TAXI DRIVER (1976) Movie Reaction w/ Coby FIRST TIME WATCHING

"Some day a real rain will come and wash all the scum off the streets." - Travis Bickle
Taxi Driver movie reaction. Check out Coby's first time watching Taxi Driver reaction. Directed by Martin Scorsese and released in 1976. Starring Robert De Niro, Jodie Foster and Harvey Keitel.
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[@DavidAntrobus]

The beauty of this film is that every time you watch it, at different stages of your life, it hits differently. Travis is a tragic figure with no direction, probably suffering PTSD from the Vietnam War. He's looking for something to connect with, and at first it's Betsy and the political campaign (although he's not a political man). When that falls apart, he's pretty much on a suicide mission in which he'll take his rage out on a world he believes has failed him, and when his plan A doesn't work, rescuing Iris fits perfectly as a plan B. None of this is because he has any true convictions, just a vague sense that the world is ugly and he has to do _something_ . He does genuinely like Iris and hates what she's forced to do, so it kind of works. He expected and wanted to die in the shootout, so when he doesn't, he's thrown. Even the idea of him being a hero doesn't sit right, but by the end he'll take it. And I think that odd glitch when he looks in the rearview at a real or imaginary Betsy is telling us he's not really better and isn't likely to get better. God's lonely man, indeed. It's a sad, moody, oddly beautiful film. (Sorry I'm late with this comment. I was watching other reactions to this movie, and yours came up, and I've never seen your channel until now.)

[@haunterdragon4580]

He's more of an anti hero but he's not supposed to be a role model. You are supposed to feel empathy for him though cause he's just a dude that got fucked over. I feel like this movie really highlights the dangers of loneliness. I saw a breakdown of this and it basically said it starts as loneliness also because of the war he came from but then stage 2 becomes obsession over something and stage 3 becomes resentment because there is no way in reality the obsession can match the idea behind it aka the girl. And to fill that void of being alone he creates delusions and reasons even if they are wrong. A lot of people are confused by this ending saying it's random but I think that's the point. He just spirals off and attaches his obsession to this prostitute and getting rid of the filth (also being condescending of society is an effect of loneliness because if he really wanted connection people are everywhere but he doesn't he sees them as shit)

[@DavidAntrobus]

@@haunterdragon4580 Yeah, I pretty much agree with all that. I don't think Scorsese or Schrader wanted audiences to love or even like Travis, especially, but they needed us to relate to him in some way and understand how he'd been handed a raw deal in life. And De Niro's empathic acting made that possible, hence the morally conflicted ending.

[@haunterdragon4580]

@@DavidAntrobus it's possibly a criticism in veterans but I also think it's heavily a message for lonely guys.

[@DavidAntrobus]

@@haunterdragon4580 Right. Yeah.

[@christopherschreiber5805]

There's another theory that everything that happens after the shootout is just a dream he has as he's dying in the brothel, which, while tragic, actually kind of makes sense when you consider the abrupt tonal change that happens there. It's incredibly sad when you think that he might not have changed anything for anyone, and I choose not to believe it personally. But I think it's a fascinating commentary on how society views veterans and the mentally ill, when the audience is forced to not only make a choice about what to believe, but to examine their own reasons for it. It's such an incredibly complex film, it's really no wonder they study it in film school.

[@TooDarnSoulful]

Everthing we ever did in the 70's be it music or film, still holds up today, it was an awesome time to be alive ❤

[@drlee2]

"He's taking her to watch PORRRNNN?!" lol

[@bke8073]

The part right before the end credits when he looks in the rear view mirror paranoid is supposed to represent the fact that his mental illness is not gone and he will do these things again.

[@Foxrich99]

That's very much up to interpretation, it's also a callback to an earlier line in the movie where he was asked if he over looked into his own eyes. Now he has, and he didn't like what he saw.

[@bke8073]

@@Foxrich99 true. I just think that’s the common consensus most people come to regarding that shot

[@user-xj7hq1pp3x]

I feel like he died in that brothel. His recovery was like a dream that was too good to be true. He got a hero’s ending with the thank you letter and the news report… Cybill Shepherd’s character would never ever just show back up in his cab to say GREAT JOB! That’s just not realistic (I know women). Notice how he only sees her in the rear view mirror. And there’s a funny sound/ effect which isn’t even mentioned or explained in the director’s dvd commentary. I was disappointed about that.

[@mrcrhartman]

​@@user-xj7hq1pp3x A lot of people feel that way, but the writer Paul Shrader said the ending was literal and this was basically the story of how unbalanced people are wandering around every day in cities, and he is even worse because he got postive reinforcement. No one knows he was a coin flip from assassinating a senator, it was only luck that he redirected his rage toward the pimps. Scorsese wanted to make a sequel while DeNiro was still young enough, and the writer Paul Schrader told him "No...that guy (Travis) got himself killed a few years later." Lol.

[@bobcobb3654]

@@mrcrhartmanbut Schrader’s statement doesn’t make practical sense either. He was found dead to rights with a gun in his hand after killing 4 people. And remember, all his guns were illegally purchased (he freaked out about that after shooting the guy earlier in the store). Like Bernard Goetz, Travis would have at least been in trouble for the guns and gone either to jail or a nut house for a while after he healed up.

[@rustincohle2135]

26:39 What's astonishing is that De Niro's mohawk is not a real mohawk. It's makeup and a skull cap he's wearing. I was surprised to learn that he didn't actually shave his head for this cuz it looks sooo real. That's the work of makeup artist Dick Smith, a.k.a. "The Godfather of Make-Up". He did the old age makeup for Marlon Brando in _The Godfather,_ Max von Sydow in _The Exorcist_ and F. Murray Abraham in _Amadeus._ He was truly the best in the biz.

[@dl99-bj8ih]

Amazing reaction to an all time great film, I don't understand why you don't have thousands of views because your reaction is the best I've seen, you really get the story, ten times better than hundreds of other reactors, great job!!!!

[@robertjewell9727]

My friend Dorothy's dad did the music for this film.

[@EQSATUB]

Bernard Herrmann…the legend…

[@4Kandlez]

Your friend Dorothy's dad did the music for a lot of films, didn't he

[@robertjewell9727]

@@4Kandlez 51 films and a number of television scores, tThe Twlight Zone being the most memorable. Plus his concert works are excellent. Sinfonietta for Strings, The Curries and Ives Suite, Cantata for Moby Duck, his only Symphony etc.

[@RobertMcCaig]

My favourite film of all time. The script, the direction, the music, and the acting are on another level.

[@bryanmack4054]

De Niro actually drove a cab at night , in preparation for the role. Peter Boyle thought about doing the same thing but then he said “nah that’s nuts!”

[@danielasuncion9991]

I drove for YELLOW CAB, 1988 - 90. And, then for a couple of more months, a year later.

[@brettwalker2723]

Fran Leibowitz and Scorsese sat down and interviewed each other about New York. Fran reminisced the point in time when taxi drivers turned into maniacs and how that point was reflected in "After Hours" when the protagonist suggests to the cab driver to slow down by saying "There's no hurry..."

[@antrimlariot2386]

Some tidbit facts u might wanna know: The brilliant music is Bernard Herrmann's last score. Marty dedicated the film to him. Bernard did the music for a lot of the great Hitchcock films; North By NorthWest, Vertigo, Psycho. The black woman serving at the counter in the porn theatre was Dianne Abbott, De Niro's real life wife, who also acted with him in New York, New York and the King of Comedy.

[@mso4433]

That was Peter Boyle, the bald fellow taxi driver friend of Travis. Peter played the monster in Young Frankenstein, and other parts before entering the tv world. RIP

[@oddvertex]

I learn a lot watching her reactions to films I’ve seen several times. Unforgiven, The Matrix, Leon, even Die Hard. I’ve seen these movies several times and she picks up on stuff that just misses me. It’s like film school in here.

[@criminalcontent]

That’s a high compliment !! It’s what we’re striving for on this channel

[@walterpanovs]

Nicely done. Your enthusiasm is delightful. Very interesting to get a fresh take on Scorsese and De Niro from a young film fan's perspective.

[@errolgreen7267]

This is the first I've seen anyone react to this. Fantastic! Another great early De Niro movie, if you haven't seen it is The Deer Hunter.

[@Tr0nzoid]

The first time I saw "Taxi Driver," I was mesmerized by the first shot introducing Cybill Shepherd, with the shots leading up to it. Once I learned Martin Scorsese was sitting on the steps, he was distracting.

[@Pete_Finch]

I worked as a lawyer in NYC for years and it's so wild to see what New York was like in the 70s (and 80s) compared to now. The aesthetic of this movie is fantastic, and all they needed to do was film the city as it was at the time. I'm definitely in for more true and fictional crime stuff on your channel!

[@bebop_557]

He left the gun behind because the salesman's guns were all illegal and probably "hot" as well. So the store owner beat the robber to cover his story, said that Travis's gun was actually the robber's gun. He clearly fought back with the pry bar, disarmed the criminal, and shot him with his own gun. He'd keep the criminal's gun which wasn't fired, either for his own use or to sell for money (probably to the same salesman Travis bought his guns from in the first place).

[@dannyropero4216]

Cool channel, cool reaction! Alot of people forget that NYC in the 70's was a VERY sleezy place. I remember seeing a wilderness of neon signs advertising peep shows, strip clubs, adult book stores as far as one can see, along with prostitutes everywhere. I would describe this Scorsese film as gritty realism.

[@tomfrankiewicz4030]

Paul Schrader who wrote the screenplay to this movie is semi-autobiographical. He was homeless living out of his car. He was obviously going through some hard times in his life. The taxi is a metaphor for loneliness

[@rabbitandcrow]

It’s also based on Dostoyevsky’s Crime & Punishment.

[@Osvie-hc3to]

Apparently, he wrote the screenplay with a loaded gun next to him to motivate himself.

[@67psychout]

When palatine says "i think i know exactly what you mean" Coby says "Do you?" I busted out lol

[@mythicsin3083]

When this came out I was a film student for a minute. I watched it like 7 days in a row. I was stunned by both Deniro and Scorsese, as well as the cinematography and score. All brilliant.

[@mvvagner]

I like your reactions because you seem quite knowledgable about film in general and have interesting insights.

[@criminalcontent]

Glad you like them!

[@Al_NERi]

One face amongst the cast is deserving of special note, and may be easy to overlook to the unknowlegeable: I speak of the late great character actor Joe Spinnel, who played the cabstand supervisor who hires Travis, grilling him with questions about his hack license, driving record, military discharge, availability etc. Joe Spinnel's career arc is like a roadmap to the tough, gritty urban dramas and thrillers of the 70s thru 80s .The movies we all know and love. Chances are we've all seen Joe's pitted, granite glaring-eyed countenance dozens of times even if his name was unknown. Joe was central in key scenes in both The Godfather Part one AND two as the conflicted button man Willi Cicci. He appeared in a significant role in Rocky one and two. He and Sylvester Stallone were once close according to credible sources and reportedly Joe, who was on the Godfather set much longer than his scenes required used his connections to get some extra work for Stallone when he had nothing else going on. Joe had a memorable turn even in a minor role in William Friedkin's inflammatory, explosively controversial Cruising (80) headlined by Al Pacino, playing a brutally abusive, corrupt and likely closeted NYPD patrolman who at one point appears to be voyeuristically targeting Pacino's plainclothed deep cover detective on an assignment to catch a potential serial killer/mutilator haunting the late 70s NYC fetish club scene. Speaking of serial murder probably Joe's last big splash was the fan favorite 80s slasher era classic Maniac (80) playing the titular role named Frank Zito in a tour D force frenzy of raw emotion and homicidal impulse laced with bizarre sentimentality, a hulking brute of a man with a disquieting attachment to dolls, teddy bears, gift floral bouquets and the like. Stallone helped to promote Maniac in advance of it's release by wearing a promotional T shirt in front of paparazzi at the Canne film festival of all places. He had nothing to gain by association with the bloody, gruesome film and nothing accounts for the promotional affair except the bond of friendship between Stallone and Spinnel personally. Maniac proved to be one of the most scandalous, controversial entries of the whole slasher era, and the graphic illustrated ad campaign drew the ire of critics, pressure groups and even activists who painted over billboards and vandalized theater poster galleries. In subsequent years the reputation of Maniac has been remarkably rehabed, mostly on the power of Joe Spinnel's unique (to the genre) performance and is the subject of a well received remake coproduced by and starring Elijah Wood in the Frank Zito role with a very different but still compelling interpretation of the material. In my opinion Joe Spinnel is one of the most underecognized character actors of modern cinema.

[@MrBoyYankee]

Thanks for giving 42nd Street Joe his flowers. 💐

[@Al_NERi]

My pleasure @MyBoyYankee. I could sing his praises all day

[@TTM9691]

Holy smokes, are you a great reactor or what? You even recognized Albert Brooks! You were elated to see Harvey Keitel! This doesn't happen on every Taxi Driver reaction! Just watched Mean Streets with you, now this.....I'm going all the way to King Of Comedy! A Sunday with Scorsese, Bobby D and Coby! What luck to find this channel today! I'm not even checking my subscriptions, I'm not even going shopping like I was going to! 🤣 THANKS!

[@moviesseriesclips2899]

This movie just gets better and better the more you watched it😁

[@drdavid1963]

Great to see someone appreciating this movie that was made so long ago. Part of the greatest period in film history, Travis Bickle is one of the best movie characters with one of the all-time performances that De Niro has become rightly famous for. You cannot simply dismiss him as a crazy person although he does have problems. For, the way De Niro plays him, you do identify with him and Scorsese, De Niro identified with the script Paul Schrader wrote about masculinity. Scorsese describes that men go through this phase of being frustrated about doing something meaningful in the world whilst feeling alone but, we all have to get past it and channel it positively. Travis Bickle gets stuck there until there is no way out. One of the most honest films about masculinity (along with Raging Bull).

[@mojav26]

DeNiro filmed Taxi Driver right after winning an Oscar for Godfather 2 so he had quickly come aways since Mean Streets before this film.

[@ericmatias2799]

He just fulfill himself. Now he knows his value.

[@tinderbox218]

"Ow! Ow! My neck is so sore..." 😆🤣

[@MrDMF567]

The gun dealer scene is so uniquely odd and creepy. What a great scene.

[@darshin95]

50s-70s are the best era of films

[@carlossaraiva8213]

You forgot to mention the 90s.

[@ericsierra-franco7802]

Yes, that's Albert Brooks. The cab driver is Peter Boyle, who was on Everybody Loves Raymond.

[@philmullineaux5405]

The convenience store owner, great character actor. Did a SUPERB job, with Wesley snipes, Lawrence Fishburne, Christopher Walken, steve Buschemi,in the much underrated, king of New York. Harvey was Martin's first muse, until Mean Streets, then he switched to Robert!

[@user-cs4fg1rm5k]

He was also in Abel Ferrara's Bad Lieutenant with Harvey Keitel. A movie every bit as good as this one.

[@philmullineaux5405]

@@user-cs4fg1rm5k agreed

[@ericsierra-franco7802]

I'm not sure anyone else has mentioned this, but, this film is where John Hinckley developed an obsession with Jodie Foster and and got his inspiration for his attempted assassination of Ronald Reagan.

[@rustincohle2135]

John, not David. You might be thinking of another crazy, David Berkowitz ("Son of Sam").

[@ericsierra-franco7802]

@@rustincohle2135 John Hinkley....you're correct.

[@thedink5]

The Last Picture Show 1971 A++ was nominated for eight Academy Awards,

[@user-cs4fg1rm5k]

Not sure if it fits the crime genre but Cybil Shepherd along with a great cast in The Last Picture Show was stellar.

[@richardb6260]

Before this, he made "Boxcar Bertha" for Roger Corman and the film "Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore" starring Ellen Burstyn. Ithink you'd really like ADLHA. It's lighter than what we usually expect from Scorsese. It actually inspired a long running sitcom called "Alice". Another Scorsese film I like and probably one of his most underrated is "After Hours". It's one of his few films that is primarily a comedy.

[@MrDMF567]

The mohawk reveal scene is so amazingly iconic.

[@grelch]

Has to be the first time I've ever heard Taxi Driver described as " so much fun.." 😉

[@nealrepetti2396]

Jodie Foster was 12 years old when she made this movie 🎥 !

[@kyleshockley1573]

I think the movie's pretty straight forward, no Nolan-esque twists, no transcendental or psychological tricks. These are the characters and these are the events that happen - this is what modern living and neglect produces.

[@richardhinman3046]

In my opinion: Travis died in that room after the shootout. The very end of the movie, (when Betsey gets into the cab), were Travis's last thoughts before dying.

[@jasonwebb71]

I had a similar interpretation. As the movie tagline said, he had dreams of becoming somebody from his actions, but, sadly, not everybody gets to become a hero.

[@dreiserrules9414]

Agreed. I've seen this movie at least 40 times. I'm convinced the final potion is a fever-dream of the dying. Scorsese does something similar with his superb "King of Comedy."

[@PeacefulJoint]

Scorsese himself said he didnt die.

[@rustincohle2135]

The ending is NOT a fantasy playing in Travis's head as he bleeds out, dying. Both director Martin Scorsese and writer Paul Schrader have said that this interpretation is flat out wrong and to think this way is missing the entire point of the film. Travis does survive at the end. The point is Travis is a mentally ill guy who's fed up with the sick society he lives in, so he lashes out. And when he lashes out at the end, society praises him for it rather than getting him the help he so desperately needs. That double take that Travis does at the very end is him witnessing a crime taking place in his rearview mirror. It's meant to imply that he's a ticking time bomb and that he will lash out again in the near future. Which proves Travis's point that the society he lives in is indeed a sick place. A sick society that ignores mental health and rewards his reckless vigilante behavior. Travis is a product of this environment. That's the point.

[@rustincohle2135]

@@dreiserrules9414 It's not a fever dream. Both Scorsese and Paul Schrader have confirmed this.

[@neonvandal8770]

Fantastic film that clearly sees New York also as a character. NY was an insane, rotten, dangerous but also exciting and creatively alive place back then. There is a brilliant Documentary thats well worth watching on KZbin called "NY77: The Coolest Year In Hell" that perfectly captures what an incredible time 70's NY was.

[@dawd29]

I think "Taxi Driver" makes you understand how a human mind works more than any book on psychology.

[@Jeremy-f3s]

It is Martin outside the campaign office yes, from what I read in analysis of this film the Peter Boyle (yes he was the dad in Everybody Loves Raymond) character failed to help Travis calm his thoughts and thats the moment he started flipping. He went to him for comfort and reassurance (which is why he tells him hes got some bad ideas) but only got empty platitudes.

[@FrankOdonnell-ej3hd]

the conclusion of the film was so unexpected and outrageous I almost started laughing when I saw it ⚛😀

[@MasterCommanderBastid]

Ok, I’m impressed. Coby’s cinema IQ is up there! Adorable and refreshingly insightful. *BTW, I rocked a Mohawk for about 7 years but switched up to work in Hollywood. It has also taken me ten years to grow my hair long once again 😎

[@michaelt6218]

The music is by Bernard Herrmann, one of the true geniuses in film scoring, best known for his work with Alfred Hitchcock (Vertigo, Psycho), among many others.

[@philmullineaux5405]

She was a early supermodel and the it girl, 70-80s. And her sitcom in the 90s was great! But what she did with Bruce Willis in Moonlighting, was tv show comedy gold ...like watching a continuous Cary Grant movie. Watch some epis😢here!

[@4Kandlez]

Who?

[@philmullineaux5405]

@@4Kandlez Cybill Shepperd

[@DEWwords]

Check out The Last Picture Show--- great film, her first and she was great in it. & Yes, a Super Model, too. She was everywhere--- magazine covers every week and every other tv commercial.

[@lowftherain3943]

You are a thing of beauty

[@TheReverendStrange]

I'm coming in five-months late, but just wanted to note that De Niro didn't shave his head for this movie. He had another film to shoot immediately after and didn't have time to grow his hair back out. Make-up effects legend Dick Smith created the mohawk, adding horse hair onto a bald cap. You can see the make-up and bald cap wrinkle up some when Travis is holding his neck after being shot. The last I heard, the mohawk is on display in the Museum of the Moving Image in New York.

[@clarencewalker3925]

Welcome to the channel. I hope we'll be seeing more of you.

[@harvey4512]

I've First Watch this Film Nearly Two Years Ago. It Reminds of Falling Down Because De Niro Played an Anti Hero Who Suffered from ptsd and Insomnia that got him into Violent Spree but it was a Dream.

[@Slevencolevra]

Jodie Foster in contact is amazing. Watch it

[@gazoontight]

The woman selling tickets in the porno theater was De Niro’s wife. The Mohawk hairstyle was used by soldiers who were going on a suicide mission.

[@artromano2419]

One of the best movie scores!!

[@rustincohle2135]

Just so you know, a very small handful of people will tell you that the ending is a fantasy playing in Travis's head as he bleeds out, dying. It's not. Both director Martin Scorsese and writer Paul Schrader have said that this interpretation is flat out wrong and to think this way is missing the entire point of the film. All the characters in the film are real and not hallucinations in Travis's mind. And Travis does survive at the end. The point is Travis is a mentally ill guy who's fed up with the sick society he lives in, so he lashes out. And when he lashes out at the end, society praises him for it rather than getting him the help he so desperately needs. That double take that Travis does at the very end is him witnessing a crime taking place in his rearview mirror. It's meant to imply that he's a ticking time bomb and that he will lash out again in the near future. Which proves Travis's point that the society he lives in is indeed a sick place. A sick society that ignores mental health and rewards his reckless vigilante behavior. Travis is a product of this environment. That's the point.

[@houragents5490]

The original "literally me"

[@blackbrandonblue]

This is a really cool thread of film you guys are working through. If you're new to film buffery, I feel duty bound to tell you about the single biggest gem known only to film buffs in all the world, which happens to fall right into your primary interest here: Once Upon A Time In America (1984). If you're as baffled as I was when I was a kid when I found out there's a megabudget crime epic starring Robert De Niro at the height of his popularity that nobody's heard of but every critic and film fan worships (it's about the 70th highest rated film on IMDB right now), it's pretty much a Justice League situation where the studios completely destroyed the theatrical release, it got panned, and next to no one saw it in the theater. Then the director's cut comes out and the famous lore is how one critic called the theatrical cut one of his 10 worst films of the year and the director's cut one of the 10 best films of the decade. Out of all the thousands of films I went out and got as a teenager, that one landed the biggest impression on me. I've never seen anything else like that.

[@stevencowie7151]

Seconded.

[@briangregory6303]

There's something to be said for seeing these brilliant films later in life. My mom worked for the cable company so a perk was we had free HBO and Showtime. I was probably 12 or 13 watching all these great movies, not understanding or appreciating them. I spent my time watching Monty Python and the Holy Grail, so I enjoy your insights that much more.

[@VulcanDeathGrip44]

I’ve always thought the last two scenes, from Iris’ parent’s card to the end, were in his imagination. Also, I’m kind of worried about your uncle. 😂

[@ronbotello8513]

Travis was in Vietnam and suffered from PTSD.

[@puerrodios8013]

nope.

[@MrGadfly772]

This of course is a classic....it should be reminiscent of "Joker" which also draws from "The King of Comedy." I was born on 1959 and there were great films with great writing back then. Films were multilayered and full of subtext...not to mention that the music was terrific and there was a real sense that things can be changed.

[@longago-igo]

I saw this 10 times in the theater in its first week of release (knew the projectionist). The opening interview gives a lot of insight into Travis (basically problematic). Marty was playing two different characters and not sure why you leaped to he’s a figment of Travis’s imagination. After this, Paul Schrader wrote and directed a film called Hardcore (1979) with George C. Scott (from the perspective of the father of a girl in a similar situation).

[@rabidfollower]

An early film about a lone psychopathic gunman is the 1968 film "Target", directed by Peter Bogdanovich and inspired by the true story of a mass shooting in the 1960s. Many people have observed that ever since Kennedy's assassination in 1963 (carried out by a lone gunman), the number of mass shootings in America have greatly increased.

[@rustincohle2135]

_Targets,_ it's plural.

[@carleakins2153]

In the 90s, the band Pantera used a sound bite from this ("I'll kill you, I'll kill you") for their song "The Badge" that appeared on the soundtrack for The Crow.

[@criminalcontent]

you are the first person to mention pantera on this channel, and that is a super double-triple thumbs up from us !

[@carleakins2153]

I'm honored!

[@rabbitandcrow]

“It’s all just so eeugh and sad and wasted” - perfect review of the movie.

[@bke8073]

The ending of the film originally had Travis enter the building and every person that he killed was black. This would have emphasized the ending of the film and it’s relationship with media and how the perception of stories is warped. We also see that Travis has prejudices against black people throughout the film based on his interactions. Scorsese changed the ending as he thought it was too racially charged for the time.

[@rickyredhookbk9048]

His Vietnam war PTSD got worse & worse throughout the film

[@juliuslukosevicius3406]

the mohawk haircut means that somebody is going on suicide mission. It was popular in WWII with American GI's.

[@damianstarks3338]

Great reaction to this De Niro classic

[@sconni666]

The scene with Scorsese in the back of the cab was real.

[@videohound701]

Coby is the QUEEN!!!

[@cjmacq-vg8um]

scorsese’s "cape fear" (1991) is a remake of the 1962 version of "cape fear" directed by j. lee thompson that starred gregory peck and robert mithcum. hitckcock was slated to direct but backed out pressumably to direct "the birds." in this case both versions are real good and deserving of a look. as for "taxi driver" - to avoid an x-rating scorsese had to mute the colors of the last murder scene. the x-rating was first introduced in the late 60s that led to "midnight cowboy" (1969, directed by john schlesinger and starring jon voight and dustin hoffman) being the only film with an x-rating to ever when the oscar for best picture. but it's shown on tv today with very little editing. both "midnight cowboy" and "taxi driver" take very different approaches to depict the sewer that NYNY was becoming. thanks for the video.

[@cjmacq-vg8um]

that WAS scorsese in both scenes. you have a very keen eye. and that was raymond's dad peter boyle who's also known for playing tthe monster in mel brook's "young frankenstein" (1974). you even recognized cybill shepherd and albert brooks. brooks, himself, wrote and directed some successful films ("real life" 1979, kind of a precursor to reality-tv, and "defending your life" 1991 are my favorites.). and cybill shepherd is great with the ensemble cast in 1971's "the last picture show" directed by peter bogdanovich. now, keeping in the spirit of travis bickel, let's watch some porn together! "sometimes sweet susan" (1974) sounds pretty good. (HA!)

[@andykang6469]

Anyone who just discovered this film, i consider that a blessing.

[@DevInvest]

“Kerfuffle” is worth 26 points in Scrabble , sans bonus squares etc. Don’t miss “The Deer Hunter” ‘78 , a few years after Taxi Driver. Unreal cast. DeNiro, Walken, Streep, And, IMHO, one the greatest thriller/action films of the 70’s was a film called “Duel” It’s practically a one actor storyline, without giving away the unique, um 🤔 protagonist. It’s very unique. You’ll love it. With Dennis Weaver, a popular actor of the 70’s “Nail biting, intense and malicious “ are the critic notes. And lastly, The most “Nostalgic “ and accurate portrayal of being a pre-teen / young teen in the 70’s is “The Bad News Bears” Not the remake nonsense. The Walter Matthau / Tatum O’Neal (International Velvet) masterpiece.

[@csmelen]

So happy I stumbled upon your channe. New subscriber. Looking forward to your future movie reactions.

[@jamesodonnell3636]

This is a good prequel to Natural Born Killers. At the end, you can practically see Scorsese laughing at the audience, questioning if they have any brain cells at all. It's a paean to irony. The psycho is a hero... for now.

[@67psychout]

The most beautiful woman doing a first time seeing a movie. Good lord

[@mynameispaul0530]

Deniro did an excellent job of portraying a troubled character spiraling mentally.

[@danishhald]

Love watching people react to one of my favorite movies! Please watch King Of Comedy!

[@criminalcontent]

it’s in the channel already !

[@danishhald]

@@criminalcontent Yes I found it! Looking forward to watching it!

[@sebastianandres8781]

. I recommend you for ''spooky season'' react to : ★ *Cape Fear* (1991) _/starring _*_Robert De Niro_* 🔥 ★ *The Silence of the Lambs* (1991) _/starring _*_Jodie Foster_* 🔥

[@vahaneloyan]

Mean Streets is one of the best Martin S movies ever made

[@middlefingermotionpictures4772]

This movie is a hybrid of Psycho and The Searchers.

[@Salguine]

FUN FACT: The brilliant score for this film was composed by Bernard Herrmann, one of the great film composers of his generation. Scorsese desperately wanted him to do the score for Taxi Driver, but Herrmann was basically retired, and demurred. Scorsese was so desperate to have Herrmann work on it that he persuaded him to watch an early rough cut of the film, and Herrmann was so impressed with it that he agreed to come out of retirement to do it. The day after completing work on the score, Herrmann passed away.

[@williamhicks7736]

Glad you enjoyed this great film…. I was intrigued by your question about Betsy at the end…. Was she really there or was that just in Travis’ head? I have always wondered about that also… I hadn’t thought about the earlier scene with Scorsese possibly being imagined…. I just assumed that was an example of a crazy person that cab drivers in NY pick up sometime… Also, do you think Travis saved Iris? I have always wondered because I figured she probably ran away from home …. Was she a victim of abuse? Did Travis deliver her to a worse situation than the one she was in? And with the added trauma of everything that happened? I would be interested to see your reaction to some other noir-ish films, such as The Third Man (1947), Chinatown (1974), and To Live And Die In LA (1984)….

[@michaelrowand898]

It’s before most of Deniro’s great work but it’s after Godfather Part II

[@nealrepetti2396]

Now let me start by saying that Denero has done some outstanding roles but, one of my all-time favorites is Silver Linings Playbook. He was so good that he made me cry. FANTASTIC! If you haven't seen it , check it out .

[@hbron112]

Great reaction to a great movie!

[@tonysoto8949]

Robert Deniro I’m The Mission is top Deniro. Also Dear Hunter

[@gridplan]

You may know this, but the gun dealer, Easy Andy, is a friend of Scorsese's. He was the subject of Scorsese's 1978 documentary, American Boy: A Profile of Steven Prince. Steven was heavily into drugs back then and had a million stories on the subject, one of which Tarantino dramatized practically word for word in Pulp Fiction. It's the overdose scene with Mia Wallace.

[@67psychout]

If she reads a phone book from the 80's i would watch it

[@pencilquest9409]

He became a Hero and realized women ain't sh*t.

[@RichardZion]

You took it personal didn,t you? I took it Personal!

[@revivalofnutrient]

Politicians ain’t innocent, especially the ones involved with what happened in Vietnam.

[@prairiedogsareextant]

That's interesting, the notion that the Scorsese character Travis imagined, cuz earlier Scorsese was sitting by the office door. Never occurred to me. And the bit at the end, I think that happened, cuz after he drives off, he has that psycho look in his eyes in the rear view. Scorsese has said he did that bit at the end to indicate that, yep, Travis is gonna do it again. I'm with your Uncle. It's right there with the Big Lebowski and Dr Strangelove as my fave of all time. One thing I love about it is, yes, it's dark, but it's also hilarious. The bit with the gun dealer, hilarious. The bit about taking Betsy to a porn flick, hilarious. Peter Boyle, hilarious. Even De Niro's walk is odd. Evidently, he imagined walking like a crab when walking as Travis.

[@gravewaxxsupercoven1980]

Marty's character was a real customer

[@Letstunein]

My girl Cobie!! Always a great reaction!!

[@myfriendisaac]

26:07 Enjoy the famous imagery 😂🍿

[@arturocostantino623]

It has the most beautiful score