driver was just on the other night, first time I seen it.

Casino, is my favorite DeNiro movie.

[Ysg]

I saw some behind the scenes of the movie and I can't remember who said it but the mohawk thing came from vietnam, a guy going on a suicide mission would supposedly cut his hair like that. I actually bought a vietnam infantry model kit a while back and one of the guys had a mohawk.

So now you know,
and knowing is half the battle..

GI JOE!!!

[fshock]

Raging Bull is one of my favorites.
De Niro is a great actor no doubt about it.
My favorite De Niro movie has got to beHEAT
now that is a killer movie.
I love the shoot out scene, those AR-10`s sound so brutal blazing down busy city streets.
Ronin was awesome too.
The Score was great, Ed Norton is a great actor as well, that guy can play any part.
Look at American History X compared to Fight Club.

[S4Sb]

shizo, did you already finish that coconut grunge?