Taxi Driver (1976) MOVIE REACTION!!! *First Time Watching*

[@powerofberzerker9487]

The movie's ending is what makes this film. Absolutely brilliant way to show how it's so easy to become either a hero or a criminal.

[@dajmasta94]

I think it’s trying to say that in a society like ours the “heroes” aren’t as far removed from the villains as they might look on the surface. The clue to that is the walking contradiction line.

[@powerofberzerker9487]

@@dajmasta94 You said what I meant. Nicely phrased.

[@sonnyhenriksen284]

Hannah, you talk about "the reason he was let out of the marines." The war was over. Most soldiers were discharged.An honourable discharge, is leaving with a recommendation.

[@lukefury8162]

I also think the ending might of just been in his head especially the scene when that woman he liked appears in his taxi

[@powerofberzerker9487]

@@lukefury8162 Agreed.

[@lethaldose2000]

Hey Hannah and Ash, Not long after the film's release, the screenwriter Paul Schrader, had an encounter with a deluded armed young man who snuck into his office, convinced Taxi Driver was about him. ----- He was asking Schrader questions like: "How did you know this about me? How did you find me?" ------ Schrader calmed him down by explaining that lots of young guys feel the way Travis Bickle does; alone, disconnected and confused. Pretty intense for sure.

[@_YZY_583]

That guys wrong it’s bout me

[@damien5760]

travis was the og ryan gosling

[@f1ah]

literally me

[@papichulo8749]

He's like me frfr

[@Cadinho93]

"You talkin' to me?" Fun Fact: The scene with the Passenger in the back of the taxi telling Travis Bickle (Robert De Niro) how he's going to kill his cheating wife with a .44 Magnum revolver is actually the director himself Martin Scorsese. Also, Robert De Niro worked fifteen hour days for a month driving cabs as preparation for this role. He also studied mental illness and during his off-time when filming "1900" (1976), visited a US Army base in Northern Italy and tape-recorded conversations with Midwestern soldiers so that he could pick up their accent.

[@24sowl11]

@tjp817 lmfaoa aahahahaah which make sit more funny

[@ryanjacobson2508]

There's at least three versions of a Midwestern accent. There's the "Great Lakes" accents of the Upper Midwest, the Midlands accent of much of Ohio, Indiana, Southern Illinois, and Missouri. Then there's the "general American" accent you hear in Kansas, Iowa, Nebraska, and South Dakota.

[@bottle1lack743]

Yea I know he appears few times in the film, but what I'm trully questioning myself is why did they not included this particullar scene? And the scene where the gun delaer offers him more thn guns..like when they completed the transaction with the guns and Bickle said he wants it all the dealer started offering him all kinds of drugs and in the end even tried to sell him a brand new Cadillac? Should have been cool if they added these scenes.

[@daydreamer7618]

That's Jodie Foster actually age twelve years. She started acting in commercials age three and in TV shows/movies age five. She earned her first Oscar nomination for Taxi Driver.

[@Dudeness95]

Glad that you guys watched this before Joker. Now you'll see how much Joker was influenced by this movie. Also, I agree the ending is weirdly too idealistic that's why there's people who theorize the happy ending was all in his head.

[@the_33rd]

The king of comedy was also equally a massive influence too in regards to The Joker.

[@FuckFascistYouTube]

Joker is so much better

[@CapteinRiggs]

@@romainlettuce118 Lmao

[@Vince-lq3ve]

@@FuckFascistKZbin You might want to discern between a movie that is created from nothing and a movie that borrows so much from the original movie and then just makes it a bit better. I write an original story and then you take that story and tweek it here and there. Maybe your story is better but who deserves the most credit? Yes Joker is quite the movie, but to dismiss the original creation...

[@FuckFascistYouTube]

@@Vince-lq3ve I'm not dismissing it, just saying Joker is better

[@bronzewand]

Lots of people have a "madela effect" and remember the film ending with him dying. The actual ending is what makes this movie so much deeper.. it ends where it began, he's still a psychopath, not understanding the consequences of his actions, driving his cab and waiting for the next time to snap

[@peterf08]

Mandela effect*

[@aliciasavage6801]

I am one of them. Watching this ending just confused the hell out of me, like "what?" totally throwing my mind off now.

[@TonyDracon]

@@peterf08 Mandalorian effect*

[@peterf08]

@@TonyDracon no its definitely the mandela effect You're talking about a disney plus show 😂

[@travismorris9303]

I had the same, I remembered him dying in the end until I recently watched it again.

[@andrewstellner7827]

The depth that comes with the seemingly happy ending is that we as an audience see that Travis is rewarded and praised for what is seen as a noble act when we know it's just his violent lashing out. The implication is that he will repeat these violent acts again somewhere down the line, and maybe this time he won't be stopped.

[@bronzewand]

Exactly

[@hypostatics9475]

very eloquently expressed! spot-on!

[@markhamstra1083]

What I also find very interesting is that the ending of the movie was inspired in large part by all the media attention that was given to Arthur Bremer, who attempted to assassinate George Wallace when Wallace was a presidential candidate in 1972. Then the film itself motivated John Hinkley’s assassination attempt on President Reagan. Hinkley was seeking and expecting positive attention from his act. A few years after that in 1984, Bernie Goetz became the Subway Vigilante after shooting four people on a NYC subway. He was turned into the kind of media hero that Travis Bickle is made out to be at the end of the film. And yet those who say that the end of the movie is just Travis’ fantasy dream sequence as he dies offer the excuse for their misinterpretation that the ending being what really happened is too good to be true and unrealistic. In fact, the ending is firmly grounded in the reality of the attention the American media often give violent men like Travis Bickle, even turning them into folk heroes like Bernie Goetz. In fact, it is those who insist that Travis died because otherwise the ending is unrealistic who are actually out of touch with reality and are instead substituting their own fantasy ending that they imagine Travis deserves.

[@cooperryan6382]

@@markhamstra1083 could another more recent example be Kai the hitchhiker?

[@JC2023HD]

You can have bad motives for doing good things and good motives for doing bad things.

[@chrissibersky4617]

He's a war veteran. Some kind of special forces. That mohawk haircut is something American soldiers did when they were going on a suicide mission.

[@visaman]

Imagine them being so young that they didn't know what a Mohawk was!

[@SergioArellano-yd7ik]

In England during the Punk Rock days it was called a Mohican

[@chrissibersky4617]

@@SergioArellano-yd7ik Imagine being so young that you don't know that.

[@chrissibersky4617]

@@visaman I don't know if they called it a mohawk haircut back then. That's what it's called today. It's a haircut known in different cultures from different ages all around the world. Hairstyles come and go. For an American it's probably surprising to learn that some European tribes had dreadlocks a thousand years ago. And mohican style too.

[@SergioArellano-yd7ik]

@@chrissibersky4617 at least they didn't scream cultural appropriation like so many people do today

[@lethaldose2000]

Hey Hannah and Ash, This movie not only inspired "The Joker", but on the bad side of things, it also inspired John Hinkley Jr., the man that shot President Reagan to do his evil deed as an homage to Jodie Foster. ----- Hinkley was obsessed with Jodie Foster. He sent her numerous letters, cards, phone calls. I think he even showed up at her house at least once. Foster was naturally freaked out by Hinkley and ignored him. ------ He didn't like being ignored, so in a last ditch effort to impress Jodie Foster, he decided to shoot and attempt to kill President Reagan.

[@24sowl11]

wow

[@MrRhunter64]

If only he were around today.......

[@cheebees]

she didn't only ignore him she would answer his calls and listen in with her friends and make fun of him and taunting him. Gotta be careful who you make fun of, there are crazies out there.

[@themessenger2948]

Makes total sense.

[@mmcreads]

@@cheebees um what? That didn’t happen- you can see transcripts and hear the tapes. She was a college freshman who was being stalked and phoned in the middle of the night- in her dorm room where other freshman girls lived. She was clearly irritated and even still managed to be polite yet firm in her insistence he leave her alone and making her feel unsafe. He was mentally ill & stalked a teenager after becoming obsessed with her as a 14year old, playing a role of a TWELVE YEAR OLD PROSTITUTE. 🤢

[@smichelle65]

Epic reaction -- this is my favorite movie of all time, and it's the reason Martin Scorsese is my favorite director to this day. As to the too-good-to-be-true ending, there's an interesting theory that's been floating around for a while: the theory is Travis did indeed die. That camera floating over the crime scene represents an out-of-body experience, and the letter from Iris's parents, Travis returning to his job as if nothing happened, and Betsy seeing him as a hero are all Travis's final images before his death. I agree with Hannah -- Iris immediately going back to school is just too perfect; she would need LOTS of therapy first, lol. But it is just a fan theory -- Scorsese himself says that the ending is what happened, but Travis is absolutely NOT well -- he's still a ticking time-bomb and it's only a matter of time before he explodes again.

[@smichelle65]

@TJP 81 Thief is great! James Caan - GOAT

[@victorsixtythree]

That theory is certainly interesting. But I think it would actually be too "easy" of an explanation. I feel like if you take the ending at face value - that Travis became a hero - it's more unsettling and thought provoking. There's more to think about and the ending doesn't present a nicely tied up and fully resolved conclusion. Just my thoughts. Also, right at the very end right before the final credits, isn't there a weird shot of Travis catching a glimpse of something in his rear view mirror and reacting oddly to it? I always thought that was a signal that, even though Travis appeared to be well adjusted at the end, there are still some deeper issues still unresolved.

[@markhamstra1083]

@@victorsixtythreePaul Schrader, the screenwriter: “The epilogue is not a dream sequence, it’s just the restarting of the movie. I’ve always felt that the last frame could be spliced to the first frame and the movie started all over again.”

[@ben159xbox]

😊

[@batape1965]

The brief final shot of Travis darting his eyes about in his cab after he has dropped off Betsy, tells us that he is not "all better now". His inner time-bomb has just been re-set.

[@joshuacampbell7493]

Guys, watch Robert De Niro again in Goodfellas. It's Incredible True Story 👍. Besides Martin Scorsese directed that movie too 👌.

[@Sleptking994]

I agree.

[@chefskiss6179]

It IS a true story... De Niro IS in Goodfellas 😂😂😂

[@JCastle12495]

Probably my second favorite movie

[@morleymobproductionz]

Cape Fear is awesome too..!

[@ragnarok283]

Raging Bull as well

[@kyleshockley1573]

Travis driving away at the end is pretty true to life. Probably one of the most realistic endings to a film I've seen.

[@borisnegrarosa9113]

He had proven he was no creep. He drives away. Brilliant ending indeed.

[@marcharley6465]

Such a great film and interesting discussion of it by Ash and Hannah. If DeNiro's character had died , we wouldn't have seen how such a disturbed and violent man can become a "hero".

[@madonnasfangirl9631]

He did die. The ending is his fantasy

[@gggallin8279]

@@madonnasfangirl9631 no, Paul Schrader (the guy who wrote the story) confirmed that Travis is alive

[@westboundno8]

Shrader does say that, but the intention may have changed in the film making

[@dansiegel333]

One interpretation of the ending is that it’s his fantasy as he’s dying. It’s just too perfect. And it’s filmed in a much cleaner style and environment. Also, the overhead sequence preceding this unrealistically perfect ending- complete with Iris’ total rehabilitation- visually represents his soul leaving the body (figuratively if not literally.)

[@shainewhite2781]

Nominated for 4 Oscars including Best Picture but lost to Rocky. It drew some controversy upon release. This movie is what inspired obsessed fan, John Hinckley Jr, to try to shoot and kill President Ronald Reagan in 1981. After he was arrested they asked me why he did. He said that it was to impress Jodie Foster, and claimed that he was in love with her. Reagan survived his gunshots and remained Commander In Chief until 1989. Hinckley spent the last 40 years of his life in a mental institution for the criminally insane. He was released a week after the 40th anniversary of Reagan's assassination attempt.

[@theorjan1]

Unlucky to be released at the same time as Rocky

[@ajax3748]

@@theorjan1 as much as I love rocky I definitely think taxi driver should've won

[@theorjan1]

@@ajax3748 I disagree, but totally valid opinion, it’s close

[@smadaf]

"I think he's just uneducated. He's not like a socially aware person that much." Very self-reflective.

[@StrongStyleFiction]

So the guy with Cybill Shepherd at the campaign office is played by Albert Brooks, one of the great comedy filmmakers in American film. His movie Defending Your Life is one of the most original, brilliant and hilarious movies you will ever see.

[@vincentvancraig]

I didnt see this movie until the year 2000 at age 23, almost 24...but i always thought Brooks’ performance in this was, like, seinfeld-esque, or, proto-Seinfeld....Seinfeld-esque a full 15 years before seinfeld even existed

[@mrkelso]

"Joker" is actually more a blending of two Scorsese movies, you should check out the other half: "The King of Comedy". That's where you'll see even more direct plot lifts.

[@puerrodios8013]

holy sh1t, you are right

[@lethaldose2000]

Hey Hannah and Ash, It's fascinating in that some people interpret the Film's ending as Travis' dying thoughts. ---------- While the film crew claim it's real and that it represents a loop that Travis isn't cured of his madness and will eventually slip again into ultra violence. ---------- I myself think that Travis found an outlet for his frustration and was able to go from just a madman to bring a hero in the pubic's perception.

[@winstonmarlowe5254]

"will eventually slip again into ultra violence" Yes, my brother. The red, red krovvy will flow again.

[@beastchurger]

@@winstonmarlowe5254 welly welly welly well

[@vincecommando7575]

Fun facts: the personnel officer who hires Travis was in the first two Rocky and The Godfather movies. Joe Spinnell was good friends with Sylvester Stallone and was a great actor in his own right. The newspaper picture of Iris' parents were Martin Scorsese's parents.

[@MrMoleHole]

You guys should definitely react to the film nightcrawler, it's a great film and as shocking as Taxi Driver!

[@DeathBeforeComicSans]

Love that film. Creepy AF.

[@leniobarcelos1770]

Yeah, I remember really liking that one.

[@clintcearley9487]

At the very end of the movie after he drives away from Miss Sepheard, even though he seems normal, the quick flashes of his eyes shows that it could all happen again Great movie. Great actors and writing and great reaction. Hannah, you are so smart. And Ash, you crack me up all of the time.

[@Bucky123100]

I think a big thing to remember about this character is that he was in Vietnam, and throughout the duration of that entire war, the soldiers survived off of fear alone. This guy was sent to kill as a kid and it probably affected a lot of mental health drastically

[@SergioArellano-yd7ik]

Kid? They were at least 18, that's an adult even if they don't act like one

[@stefanconradsson]

Girlfriend .. you were totally spot on in your analysis from the start to the ending. Very perceptive commentary. Cheers 🍺

[@ibrash100]

I love how she answered the cab driver's question as though he was asking her what she wanted to do in the moments before she dies

[@smadaf]

The reason why he's not in prison for these killings is that there's a reasonable doubt about whether it was self defense-and deadly self defense is not illegal when your life is immediately threatened. When he killed the robber in the bodega, it was only after the robber pointed a gun at him. At the brothel, all the people he shot and stabbed were people who pointed guns at him. His first shot into Harvey Keitel's character (the pimp) was not in self defense; but there were no witnesses who could rebut a claim by Travis that he shot only after being threatened. His later shots at Keitel's character were in self defense, because Keitel was pointing a gun at him.

[@gridplan]

18:12 -- I don't know if anyone mentioned this, but the guy who played Easy Andy, the gun dealer, was pretty heavily into drugs around then; Scorsese made a documentary about him in 1978 called American Boy: A Profile of Stephen Prince. One of the stories Stephen told in that documentary became, almost word for word, the drug overdose scene Tarantino depicted in Pulp Fiction.

[@tomantush4867]

That's the most intelligent and intuitive reaction to this film that I've seen. You have entered a rabbit hole of interpretation, and I welcome you to this deep pool.

[@EagleFang74]

Hannah! The fringe is giving me 70’s vibes in the best way. Tres chic. It really suits you. 😍

[@TheCangrejo12]

You two are incredibly watchable when reacting to the movie! you were the entertainment! Thanks for the reaction.

[@TheDaringPastry1313]

What's crazy is that Jodie Foster killed her role in this movie and she was actually 12.

[@JamesDavis-sh9gh]

Harvey Keitel who plays Matthew has been a frequent collaborator with Scorcese. He was in Mean Streets with DeNiro as well as a previous film in the late 60's.

[@tomraffell1923]

Brilliant early performance by Jodie Foster (Clarice from Silence of the lambs)

[@Curraghmore]

Well spotted on Scorsese sitting outside the campaign office the first time we see Cybill Shepherd walking in. Some reactors recognize him later in the back of the cab, but you're the first I have seen that noticed his first appearance earlier on. But then you didn't recognize Jodie Foster!

[@shanejupp2175]

Thanks

[@peterbowles3472]

He was in Vietnam, and was suffering from PTSD.

[@suddenlyfrogs1906]

An absolute classic. Another film of this type is Harry Brown, Michael Caine as a vigilante pensioner. There's about 3 or 4 actors from game of thrones.

[@ummmdudewtf]

Speaking about not fully believing Iris would go back to her parents in my opinion she has been through a lot but she literally just witnessed all of the people who are keeping her in that position be murdered in front of her. That's such a shocking a gruesome thing to witness plus it could have easily been the point of realisation that these people were putting her on a path I don't actually want to be on, she was young and her opinions/thoughts could change on a dime so i wouldn't be surprised if the shootout was the breaking point for her.

[@b0de]

If you rewatch the ending you can see the glitch in the mirror when you see travis' face looking back at her. There is a debate among film fans what this ending means. I personally think its possible that Travis did die at the end (shot in the neck, god damn) and what did happen was his fantasy of what he wished would happen in a perfect world.

[@markhamstra1083]

These two were so busy arguing about what would be the best ending to the movie that they completely missed how the movie actually ends.

[@pleaseshush9800]

a suggestion for a movie which is both entertaining but for a technical standpoint stunning is whiplash. Another Scorcese and De Niro movie you could check out is Raging Bull, by far De Niro’s best performance for me aswell as one of the best acting performances i’ve seen.

[@mrkrinkle72]

Travis didn't die. The fantasy was Betsy getting into the cab. When he looks in the rearview mirror, there's nothing there. Then he moves it towards the credits.

[@puerrodios8013]

that's open to interpretation; Travis took his sweet ahh time to look behind, during which time Betsy got inside her apartment

[@alyberop1]

Regards the ending: Due to the positive spin on the news story(and the fact he killed criminals and helped a girl return to her family) he was seen as a hero. When we see him interact with Betsy the audience knows that he is psychotic and all that is still bubbling under the surface. She and others in his life don't.

[@insanitypepper1740]

There is a theory that the ending was a fantasy Travis had while dying. Just like in Joker there is the theory that Arthur never got out of the fridge and everything at the end was his dying fantasy.

[@Spideymania]

The actor's name you couldn't remember is Harvey Keitel!

[@louismarzullo1190]

Another smash from my favorite KZbin comple! You guys have magical chemistry & just get better & better. Hannah, do you work for MI6?? I guess you'd have to kill me if you told me. Whatever you do for a living I hope your amazing clairvoyant gift is being put to good use! Cheers from New York!

[@louismarzullo1190]

* Lol, couple

[@daniilashurov135]

For someone, who was blessed by Symbolism Gods, Ash surely didnt catch the ambiguity of ending😃 Too bad his attempt of assassinating Palantine didnt make it to the reaction. Also that brief moment when he checks his rearview window in the end should make you question things. But overall great reaction.

[@gravedigger8414]

You need to remind yourself that this movie is 50 years old. It was a different time. And you watch it with 2022 eyes... it was and still is really outstanding.

[@brentonbabcock1174]

My interpretation: Travis dies in the motel room. The happy ending is the fantasy he feels he's earned. It is imaginary, his last thoughts as he expires.

[@richcarrCCC]

07:22 and 30:22 these two moments made my day! LOL! Ash recognizing Martin Scorsese sitting in the background ogling Cybill Shepherd then Hannah's reaction of unexpected VINDICATION when seeing the newspaper clipping on the wall... such excellent entertainment. Okay, gotta give Ash props for recognizing Harvey Keitel even though he called him "...the cleaner... from Pulp Fiction... "Fox" or something... " (Mr. Wolf actually). Thanks for sharing yet another entertaining reaction video. Wishing the two of you and all of your families the very best for a Happy Holiday Season. God bless

[@baconfacejugs4017]

You are right about her being super young. Jodie foster was 14 in real life during filming if I’m not mistaken

[@michealmicheal8258]

I always thought this was a tragic ending , the last scene to me sort of indicates maybe some of this is in his head, basically from when the police show up at the crime scene everything is subjective. The letter from iris' parents reads in the same childlike way Travis writes in his journal, him be called a hero for what he did its like the perfect ending for Travis to justify his actions right until the moment Betsy just magically appears in his taxi its almost like her forgiveness or kindness to him contradicts his judgement of her i think when he double takes in the rearview mirror its him beginning the crack again like a restarting

[@JC2023HD]

The scriptwriter settled it. It was all meant to be interpreted as reality and not his fantasy.

[@michealmicheal8258]

@@JC2023HD Paul Shrader is the screenwriter he wrote it but he didnt direct it haha they are two separate things , the reason its interesting to me is because its subjective anyway. Would be interesting to know what the directors take is

[@johnnyzeee5215]

Yes. Director Martin Scorsese is the guy in the back seat of the taxi talking about the window.

[@ronbock8291]

My interpretation of the ending is, he dies, and all of the implausible stuff at the end is his fantasy as he dies. The floating away of the camera from above is his spirit leaving his body.

[@roygbiv9038]

Googled it. Results say Scorsese, De Niro and Schrader confirm that Travis did survive and was seen as a hero and the ending wasn’t a dream.

[@jacksonlee1268]

These two arguing never fails to crack me up.

[@Schacal6666]

That girl is Jodie foster btw. The most beautiful woman ever

[@ljstar6528]

The ending is open ended and there are multiple theories. The one theory that Ash would probably like more is that Travis actually dies after the shoot out. The happy, almost too good to be true ending, is Travis imagining himself as a hero. In other words, what he wished would have resulted from his actions.

[@salislazy]

"Reasonable Dismissal" is the funniest thing I've ever heard and idk why 😂😂

[@JimCarryz]

The only react channel I never skip the intro banter

[@EbefrenRevo]

She is the great actress Ms.Jodie Foster (Silent of the Lambs, Contact) and she is 14 in this movie.

[@myfriendisaac]

8:42 “Reasonable dismissal…” 😂🤣 The ending is SUPERB. He dismissed Betsy & only became a “hero” due to circumstance.

[@rumbledumpthumpershaker6735]

Fairy is a derogatory term for gay men. And yes there used to be adult theaters. Apparently London had them since there is one in American Werewolf in London. The little girls is Jodie Foster AKA Agent Clarice Starling from Silence of the Lambs. She was 12 when she starred in this movie. She was nominated for an Oscar, BAFTA and Gold Globe for the role.

[@rickg8015]

10:07 that’s Alka-Seltzer to you kiddies out there..

[@arthurgoonie4596]

The ending is open some people say it's heaven.

[@baitman5221]

There's a theory that the ending with the woman is all in his head. That nothing really changed for him even after everything he did. He still sees the city the same way he did at the start.

[@MercuryCircuit]

I love the way you two talk about what you are seeing on screen. That is the ultimate truth about a great movie. It gets us talking about it. Happy days :)

[@tjchesney4997]

Paul Schrader, who wrote it, said that the ending he had was downplayed in the final product. Travis is lauded as a hero...but that final glance in the mirror tells you he's a ticking time bomb.

[@actnreact1321]

You know I've been binging a lot of your reactions and I'm realizing more more something I've never seen before in these movies. Symbolisms are everywhere in these films more then I thought I appreciate your reaction and some new found knowledge you mentioned

[@LondonPride25]

There's massive amounts of Lurgy going around. My daughter has an ear infection, my son has stomach flu, and me and the wife caught it off him. Lockdown has battered everyones immune systems. Glad you guys are back, glad you're better and look forward to your reaction to this classic!

[@JohnnyZ716]

I think we can all agree that its nice seeing Hannah back. Ash is a good reactor but Hannah just ups the game on the entertainment value. Also the new hair style is dazzling!

[@harveybeck8452]

The way is started is travis suffered from ptsd and suffered from insomnia and depression at Vietnam war

[@BradTalksFilm]

it makes more sense to see him alive imo, simply because i think the movie is less about the city itself and actual scum, but more about perception of self. Travis sees his life as worthless, he sees himself as scum. the ending is needed with him alive because it shows how the change of perspective he has about himself is what fixes his issues. If he sees himself as a hero, he doesnt need to kill the politician, he doesnt need to fight anymore gangsters, he doesnt need to struggle with his sleep. he doesnt even need to find happiness in others. Because ultimately, he hasnt made a difference. one gangster in a sea of 1000s is barely a blip. but he still stops his rampage because he starts seeing value in himself again. Thats my personal take anyway

[@williamj6974]

Dude is second guessing Martin Scorsese 😳 🤔 😂

[@marlonthemarvellous]

Reasonable dismissal LoL. My last job I got reasonably dismissed. Hannah you crack me up. Ash put a ring on it pls

[@iambecomepaul]

I’m actually interested to see what Hannah thinks of this.

[@butchbroussard8468]

The news paper clippings and letter from Iris' parents is Travis' death dream -- it's how he believes the world will interpret what he has done as he does.

[@odinsahn7648]

Movie Fact: Jodie Foster was only 12 years old when she made this film and it was a defining moment in cinema and her career for someone that young to play that type of role. Her older sister Connie stood in as a body double for the scenes involving more skin.

[@entropyfun]

Travis is a righteous man without a purpose in life. He finds his purpose eventually by taking the risk and doing "the right thing". But he has to walk through hell to come out the other side. It's a hero's journey story set in modern times. It also shows that men in general need to feel usefull in society or else they easily deviate from it. Travis through his misguided need for purpose could've just as easily been a villain by assassinating that politician.

[@mrtomas0990]

No! Its ambiguous....killing people, inc NY pimps is not the answer. Mob justice is not righteous even if acting alone

[@LukeyBoy125]

I drove taxis in a similar area , drove a worker home , she said lifting her skirt " I've got no $ but I've got this ! I said haven't you got something smaller !

[@schtoobs]

The argument at the beginning of your videos is always my favourite part 🤣

[@mynameispaul0530]

It's so easy to imagine he died - especially from the overhead camera shot after the murders and the rosey ending. I always wondered if this was done on purpose.

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[@Reypadd]

Hannah's clairvoyance in the end regarding the journalists was epic.

[@ninja_tony]

But she was wrong lol. I was cracking up at how confident she was despite being entirely wrong in how it was handled.

[@jefmay3053]

🤣🤣🤣 I have never heard of ANYONE thinking Taxi Driver had a happy ending. 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@chaptxr]

i thought it was pretty happy he didnt die and the girl got out that situation

[@rebeccahopkins9522]

One of the greatest films ever made. Truly a verified classic. It’s my top five all time. Brilliant performances, brilliant writing, incredibly brilliant directing. Plus, a real slice of a bygone era in NYC that no longer exists. This is filmmaking at its’ finest. Edit: I had to add my top 5 fav. films all time 😂 how many have you seen? 5) Scarface 4) One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest 3) Taxi Driver 2) The World According To Garp 1) Braveheart My Top 10 includes This Is Spinal Tap, Dogma, Princess Bride, Evil Dead 2, and Scent Of A Woman or Mulholland Drive and anything David Lynch; Tarantino too though. 👍🏼I have wierd, eclectic taste, I know 🤣

[@davidede7778]

I could be totally wrong. But I could swear that around the first time I saw this movie I read an interpretation of the ending somewhere that he actually did die but before he passed away he imagined the "too good to be true" ending as "what could have been..." or something to that effect

[@dtmt502]

yes the ending is from his wishful POV, the injuries healing up, the girl returning to her parents, and Cybil Sheperd's character still being interested in him

[@markhamstra1083]

@@dtmt502No, it’s not. That is not what the screenwriter, director and actors believed or intended. The “Travis is dreaming, but actually died at the end” interpretation is a recent invention by “I’m so smart” internet commenters who don’t actually know what they are talking about.

[@dtmt502]

@@markhamstra1083 you sound like one of the nutters that think Travis was right, and has amazing healing ability.

[@markhamstra1083]

@@dtmt502 Nothing I wrote implies that Travis is right, but only that I am more familiar with what those who actually made the film have said about its ending than are those who have come up with and keep repeating the “it’s all just a dream” misinterpretation.

[@ronmcclain2739]

@@dtmt502 No, he's right. The writer, director, and actor all said the ending was real. That doesn't imply they or the person you are responding to are excusing Travis's actions. The screenwriters were trying to make a commentary on society's worship of violence, which is why Travis got away with it. The closing scene where Travis sees himself in the mirror is intended to show that Travis is not just fine and well adjusted, but that he's a ticking time bomb who will eventually lash out again with violence.

[@Ulghan]

There are theories that the ending is a fantasy of Travis and everything after shootout didn't actually happen.

[@amac0612]

the ending was just in his head, that's the beauty of it

[@auntvesuvi3872]

Thanks, Ashkan! Thanks, Hannah! 🚕 I was fortunate to see this one on the big screen in a 2002-ish revival. #JustTrustAsh #MartinScorsese #TaxiDriver #TaxiDriver1976

[@Funnysterste]

Don't forget about the other movie that "inspired" Joker. It is "King of Comedy" (1982) also directed by Scorsese and starring De Niro.

[@mrtomas0990]

Hannah spot on for the ending. Travis is not ill or infatuated, content being a taxi driver giving advice to the youngers

[@suniakelepi6591]

6:00 This scene captured real NYC in the 70’s. Crazy times

[@the.sketch.projekt8851]

Fun fact: there was going to be a video game based off the film that would take place a few months after the film. It would follow Betsy being murdered by the Mafia and Travis going on a rampage against the Mob.

[@Flip4910]

Travis didn't survive he did die. WAIT I guess he did live??? I found this online, Both Scorsese and Schrader have confirmed that Travis does indeed survive and what we see is 'real-life'. On a Reddit AMA, Schrader said, “The epilogue is not a dream sequence, it's just the restarting of the movie.

[@gwendyp125]

No, he did die. Directors like to troll to keep the movie levels mysticisms high. He died

[@vincentvancraig]

@@gwendyp125 it would be much more mysterious to not do reddit AMAs, wouldnt it? ...idk, thats kind of dick-ish if u ask me, its a 45 year old film, i dont know, seems lame....even song writers tend to come clean on their cryptic lyrics & sh!t 50 years later

[@Sebastian_Polak_Maly]

Good reaction guys. The ending is completely open to interpretation - one of which was that Travis had indeed died, and the rest was just as his mind imagined that it would have happened. Think of it, many of the visuals are strange, everything seems too perfect (he's well rested), the parents of the young girl are thanking him as she has now returned home, etc.

[@cesarnarro6013]

I tend to agree with ppl who think he did die and the happy ending was just his dying fantasy of being the hero

[@jefmay3053]

16:16 Hanna nails it again!

[@Lovver420]

I do believe the ending bits are the dream sequence Travis had before he died on that couch. That was all the good outcome that made him happy, in his head.

[@TrevorJamesMcNeil]

Ash was right for once and Jodie Foster was 12-years-old in Taxi Driver. She had to do psychological testing to make sure she wouldn't be traumatized. Her shockingly mature performance is what inspired the uber-pro child actor in Once Upon A Time In Hollywood.

[@1920sBuffaloGuy]

The take that I like most about the ending is that he died, and this is how he imagined it would be. Also, at the end, even if he is alive, he is most certainly not at peace. His whole life is in the rearview.

[@TheNativeEngine]

15:54 Some of the early self-defense systems taught to soldiers and marines was basically a mixture of karate, boxing, and judo. The karate bit can look weird but for the marines it was the start of MCMAP.

[@lethaldose2000]

Ash, your ending is the ending that modern American films would have taken. However in 1976 to get "Taxi Driver" to pass the MPAA and the movie studio executives approval for wide spread release. You had to make the movie conclude with a happy ending. ------ Heck until the mid 1960's Hollywood movie were written by movie law guidelines to have a 'happy ending'. Thus the Joker gave the movie a dark ending.

[@davidede7778]

I lol'd at "reasonable dismissal," haha. When you leave the military, an honorable discharge is what you want. Not a Vet myself, but I work at the VA.