You call that bein’ hip? What world are you from? I don’t go screwing f**k with a bunch of killers and junkies like you do. What are you talking about? You walk out with those f*ckin’ creeps and low-lifes and degenerates out on the streets and you sell your little p***y for peanuts? For some low-life pimp who stands in the hall? And I’m square? You’re the one that’s square, man. Travis Bickle : Hey, I’m not square, you’re the one that’s square. Travis decides he wants to help her escape the sordid life she is leading, and asks her to join him for breakfast the next day their dialogue in this scene is classic. He seeks out Iris, the young prostitute played by Foster, but the only way to talk to her is to buy her services from her pimp. Their conversation leaves Travis unsatisfied, so he embarks on a program to get in better physical shape and also purchases an arsenal from gun dealer Easy Andy. Travis Bickle : Maybe I don’t know either. What do I know? I don’t even know what the f*ck you’re talking about.
That’s about the dumbest thing I ever heard. People are born, y’know? I envy you, your youth. You understand? I mean, you become – You get a job, you become the job. To be on the night shift drivin’ somebody else’s cab. Like I’ve been a cabbie for thirteen years. You know, like – You do a thing and that’s what you are. A man takes a job, you know? And that job – I mean, like that – That becomes what he is. Discouraged with the direction of his life, Travis talks to fellow cabbie Wizard (Peter Boyle):
Travis then persuades Betsy to go on a date with him, but makes the socially bizarre choice of taking her to see a Swedish porn film!Īfter this, Betsy understandably refuses to see Travis again or even talk to him on the phone. Travis Bickle : You sayin’ that about me?īetsy : Who else would I be talkin’ about? ‘He’s a prophet… he’s a prophet and a pusher, partly truth, partly fiction. Travis meets Betsy on a late afternoon break, and she admits to being curious enough to get to know him better:īetsy : A songwriter. Here is where Travis goes into Palentine Headquarters, determined to ask Betsy out: A startlingly young Albert Brooks has a straightforward role as Tom, another volunteer for Palentine Tom tries to protect Betsy from the oddball cab driver who seems to be stalking her. I’m God’s lonely man.īickle has a crush on Betsy (Cybill Shepard), a campaign volunteer for the vacuous Senator Charles Palentine his campaign slogan of “We are the People” reminds us that politicians in the television age are almost all these generic clones who all want power a lot more than they want to really do anything for the average person.
In bars, in cars, sidewalks, stores, everywhere. Travis Bickle : Loneliness has followed me my whole life, everywhere. Opening Scene (click on the link that says Go to HD version) Unable to sleep at night, he drives a taxi in what feels like a dirty and dangerous environment. Robert de Niro plays Travis Bickle, a Vietnam Vet with a severe case of PTSD. One of Scorsese’s earliest films was Taxi Driver, made in 1976. TAXI DRIVER: 1976, Directed by Martin Scorsese
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