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Release Year: 1976
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Taxi Driver
I saw Taxi Driver for the first time when I was in college. It was far from an ideal presentation. My friend and I had rented the film on VHS, and we watched it on a small grainy TV screen in a dormitory room. I didn’t get much out of the film then, and it might have had as much to do with my lack of experience in the world as with the lousy picture and sound. Many sources had assured me that it was Martin Scorsese’s masterpiece, and Robert DeNiro’s best role. In the end, I didn’t quite know…
I saw Taxi Driver for the first time when I was in college. It was far from an ideal presentation. My friend and I had rented the film on VHS, and we watched it on a small grainy TV screen in a dormitory room. I didn’t get much out of the film then, and it might have had as much to do with my lack of experience in the world as with the lousy picture and sound. Many sources had assured me that it was Martin Scorsese’s masterpiece, and Robert DeNiro’s best role. In the end, I didn’t quite know…
