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***EARLY ACCESS*** TAXI DRIVER (Patreon)

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I don't say this often but this is one I am pretty happy about not seeing earlier. My poor heart can't handle the Jodie Foster scenes 😭

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Reacting to TAXI DRIVER (1976) | Movie Reaction

Thank you for joining me as I react to Taxi Driver for the first time. I hope you enjoy the video and my reaction! Watch full, un-edited reactions or get one week early access on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/DawnMarieAnderson Links: https://linktr.ee/dawnmariex ✉️ PO BOX Details ✉️ PO Box 18708 PETERHEAD SCOTLAND AB42 9BD --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- A big shoutout and thanks to the following patrons: Gary Mackley-Smith Elliot Nesterman Eric Bonham Dan Cornyn Mr B David H Ido Gordin Paul M George Roybal Roger Freeman Bill W Brian Groboski Darrell Palmer Bartleby Jeremy Vickers David resinmonkey . Ceryk D Scott Howard Em McG Mike McLaughlin Jimmy Walker Ted Little 1000thghost Marc Duncan Jul_Belton Adam B Eric Dubs Josh tvserieslove Retro Maven Liam Greg Kipp Jesse Garcia Matthew Dunham Jordan Love Anthony Donato Joe Lazarus Simon DavidRoel Karsten Garborg Dean J Donald Mellen Bill Bryant Alan Jones alonso torres Pig FlibJarb Ragnar Miersch Jeff Barnes John Walters Grinznmore Rob Jones Allen Stull Celeste McAllister Dave Thomas Robert Inman David Bennett Allen Bond Ron Robert Boarman Ray Thorne Robert Jewell Miguel Haller Roddy David Hutchinson Steve B Ian McKinney Ken Dale Gary Davidson Thomas Taylor Guy Winter Wayne Kryka Jer Sal N M Max Cherry Chris Adams Kate Zobel Jack THK John W Foster Jeffrey LaClair Ketones 411now Byron James Al Robert Sackrider DavrosXV Nicky Grygier Manny Lisa Carey Andrew Karr timeless_realm Thomas Snyder Brandon Bunderson KTP Tom RX2904 Erik Brown Amith Aleksander Johnsen Ryan Travis Starnes James B. Len Anaquod Michaela Dexter Björn Karlsson Mark Crawford Wreath35 Chris Therrien Chris Therrien Jason Hardman Calico Jack MICHAEL STERKOWITZ Tim Foppiano john ruddick Harry S Brian Medendorp Joshua White Jim randell Ronald Rob Stanley Dave Richards rude alf mcglesga Chicago Artist Jon Chaotic Quakka Kyle Baker John Lawton Adamantis jeff hamilton DougJitsu Jay Perry John Liebling FischerMax98 Robert McGregor Dale Robertson Denis Gary McNerney chris aschinger Ian Sheridan Matt Lamar Savage John Liebling Nathan Wolff Kristian Jakobsen Mongo Prophet2272 Sylvia Roddy Hutchinson Páll Eysteinsson The Dog Father Richard Tappan Bradley Kafeen Rush Knight Squirrel Andreas Mayr Christopher Piotrowski Rainmaker203 tkitez Bryan Vanley mike scott MrDannySteele Paul Bryant David Zabel Rogue_ML Carl Evans Mike G Mark Cox Karl pbo Agent K DJ David Diesbourg Yando Niraj Desai Darrell Thorpe AnimeLover3211 Duke Pootentooter Zinphad Kraig Mr. Avatar Sean Cope Brandon Griggs Craig Russell Andrew Myers Shawn Hood Corman Rockwell Max Beatty BHillzebub John Hagan Matt Gwinn Michael Markowitz Zonbi Carlos Perez Jay Danny Noon Michael Enos erosennin Michael Avalos Marvin Just Marvin Paul Newman Fernando Razo Red Crookedscotty OB-Wan222 Michael Moustapha Sanoh C Tiger Michael Keefer Hyddyn M Bobby Boucher Tom Evans Personality house James Whiteley ThatMrProton dieselbeast Sir Humphrey, GCMG Robert Dannhauser Just another Red Shirt Brian O'Grady lastsplash David Davidson KG Yorkshire Shaft --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Video Contents 0:00 Intro 1:17 Reaction 21:21 Review/Outro --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- #taxidriver #firsttimewatching #moviereaction *Copyright Disclaimer Under Section 107 of the Copyright Act 1976, allowance is made for "fair use" for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, and research. Fair use is a use permitted by copyright statute that might otherwise be infringing. Non-profit, educational or personal use tips the balance in favor of fair use. NO COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENT INTENDED. All rights belong to their respective owners. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Reacting to TAXI DRIVER (1976) | Movie Reaction

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Bartleby

Taxi Driver was written by Paul Schrader. He wrote it in a period of struggle and isolation. The story is also in part inspired by Arthur Bremer. Bremer was a lone gunman who attempted to assassinate Governor George Wallace when he was running for president. The Governor survived the shooting but was left permanently paralyzed. His hope for the presidency were dashed. Screenwriter Paul Schrader looked into this man and took inspiration from him in writing the story. There’s a great irony in this because when Taxi Driver came out, a man named John Hinckley saw the film and it left a deep impression on him. Hinckley was a lonely, unstable man who became obsessed with the film and even infatuated with the actress Jodi Foster as a result. He identified so strongly with Deniro’s character that he was inspired to attempt to assassinate President Ronald Regan. In 1981, Hinckley shot the President as he was stepping out of a building and surrounded by Secret Service. No one saw it coming. Hinckley claimed he shot Regan to impress Jodi Foster. He was found not guilty by reason of insanity and sent to an institution for the criminally insane.

DaliiLars

Great commentary once again. I loved your honesty about this movie not being for you, and it made me even more wishful that you do Collateral (2004). Extremely well-made, extremely underrated. Ripe for a proper commentary like you always provide.

Jimmy Walker

John Warnock Hinckley Jr. (born May 29, 1955) is an American man who attempted to assassinate U.S. President Ronald Reagan as he left the Hilton Hotel in Washington, D.C., on March 30, 1981. Hinckley was reportedly seeking fame to impress the actress Jodie Foster, with whom he had a fixation.

Toc

I'm just really pissed that the DVD cover has a picture of De Niro with the mohawk. What the hell are they thinking!

Louis Marzullo

Dawn, this is a top ten all-time film for me but I totally get why it didn't connect with you. It is relentlessly grim, ugly & bleak. Yes, some very bad guys get killed but if Travis' original plan to assassinate the Senator worked, we wouldn't even have gotten that! No heroes, no romance, no real friendships, no happy endings (you're spot-on about the ending probably not being real), not even any humor, really. So, as you astutely asked, what is it supposed to be? I think it seeks to provide not so much an answer but more of a context to ask & ponder the question "How does someone like Travis come to be?" Of course, a 2-hour movie can only do so much but for me, this one does it better than any other & it is a more important question than ever almost 50 years later. Travis' mental illness is clear & his isolation & loneliness is making it worse, day by day. He was honorably discharged from the Marines. Was he in Vietnam? Most likely. Is that where he got that hideous scar on his back? Or was he abused as a child? Or both? He seems alienated from his parents as much as from the rest of the world, calling them "Father" & "Mother" in his letters... Anyway, loved that you could appreciate the quality of this movie without necessarily liking it. And your instinct to want to reach out to people in distress & give them a boozie is just the best. The best. ☺️❤️🌻

Robert Inman

Dawn, in another lifetime I worked a few years as a sommelier, and there are wines I could understand the reasons they were were considered "great" without wanting to drink them myself. I view movies the same way. You get the same prerogative 👍

Louis Marzullo

Yes, that is indeed Peter Boyle, the dad from Everybody Loves Raymond & The Creature from Young Frankenstein... The man who wanted to kill his cheating wife is Martin Scorsese, the director. You can also spot him briefly sitting outside Pallantine HQ the first time we see Betsy... Sport had a "drug nail" on his pinky for scooping up & snorting cocaine out of. Jesus from The Big Lebowski had one, too. You called him a "gype" 😄 but he was also funny as f***... Travis shot the guy in the checkered suit in the face & chest. I'm not sure what you think you saw there... The actor who played the taxi office manager is Joe Spinnell, who was Tony Gazzo the loanshark in Rocky 1 & 2. He was also Willie Cicci, one of the Corleone family hitmen in Godfather 2. The one who testified that "the family had alot of buffers"... I can't see the full reaction but I'm guessing you recognized Harvey Keitel (Matthew/Sport) from Pulp Fiction (Winston Wolf, the fixer) & Reservoir Dogs (Mr. White).

Louis Marzullo

You asked so many good questions, like "What does he want?" & "Why does he want to kill the Senator?" He wants to make his mark, to be seen, to be important, to be remembered (fantasizing about doing top-secret work for the government). Unfortunately, his brain/psyche is so broken at this point, these are the best options he can come up with. His attempt to start a relationship with Betsy was sort of his last chance at "normalcy", in his mind. When that failed badly, he tried to become a "superhero", as you said, by first trying to kill a politician (they're all corrupt con-men & liars anyway, right?), then the pimps. He killed them but did Iris really go back home to her parents? And vigilantism is a serious crime especially in NYC, so it's doubtful he would have just been allowed to resume a normal life after recovering from his injuries, as you also noted.

Mark Crawford

A film, even a great one such as Taxi Driver, cannot be for everyone. I hope this viewing experience does not put you off the early work of Scorsese and DeNiro. I think you would like their earlier work on a film called Mean Streets - unlike Taxi Driver, there is a lot of humour in it and, although set in 1970s New York, it is lighter in tone. I would also recommend Paul Schrader's film First Reformed. Released in 2017, it is not a sequel to Taxi Driver, but it is Schrader's attempt to return to the same themes, albeit in a completely different context. It is a film that is "in dialogue" with Taxi Driver.

Louis Marzullo
>>142240056

Or as Prince once said about Bruce Springsteen, "I'm not a big fan of his music but I have alot of respect for his talent". 😁

Louis Marzullo

"He's suiting up for good or evil, I just don't know which because I still don't know who he is. It's hard to tell". That line should be the first inductee into The Movie Reactors' Hall of Fame! ☺️

Louis Marzullo

Just need to put in a good word for Albert Brooks, who played Betsy's jealous co-worker, Tom. He is a brilliant comedian/actor/writer/director whose real last name just happens to be Einstein. That's right, Albert Einstein. 😄

Bartleby

I think Dawn ended up not feeling good about this film for the same reasons she didn’t feel good about Apocalypse Now. Both films put the viewer very up close and personal for a story about descending into a dark violent madness. Dawn very much felt everything the filmmakers intended her to feel, and was disturbed by it, as many over the decades have. Both Apocalypse Now and Taxi Driver are known as tough films. Not ones lightly or casually enjoyed. Dawn is a sensitive and empathetic person and the extreme nature of both films can definitely be overwhelming. Martin Scorsese himself said he never imagined Taxi Driver would make the impact that it did and that it would be as embraced as the film was. If Taxi Driver had come out in any other period, it might not have. Taxi Driver takes the viewer down one lonely man’s descent into madness. And that may not feel pleasant, but Scorsese, Deniro, and the music of Bernard Herrmann artfully craft that dark journey so captivatingly. There is something so compelling about seeing the character become more and more alienated, isolated, and disturbed, until it all explodes into violence. The explosion of violence from Travis at the end feels inevitable and cathartic. Every man watching Taxi Driver can identity with some aspects of the characters loneliness and struggle.

Louis Marzullo

Of course Dawn would be the most disturbed by Jodie Foster's character & scenes. Of course. 😢