Behind the Scenes of Taxi Driver 1, which cost only $1.5 million to make, was the script that DePama recommended to Martin.
2. There is no money for lighting, so we can only make use of ready-made street lights. Neon lights, car lights. Light signs, light boxes, in the rainy season, the streets are always wet. It was always raining when I was shooting, so the road was always wet and there were always drops of water flickering on the windows. Instead, it fulfilled the theme of the film, so the director said that it was fortunate that he was short of money at the time.
3. There is no money to find a tractor, just a taxi, De Niro is in the driving position, Martin and the camera are in the back seat, and the poor sound engineer is in the trunk.
4. After 40 days of shooting, it was over 2 days.
5. When the film went to Cannes to compete, the crew was too poor to have money to deal with Judy. For Foster's round-trip and room and board expenses, Judy's mother is willing to take Judy to Cannes at her own expense. The result was good, the film received a good response, and the investors were finally responsible for Judy's expenses.
6. The girl next to Judy is a real sex worker. Judy was only 14 years old at the time, and it is not allowed to play adult content according to American law, so some backless scenes in the brothel were completed by Judy's sister as a stand-in.
7. The apartment house was filmed in a building to be demolished. I was worried that the triad would come out and affect the filming. The crew also squeezed their teeth and paid the triad to protect themselves.
8. In order to play a good role, De Niro got a taxi driver's license, entered the role one month in advance, and worked 12 hours a day to pull taxis. 9, Martin played a passenger himself under the lobbying of De Niro. Martin did not dare and would not act at first. De Niro told him how to act. 10, the film was initially rated as X, that is, erotic movies. Restricted distribution. Martin lowered the overall color saturation of the final shootout scene. In particular, the red saturation was reduced. So the entire shootout at the end of the movie looks grainy. It was later rated as R.
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