Why should we watch Taxi Driver in 2024?
The "Taxi Driver -1976" aesthetic has also permeated fashion and music. The mohawk, the army jacket, the ambient saxophone of Bernard Herrmann’s final score (he died the night after finishing it)—these are cultural artifacts. taxi driver -1976
Scorsese and De Niro created a character so raw, so authentic in his delusion, that the audience is left disoriented. We cannot celebrate his victory at the end because we aren't sure if he was ever wrong—or if he was just the symptom of a sick society. Why should we watch Taxi Driver in 2024