First of all, the male protagonist Travis is a veteran who has a low level of education, experienced the Vietnam War, and returned to New York, USA; and throughout the film, he is "trying to return" or "finding a home" ——
At the beginning of the film, there is a close-up of his confused eyes: he is "incompatible" with this post-war New York -he is ignored and "insignificant." Before speaking, I told the person next to me to listen to the phone, which shows that the male lead is not taken seriously); he can’t keep up with the changes of the times (I don’t know what moonlighting means)
At the same time, he insisted on his own set of "ethical standards", so he did not understand, he did not understand: How did New York become like this after the war? So he refused to communicate with others and lived an "autistic life" .
The specific performance is-he refuses to communicate with others:
He does not communicate with his colleagues, he does not participate in their conversations, and he is absent-minded when talking to his colleagues, the market is distracted, and he also shifts his focus to other things (effervescent film, the black man on the opposite side)... ..
On the screen, he is also far away from his colleagues;
Driving a taxi and not communicating with passengers
In his values, "perverts" and "monsters" such as prostitutes, drug addicts, thieves, drag queens, drug dealers, etc. are unacceptable. Therefore, he hates the crimes of New York composed and woven by these people, and has always I hope that New York’s crimes can be "washed away." Therefore, Travis often mentions “hoping that there will be a rain to wash away the garbage on the sidewalks on the street”; and when he drives the car back to the car shop every night, he will be sprayed by the faucet to clean the outside of the car and enter After the parking lot, Travis himself will clean the inside of the car again
But human beings are a kind of "social animal", socializing, finding identity and belonging is our instinct.
And Travis is no exception.
Therefore, he set his sights on Betsy, an employee of the Palaantine campaign office, because he thought she was "the same" as him-the same "lonely", and he thought they were people in the "same world"; only being with him" He dares to talk to people in the same world (the easiest sense of identification in his class)
He also thinks that Betsy is one of the few "good" things in this filthy world, so he wants to "protect" her.
Travis finds Betsy, the main and most important thing is to find recognition
You can find the performance from the scene of Travis and Betsy in the cafe:
The "Northern New York State" that Betsy referred to on the map is the Bronx, Brooklyn, and Harlem area mentioned in Travis's monologue earlier in the film, which was the "slums" of the United States at that time. Therefore, it can be known from this that Travis and Betsy should be of similar origins-they are both slums and "troubleshooting" in New York.
Therefore, here, Travis more agrees with Betsy; at the same time, he also becomes more hopeful that Betsy agrees with his life practices and his ideas.
The things to note in this scene are:
Except for the small "organiz-ized" dialogue at the beginning, Travis and Betsy are in the same frame and "equal status" play (occupies both sides of the picture equally, and the same volume), until Travis asks Betsy before the next date , The pictures are both single-player shots of Travis (only Travis appears, not connected with other characters) and over-the-shoulder shots dominated by Betsy (mainly Betsy, and a little shoulder of Travis on the opposite side, indicating that Betsy is subjective Pay attention to the establishment of a relationship with Travis upstream) Alternate switching (you can look up~)
What is shown here is: Travis is still immersed in his own "world" for most of this dialogue, and his dialogue content is only focused on his own needs-if he does not receive the information he expects, he will refuse to communicate (Change the subject)-He is still closed in his "own world";
Betsy, who is in sharp contrast with him, is actively communicating and trying to understand each other with his own life experience, rather than just caring about what he "wants to hear" or purposefully "what I want to achieve" "...Betsy is open and can integrate with others.
Here is also the expression of Travis' "unusual communication", his degree of "self-enclosure", and his "disengagement" from the world.
So tired, temporarily sealed, tbc...
Foreshadowings:
1. Bronx, Brooklyn, Harlem
These three districts are all slums in the United States in the 1970s
2. The night before Betsy hit up: couples on the roadside, green lights all the way, and spacious and smooth roads
3. Gun
4. Errol Flynn's bathtub
Errol Flynn (June 20, 1909-October 14, 1959) He has been engaged in theatrical performances in the United Kingdom since 1933, and became a star in the film "Captain Jagged" in 1935. Dazhen, afterwards, interpreted the image of one after another rash heroes , the most famous character is Robin Hood.
He was also involved in three rape lawsuits. In 1943, when Errol Flynn was tried for rape, two underage girls claimed that he had sex with them. In the end Flynn was acquitted. During Flynn's trial, Flynn invited the underage girl who ran the court's cigarette stands to return home. She later became his second wife.
PS
1. The music is so good
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3. The screenshots are so tiring!
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