Martin Scorsese’s film remains a troubling reflection of our times
- Written by Alexander Howard, Senior Lecturer, Discipline of English and Writing, University of Sydney
IMDBMartin Scorsese’s Taxi Driver turns 50 this month. Nominated for four Oscars and winner of the Palme d’Or at the 1976 Cannes Festival, Scorsese’s searing, hallucinatory portrait of urban alienation is widely regarded as one of the most important American films of all time.
It is also unquestionably one of the most troubling.
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