"God’s Lonely Man": A Descent into the Neon Underworld of Taxi Driver
The story follows Travis Bickle (Robert De Niro), a 26-year-old former U.S. Marine and Vietnam War veteran suffering from severe insomnia. To fill his sleepless nights, he takes a job as a taxi driver in New York City, a role that grants him an anonymous, front-row seat to what he perceives as the "scum" and moral decay of the mid-1970s metropolis. Taxi Driver Drama, Crime 1976 1h 54m 8.2
Released in 1976, Martin Scorsese’s remains one of the most haunting and influential explorations of urban isolation ever captured on film. A landmark of the American New Wave, the film clocks in at 1 hour and 54 minutes, presenting a gritty, neo-noir psychological drama that has earned a near-universal critical rating, including an 8.2 on IMDb. A Portrait of Post-War Alienation "God’s Lonely Man": A Descent into the Neon
Travis is a "walking contradiction"—partly a man yearning for normalcy and partly a ticking time bomb of repressed rage. His attempts to connect with society are famously disastrous: Released in 1976, Martin Scorsese’s remains one of