The GOAT
Taxi Driver is the greatest movie ever made, in my opinion. I'll be adding more and more about Scorsese as I go along, but for now, I just wanted to talk about the scene in Taxi Driver, the massacre.
Up until this point, the story has been all over. DeNiro's Travis Bickle started out quirky, funny and seemingly harmless. He tried to get a girlfriend and it's all fallen apart and now he's made himself into a machine. No longer harmless, but weird, detached and dangerous. It's a wild transformation and maybe DeNiro's greatest ever.
This scene is amazing. The movie becomes a straight-up horror film. It's terrifying, but more than the blood, it's Bickle's behavior. His decision to sit for a couple seconds after killing Keitel on the street. His failed attempts at suicide after the massacre. It's all so weird and happenstance, which is what makes it real.
If you haven't seen this movie...Come the hell on man...
The Massacre:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_CImWc7og28
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