Still lonely after all...

Kari 2022-04-21 09:01:11

Person: The person who smiles with the corners of his mouth down, his eyes squinted and his head tilted to look at you is Robert De Niro.

Fact: Many people have seen director Martin Scorsese's films, such as "Shutter Island" and "Hugo", which won the Golden Globe last year, but unfortunately last year's Oscar competition was too fierce. Martin didn't get the statuette, but it didn't raise the eyebrows like it did in '77. In 1977, "Taxi Driver" won the Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival, and Robert De Niroyer won the Best Actor Award for his extraordinary acting. The 49th Oscars turned this movie into soy sauce. The three movies "Rocky", "The TV Station" and "The President's Team" became big winners. Movie fans who are familiar with the Oscars are well aware of its unspoken rules. Generally, movies that show the positive spirit of the characters, disadvantaged groups, and love or patriotism are very popular with the judges, no matter whether the story is touching or true. Because of such rules, there are many movies and actors who have missed the golden statuette. In addition to this "Taxi Driver", there are also movies like "Shutter Island", which is also the closest movie to the golden statuette by Xiao Lizi, David Finn Odd's Fight Club and more. Among them, the most difficult to distinguish right from wrong and the longest discussion is "Forrest Gump" and "The Shawshank Redemption" in 1994. The Oscar in 1995 allowed "Forrest Gump" to win 6 awards, and "The Shawshank Redemption" ” came home empty-handed, it was the highly popular “Pulp Fiction” and only won the best far-reaching script, obviously the story of “Forrest Gump” was written for the Oscars, Tom Hanks’s acting skills are indeed Needless to say, he has already won a golden statue with "The Philadelphia Story" before (personally, whether it is the subject matter or the social significance reflected in the film, "Fei" is better). But the rookie Tim Robbins at the time also performed perfectly in "The Shawshank Redemption", but unfortunately the subject matter involves the words of prisoners, human rights, freedom, corruption, and the film team is almost all newcomers, Oscar Of course the judges wouldn't choose it. Therefore, in 1976, "Flying over the Cuckoo's Nest" can win the award, which really makes fans feel gratified. Of course, gold always shines. Robert De Niro won the Golden Man twice with "Raging Bull" and "The Godfather 2". Old Martin also won the Oscar in 2007 with "Infernal Affairs". Eminem Robbins won the Cannes Film Festival and the Golden Globe Award in 1992 for "Super Player", and in 2004, he won the 76th Film Awards for "Mystic River" (a movie that Eminem loves ==) The Oscar for Best Supporting Actor, etc., now the most anticipated by movie fans is Martin.

Ying: The background of this movie is after the Vietnam War. As long as it is a movie about the Vietnam War, whether it is during the war or after the war, it will be dark and lonely, like "First Blood". Travis, played by Robert De Niro, became a taxi driver after retiring from the army. Every day, he looked at all the ugliness of society and felt disgusted from the small, hidden, mobile yellow box of the taxi. , in the process, he took a fancy to and pursued the presidential candidate Senator Harris's election assistant Bessie, but because he took her to the pornographic movie, the emotional drama that had not started ended. Later, Travis got acquainted with the young prostitute Iris, trying to help her escape from the control of pimps and lovers, and persuaded her to go home and continue her studies, but in vain. Travis, who was deeply powerless and frustrated, bought four pistols, pretended to be an angel of vengeance to sweep away scum, and launched a series of crazy violent acts. He first ran to the Senator's campaign rally and tried unsuccessfully to assassinate Palantine; this brought him to the height of his anger, killing the pimp if he couldn't kill the Senator, and eventually he became a hero with serious injuries and Iris returned. right way. The ending of the movie seems to be relatively perfect. Travis, who was shot by a gunshot and wounded his aorta, became a hero instead of dying. According to the conversation in the taxi at the end, Palantine also showed that he failed to become the president and needed to work hard. Iris goes back to school. But in fact, the director just let everything return to the original factory settings, what to do is still what to do, people have not become friendly, and what was ugly before is still ugly. All Travis can change is just a little bit, and his "contribution" is negligible in this big environment. For Travis, being able to have a relationship with Bessie as a looper and saving Iris really made up for the black hole of his constant disappointment with society and himself. The director uses a documentary method, through the act of renting a car, that is, the movement of the camera shows the life of the people at the bottom of the society, which is often seen in the old Martin's lens, and the old Martin seems to be the film. Like Weiss, they both wanted to awaken the degenerate hearts of people at that time and regain the courage to face life.

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Taxi Driver quotes

  • Travis Bickle: You're a young girl, you should be at home. You should be dressed up, going out with boys, going to school, you know, that kind of stuff.

  • Travis Bickle: Shit... I'm waiting for the sun to shine.