Having watched Joker at the cinema (first film in years that actually deserves all the praise), and whenever people ask me to describe it I've told them "Taxi Driver, but with The Joker instead of Travis Bickle",I thought I'd revisit Scorcesse's best film.
What can be said about Taxi Driver that hasn't been said already? Masterpiece is an understatement, gritty, real, complex, truthful study of society creating a man. I watch it & see even more of the references in Joker, I see a character study of the creation of a hero, socially awkward but morally sound, surrounded by $hit but still being a good person.
Endlessly watchable, every scene a classic (personal fave is Scorcesse in back of the cab!), if you haven't seen it, just please seek it out!
10/10
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