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乇丕賳賳丿賴 鬲丕賰爻蹖
A loner, Travis Bickle takes up driving a taxi in search of an escape from his sleeplessness and his disgust with the corruption he finds around him. His pent-up rage, fuelled by his doomed relationship with the political campaign worker Betsy, leads to an inevitable descent into psychosis and violence.
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First published January 1, 1975
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Paul Schrader
37听books111听followersAlthough his name is often linked to that of the 'movie brat' generation (Spielberg, Scorsese, Coppola, Lucas, De Palma, etc.) Paul Schrader's background couldn't have been more different. Schrader's strict Calvinist parents refused to allow him to see a film until he was eighteen. Although he more than made up for lost time when studying at Calvin College, Columbia University and UCLA's graduate film program, his influences were far removed from those of his contemporaries - Bresson, Ozu and Dreyer (about whom he wrote a book, Transcendental Style in Film: Ozu Bresson Dreyer Da Capo Paperback) rather than Saturday morning serials. After a period as a film critic (and prot茅g茅 of Pauline Kael), he began writing screenplays, hitting the jackpot when he and his brother, Leonard Schrader (a Japanese expert), were paid the then-record sum of $325,000, for The Yakuza, thus establishing his reputation as one of Hollywood's top screenwriters - which was consolidated when Martin Scorsese filmed Schrader's script [Book:Taxi Driver] (1976), written in the early 1970s during a bout of drinking and depression. The success of the film allowed Schrader to start directing his own films, which have been notable for their willingness to take stylistic and thematic risks while still working squarely within the Hollywood system. The most original of his films (which he and many others regard as his best) was the Japanese co-production Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters (1985).
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Taxi Driver, Paul Schrader
Taxi Driver is a 1976 American psychological thriller film directed by Martin Scorsese, written by Paul Schrader, and starring Robert De Niro, Jodie Foster, Cybill Shepherd, Harvey Keitel, Peter Boyle, Albert Brooks and Leonard Harris.
Set in a decaying New York City following the Vietnam War, the film tells the story of a lonely veteran (De Niro) working as a taxi driver, who descends into insanity as he plots to assassinate a presidential candidate (Harris) and then the pimp (Keitel) of an underage prostitute (Foster) whom he befriends.
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Taxi Driver is a 1976 American psychological thriller film directed by Martin Scorsese, written by Paul Schrader, and starring Robert De Niro, Jodie Foster, Cybill Shepherd, Harvey Keitel, Peter Boyle, Albert Brooks and Leonard Harris.
Set in a decaying New York City following the Vietnam War, the film tells the story of a lonely veteran (De Niro) working as a taxi driver, who descends into insanity as he plots to assassinate a presidential candidate (Harris) and then the pimp (Keitel) of an underage prostitute (Foster) whom he befriends.
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July 24, 2023
Travis Bickle (played by ), is looking for inner salvation and the salvation of New York and the wider world. The army and likely war veteran (although it's never confirmed), works as a taxi-driver at night, because he can't sleep. This is his story one hot, sticky summer on the mean streets of the failing New York city of the 1970s.
The screenplay easily captures the darkness and the spiral towards doom (or salvation?) of the film, mainly because there is as much, if not more stage direction than dialogue. Being a screenplay it also does not have some of the genius ad-lib touches that De Niro added (see GIF below!). All-in-all after reading this, I felt the same after watching the movie, I felt shaken AND stirred. Paul Schrader's screenplay is the movie!
When meeting Travis for coffee and pie, Betsy () says he reminded her of a line in Kris Kristofferson song "The Pilgrim, Chapter 33": "He's a prophet and a pusher, partly truth, partly fiction鈥攁 walking contradiction." Travis Bickle is like no movie lead, before or after, a must-see movie of a great screenplay. Also my edition has an amazing interview of by ...Paul Schrader! 8 out of 12
2020 read
The screenplay easily captures the darkness and the spiral towards doom (or salvation?) of the film, mainly because there is as much, if not more stage direction than dialogue. Being a screenplay it also does not have some of the genius ad-lib touches that De Niro added (see GIF below!). All-in-all after reading this, I felt the same after watching the movie, I felt shaken AND stirred. Paul Schrader's screenplay is the movie!
When meeting Travis for coffee and pie, Betsy () says he reminded her of a line in Kris Kristofferson song "The Pilgrim, Chapter 33": "He's a prophet and a pusher, partly truth, partly fiction鈥攁 walking contradiction." Travis Bickle is like no movie lead, before or after, a must-see movie of a great screenplay. Also my edition has an amazing interview of by ...Paul Schrader! 8 out of 12
2020 read
May 18, 2011
Remember TAXI DRIVER? The 1976 movie directed by the poet of New York, Martin Scorsese, about the gun-loving loner, Travis Bickle? It won a bunch of awards. Less remembered is Taxi Driver, the novelization of Paul Schrader鈥檚 screenplay, written by New York poet, Richard Elman. Not only did it exist, it went through six printings.
Elman was best known at the time for three novels he wrote in the late 60鈥瞫 鈥� The 28th Day of Elul, Lilo鈥檚 Diary and The Reckoning 鈥� each one telling the story of a Hungarian family, the Yagodah鈥檚, in post-WW II Europe, each novel relating the same series of events from different points of view. So, obviously, this is the guy you want to write your novelization about a crazed Vietnam Vet gunning down pimps in Manhattan.
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Elman was best known at the time for three novels he wrote in the late 60鈥瞫 鈥� The 28th Day of Elul, Lilo鈥檚 Diary and The Reckoning 鈥� each one telling the story of a Hungarian family, the Yagodah鈥檚, in post-WW II Europe, each novel relating the same series of events from different points of view. So, obviously, this is the guy you want to write your novelization about a crazed Vietnam Vet gunning down pimps in Manhattan.
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May 15, 2018
鬲乇丕賵蹖爻 亘乇丕蹖 賲賳 賳賲丕丿 丕賳爻丕賳蹖 賴爻鬲 讴賴 丕夭 爻賲鬲 噩丕賲毓賴 胤乇丿 賵 亘賴 丕賳夭賵丕 讴卮蹖丿賴 卮丿賴貙 亘丕 乇賵丕賳蹖 丌爻蹖亘鈥屫屫� 賵 賲鬲夭賱夭賱. 鬲賳賴丕爻鬲貙 丕乇鬲亘丕胤卮 亘丕 禺丕賳賵丿賴 賯胤毓 卮丿賴 賵 賴蹖趩 丿賵爻鬲 賵 丌卮賳丕蹖蹖 賳丿丕乇賴. 丕夭 賱亘丕爻 賳馗丕賲蹖 賵 爻丕亘賯賴鈥屰� 禺丿賲鬲卮 鬲賵蹖 賳蹖乇賵蹖 丿乇蹖丕蹖蹖 賲蹖鈥屫促� 賮賴賲蹖丿 讴賴 丨丿丕賯賱 賲丿鬲蹖 乇賵 丿乇 賵蹖鬲賳丕賲 噩賳诏蹖丿賴. 亘蹖鈥屫堌жㄛ屸€屬囏й� 鬲賲丕賲 賳卮丿賳蹖卮 賵 丌乇丕賲鈥屫ㄘ粹€屬囏� 賵 丕賱讴賱蹖 讴賴 賲氐乇賮 賲蹖鈥屭┵嗁� 賳卮賵賳 賲蹖鈥屫� 噩丕賲毓賴 趩賴 亘賱丕蹖蹖 亘賴 爻乇卮 丌賵乇丿賴. 亘乇禺賵乇丿 亘鬲爻蹖 亘丕 氐丿丕賯鬲 賵 卮丕蹖丿 賳丕亘賱丿蹖 鬲乇丕賵蹖爻 丿乇 乇丕亘胤賴貙 鬲蹖乇 丌禺乇蹖 亘賵丿 亘乇丕蹖 亘賴 噩賳賵賳 讴卮賵賳丿賳卮. 丕夭 丕賵丕爻胤 賮蹖賱賲賳丕賲賴 賲賳 丕賳鬲馗丕乇 乇賮鬲丕乇 噩丕賲毓賴鈥屫池屫藏з嗁団€屫臂� 乇賵 丕夭 鬲乇丕賵蹖爻 丿丕卮鬲賲貙 丕賲丕 丿乇 丌禺乇蹖賳 賱丨馗賴 賳賵讴 倬蹖讴丕賳 禺卮賲 賵 丕賳夭噩丕乇卮 亘賴 爻賵蹖蹖 丿蹖诏賴 趩乇禺蹖丿 賵 亘賴 乇爻鬲诏丕乇蹖 乇爻蹖丿貙 趩蹖夭蹖 讴賴 亘乇丕蹖 賲賳 賯丕亘賱 倬蹖卮鈥屫ㄛ屬嗃� 賳亘賵丿(賮蹖賱賲卮 乇賵 賳丿蹖丿賴 亘賵丿賲 賴賳賵夭). 丿乇 賲賵乇丿 噩賳亘賴鈥屰� 丕禺賱丕賯蹖 賵丕讴賳卮 倬丕蹖丕賳蹖 鬲乇賵丕蹖爻 賮丕乇睾 丕夭 賴乇 丕賳诏蹖夭賴鈥屫堌з嗃屸€屫й� 賲蹖鈥屫促� 賲賮氐賱 亘賴 诏賮鬲诏賵 賳卮爻鬲. 丕蹖賳 爻讴丕賳爻 乇賵 亘賴 毓賳賵丕賳 賲丨乇讴 丨賱賯賴 讴賳丿 賵 讴丕賵 丕夭 讴賱 賮蹖賱賲 噩丿丕 讴乇丿賲
Travis struggles up and collapses on the red velvet sofa, his blood-soaked body blending with the velvet. He looks helplessly up at the officer. He forms his bloody hand into a pistol, raises it to his forehead and, his voice croaking in pain, makes the sound of a pistol discharging: Pgghew! Pgghew!
May 27, 2015
Wow this wasn't what I was expecting at all - certainly not from a movie novelization.Everything about this novelization is different - especially for this genre. It's an impressive little read. More of a novella than a full length novel. A trip into the mind of Travis Bickle.A first person narrative from a mental patient. It's disjointed and fractured - just like you would expect from a man like Travis.
At times it verges on being almost incomprehensible, but that's okay. Travis is a fringe dweller and his actions make sense to him - not to those of us who live on the plane that we smugly call reality.Travis's world isn't ours. The rules are different and Travis takes no time explaining them to us. So you (the reader) are simply going along for the ride. For Travis is the Taxi Driver.
As I said earlier not what I was expecting from a movie script novelization. Not at all.
The writer,Richard Elman, was a critically acclaimed New York City novelist and poet. The writing has some real depth and quality to it and the book can stand on it's own. If the movie had never been made this would have been just fine as a stand alone work. I suspect that somebody involved with the production might have known Richard Elman and asked him to write the novel. Possibly Martin Scorsese or Robert DeNiro - both are New Yorkers and active in the NYC arts and literary scene.
In conclusion Taxi Driver is a jarring, disjointed, and disturbing read, but also engrossing and intelligently written.Very interesting and unexpected.
At times it verges on being almost incomprehensible, but that's okay. Travis is a fringe dweller and his actions make sense to him - not to those of us who live on the plane that we smugly call reality.Travis's world isn't ours. The rules are different and Travis takes no time explaining them to us. So you (the reader) are simply going along for the ride. For Travis is the Taxi Driver.
As I said earlier not what I was expecting from a movie script novelization. Not at all.
The writer,Richard Elman, was a critically acclaimed New York City novelist and poet. The writing has some real depth and quality to it and the book can stand on it's own. If the movie had never been made this would have been just fine as a stand alone work. I suspect that somebody involved with the production might have known Richard Elman and asked him to write the novel. Possibly Martin Scorsese or Robert DeNiro - both are New Yorkers and active in the NYC arts and literary scene.
In conclusion Taxi Driver is a jarring, disjointed, and disturbing read, but also engrossing and intelligently written.Very interesting and unexpected.
October 29, 2017
I don't care what people say Paul Schrader's Taxi Driver is a comedy. ok maybe not a comedy but a tragi-comedy. OK alright it's just a tragedy. i don't think schrader had any intention to be funny but i laughed out loud at some of the scenes in this. and i found travis's maniacal metamorphosis f-ing hilarious.
June 13, 2017
This Screenplay throws at me, the darker side of my own Life .
It tells me I am not alone, It tells me I am alive .
It tells me I am not alone, It tells me I am alive .
December 14, 2013
During the 1970鈥檚, a whole series of brilliant films was produced --- with one of its absolute highlights being 鈥�Taxi Driver鈥�, by a young film maker called Martin Scorsese. It showed Hollywood and the rest of the world that a new generation was taking over the movie industry; with new ideas, new stars and more directness and frankness than previously imaginable in Tinseltown. Feelings of lose and depression are addressed as experiences from Americans themselves. After Vietnam, Watergate and the fall of Nixon, themes like alienation and confusion keep appearing again and again in these films. But none translated those themes to a more personal experience as 鈥�Taxi Driver鈥�.
The story focuses on Travis Bickle, a young war veteran struggling with insomnia and extreme self-loathing. Trying to battle the thoughts swirling in his head, he takes on a job as a NY cabbie, prowling the streets at night when he鈥檚 unable to catch any sleep. Watching the world of junkies, thieves and whores glide past his window night after night only feed his desire to explode in this sordid, unloving world Travis lives in.
Desperately, but forcefully, trying to reach out to Betsy, a local political campaign worker, only results in failure and pushes Travis to revenge. Between work shifts, his focus shifts to violence and he tentively fantasizes of an assassination attempt on Betsy鈥檚 boss. But when on a particular night he encounters a hapless child prostitute called Iris, Travis鈥� mounting psychosis pushes him over the edge.
Despite Scorsese麓s excellent directing, Robert de Niro麓s powerful acting, the mesmerizing use of camera, colour, sound and music, 鈥�Taxi Driver鈥濃€檚 brilliance can be traced all the way back to Paul Schrader鈥檚 screenplay. Published by Faber and Faber, and accompanied by two interviews with Schrader and Scorsese as well as being illustrated with a series of black-and-white movie stills, this publication returns to the source of the acclaimed film.
Schrader鈥檚 work is a thing of beauty, and can be read very well in its presented form. It doesn鈥檛 feel like a script at all. Apart from being split up into chapters, there are descriptive passages in his work which one wouldn鈥檛 expect to find in here. Travis is being introduced as 鈥渞aw male force. [It鈥檚] inevitable. The clock spring cannot be wound continually tighter. [鈥 Travis Bickle moves toward violence.鈥� Further on, Travis鈥� first impressions of a particular gun are described as 鈥渁 monster. [鈥 It is built on Michelangelo鈥檚 scale. The Magnum belongs in the hand of a marble god, not a slight taxi-driver.鈥�
It must鈥檝e been these powerful passages, the raw power and pain described in Schader鈥檚 work which captured Scorsese鈥檚 attention to turn it into film. It鈥檚 the perfect distilled image of a struggling young man; no introduction or dissection, but a crystal clear and heartfelt look at a man in tremendous pain. Paul Schrader鈥檚 work goes straight to the heart and the mind.
This publication is far more than a simple gimmick to cash in on the movie鈥檚 success. It offers a whole new way of looking at the brilliance of 鈥�Taxi Driver鈥�.
The story focuses on Travis Bickle, a young war veteran struggling with insomnia and extreme self-loathing. Trying to battle the thoughts swirling in his head, he takes on a job as a NY cabbie, prowling the streets at night when he鈥檚 unable to catch any sleep. Watching the world of junkies, thieves and whores glide past his window night after night only feed his desire to explode in this sordid, unloving world Travis lives in.
Desperately, but forcefully, trying to reach out to Betsy, a local political campaign worker, only results in failure and pushes Travis to revenge. Between work shifts, his focus shifts to violence and he tentively fantasizes of an assassination attempt on Betsy鈥檚 boss. But when on a particular night he encounters a hapless child prostitute called Iris, Travis鈥� mounting psychosis pushes him over the edge.
Despite Scorsese麓s excellent directing, Robert de Niro麓s powerful acting, the mesmerizing use of camera, colour, sound and music, 鈥�Taxi Driver鈥濃€檚 brilliance can be traced all the way back to Paul Schrader鈥檚 screenplay. Published by Faber and Faber, and accompanied by two interviews with Schrader and Scorsese as well as being illustrated with a series of black-and-white movie stills, this publication returns to the source of the acclaimed film.
Schrader鈥檚 work is a thing of beauty, and can be read very well in its presented form. It doesn鈥檛 feel like a script at all. Apart from being split up into chapters, there are descriptive passages in his work which one wouldn鈥檛 expect to find in here. Travis is being introduced as 鈥渞aw male force. [It鈥檚] inevitable. The clock spring cannot be wound continually tighter. [鈥 Travis Bickle moves toward violence.鈥� Further on, Travis鈥� first impressions of a particular gun are described as 鈥渁 monster. [鈥 It is built on Michelangelo鈥檚 scale. The Magnum belongs in the hand of a marble god, not a slight taxi-driver.鈥�
It must鈥檝e been these powerful passages, the raw power and pain described in Schader鈥檚 work which captured Scorsese鈥檚 attention to turn it into film. It鈥檚 the perfect distilled image of a struggling young man; no introduction or dissection, but a crystal clear and heartfelt look at a man in tremendous pain. Paul Schrader鈥檚 work goes straight to the heart and the mind.
This publication is far more than a simple gimmick to cash in on the movie鈥檚 success. It offers a whole new way of looking at the brilliance of 鈥�Taxi Driver鈥�.
September 8, 2010
This is a very interesting book; its written in a slangy, stream of consciousness style that effectively captures the fractured mind of Travis Bickle. The whole book has a hypnotic, flowing rhythm not unlike the visuals for the film. Most "novelizations" are crude and obvious and written with as much grace and style as the phone book but Richard Elman's adaptation of Paul Schrader's screenplay for TAXI DRIVER genuinely qualifies as post-modern literature. Read this book and see for yourself. It has an expressionistic street-level sense of foreboding and doom that reminds me of some of the short stories of Andrew Vachss.
December 25, 2021
Christmas lit :)
I have a lot to say about this movie/screenplay but what's the point. Read it or watch it. it rocks:).
Listen, you fuckers, you screw-heads. Here is a man who would not take if anymore. A man who stood up against the scum... the dogs, the filth, the shit. is someone who stood up. Here is--You're dead.
You're only as healthy as you feel
A long continuous chain, every day, then, suddenly, There's a change.
Days go on and on and don't end. Sometimes I wish a real storm would wash away all the scum and trash off the sidewalk.
Suddenly there's a change, Cowboy
I have a lot to say about this movie/screenplay but what's the point. Read it or watch it. it rocks:).
Listen, you fuckers, you screw-heads. Here is a man who would not take if anymore. A man who stood up against the scum... the dogs, the filth, the shit. is someone who stood up. Here is--You're dead.
You're only as healthy as you feel
A long continuous chain, every day, then, suddenly, There's a change.
Days go on and on and don't end. Sometimes I wish a real storm would wash away all the scum and trash off the sidewalk.
Suddenly there's a change, Cowboy
January 24, 2013
Reading the script was interesting for me because as a teenager i had seen the film numerous times, so reading it i could hear the film in the back of my head. The best part about reading this, for me, was the fact that I got to see just how much of the film dialogue was improvised on the spot. Actors either added or subtracted to the dialogue on some scenes, adding so much more to the film than what was already there in the script. I added this in notes, sometimes word for word the changes. It made it more fun to read, for sure.
To be honest, I've never really read a full screenplay before. Bits and pieces, sure, but never something entirely. This one doesn't seem to be covered in much jargon, which made it easier to read without having to be bothered by all the instructions. i've always wanted to write a screenplay...I attempted it years ago but I found writing it the way that i was writing it was extremely tedious and boring. Now, with this script's formation as an example, I can see how it might be far more exciting and yet to the point.
Anyway, the film is still interesting and still modern. Travis speaks to all those who are isolated by modern society, the loners and outcasts who don't understand themselves or the world around them. Not saying all of them are going to be or will be assassins, but I think there's some humane quality, in a very bizarre and dark light, about Travis, and that's the most interesting part of his character is to me.
To be honest, I've never really read a full screenplay before. Bits and pieces, sure, but never something entirely. This one doesn't seem to be covered in much jargon, which made it easier to read without having to be bothered by all the instructions. i've always wanted to write a screenplay...I attempted it years ago but I found writing it the way that i was writing it was extremely tedious and boring. Now, with this script's formation as an example, I can see how it might be far more exciting and yet to the point.
Anyway, the film is still interesting and still modern. Travis speaks to all those who are isolated by modern society, the loners and outcasts who don't understand themselves or the world around them. Not saying all of them are going to be or will be assassins, but I think there's some humane quality, in a very bizarre and dark light, about Travis, and that's the most interesting part of his character is to me.
September 21, 2008
This is the first novelization of a film I've read since I was 9 years old and read William Kotzwinkle's novelization of E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial. I was expecting Taxi Driver to be a real train wreck (it is, after all, a novelization--a genre barely one step above fotonovelas), but it was actually pretty good. Richard Elman captures the rhythm and cadences of Travis Bickle's speech really well, and there are a lot of creative misspellings and weird punctuation that work to get you inside the character's head in ways that a film can't. Worth reading, at least for curiosity value.
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December 26, 2015
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November 5, 2022
Travis is literally me.
January 4, 2018
It is an amazing script. I have never read such an instructive screenplay before; Schrader is in control of everything. Of course he had listened to the director and they cooperated together. I cannot really say the story is good; but Schrader creates a character, who might be considered a cliche for today. Nevertheless, this might be the movie which turned this character into a cliche, so that means the roots of stoic pscyho, anti-hero were initiated in this script. Indeed, knights, cowboys and other archaic heroes have similar codes. Even today we can see the similar characteristics; Goslings mostly acts this type of characters. The Driver and Blade Runner 2049 have the same hero. Especially in the Driver, the interesting and ironic thing is these heroes have distorted notion of "moral." They are both black and white, and do not know what is really "right." In this sense the characters have a similarity with Fleming from The Red Badge of Courage; Fleming is a coward, but as a result of a coincidence he becomes a hero just like Travis, who plans to assassin the politician but fails. Creating an existentialist character, who does not talk a lot and does not sleep enough is good; but questioning the nature of morality and the circumstances is a better dilemma created in the script.
April 4, 2013
Reading this - the screenplay of Scorcese's film 'Taxi Driver' - confirmed for me what a great movie it it.
The screenplay is a story - dialogue, a plot, a character.
The movie is more than that.
When I watched the film I experienced it - the kind of movement where time gets shorter and you're anticipating what's coming next without realizing that you're holding your breath.
I didn't know until after when I'd read reviews about the famous movie that I was experiencing the descent into psychosis, the buildup towards violence.
The screenplay doesn't have that same kind of momentum, which is I guess what makes it such a great screenplay - it's written specifically for the screen.
The screenplay is a story - dialogue, a plot, a character.
The movie is more than that.
When I watched the film I experienced it - the kind of movement where time gets shorter and you're anticipating what's coming next without realizing that you're holding your breath.
I didn't know until after when I'd read reviews about the famous movie that I was experiencing the descent into psychosis, the buildup towards violence.
The screenplay doesn't have that same kind of momentum, which is I guess what makes it such a great screenplay - it's written specifically for the screen.
February 23, 2024
Our protagonist, Travis, is someone we might all wish we won't meet on the street but will look back when he walk past.
He is dangerous, because he does not play with the rules and will keep his plan silent until he strikes. He might also appear to be charming, because his detached brusque manners appear to be self-assured but without any cockiness. He totters in the city full of vice and unconcern. We see how he tried to take on a relationship and how far he has actually achieved with his audacity, but failed embarrasly. We see how he tried to become someone he always dreams to be, but hideous affairs in the city dull him.
We however, might not understand very well why he wanted to kill. For the justification of the first target, It can be true that his background might leave him a radical and violent way of confronting evil. It can also be deemed as a veangeance of the rejection he received. The second target seems to be a pure obstacle to unchain an innocent soul. The final very awaited kill, even it is a improvised Plan B, plays with the fuzzy boundary of good and bad, also making a joke on Travis's expectation, ending a heart-broken story with a good ending.
He is dangerous, because he does not play with the rules and will keep his plan silent until he strikes. He might also appear to be charming, because his detached brusque manners appear to be self-assured but without any cockiness. He totters in the city full of vice and unconcern. We see how he tried to take on a relationship and how far he has actually achieved with his audacity, but failed embarrasly. We see how he tried to become someone he always dreams to be, but hideous affairs in the city dull him.
We however, might not understand very well why he wanted to kill. For the justification of the first target, It can be true that his background might leave him a radical and violent way of confronting evil. It can also be deemed as a veangeance of the rejection he received. The second target seems to be a pure obstacle to unchain an innocent soul. The final very awaited kill, even it is a improvised Plan B, plays with the fuzzy boundary of good and bad, also making a joke on Travis's expectation, ending a heart-broken story with a good ending.
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June 21, 2023
INCENDIARY!
March 3, 2022
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February 28, 2023
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April 7, 2023
The most literary and elegant of screenplays...
September 28, 2016
Schrader once said,"[S]creenplays are not works of art. They are invitations to others to collaborate on a work of art, but they are not in themselves works of art." I'd be tempted to disagree on the basis of a number of his works, but especially Taxi Driver, which in its stage directions and characterizations of Travis Bickle gives him a novelistic depth, which makes sense as Schrader said he intentionally produced a screenplay hewing closer to a chapter-segmented novel than typical screenwriting standards would prescribe, in order to make the script look less like typical Hollywood product. Paradoxically, Schrader's words come closest to reflecting the truth in the way that the screenplay is necessarily overshadowed by the finished film in a way that it wouldn't have a chance to be were it an unfilmed screenplay, or an unfilmable one, like Nabokov's Lolita script. Much like the film, the script is laser-focused on being an in-depth character study of Bickle, so the script wouldn't quite be able to stand alone, reading more like a character bible than any recognizable story of any kind; this makes sense, as Schrader strictly compartmentalizes what he brings to a filmmaking project (theme, character, and structure), so this is less complete a screenplay than some, though there are some specific indications of camera movements and their purposes. Novelistic as Schrader may have aimed to be, the Taxi Driver screenplay is best appreciated as such a character bible, expanding on motivations and background just a little bit more, in very satisfactory ways that suggest how De Niro transformed Schrader's creation into a performance. Virtually all of what appears here that ended up eliminated from the final cut (mostly fatty, chattier bits with less apparent purpose, mostly involving peripheral characters) deserved that fate, in order to hone an even more exact and spare portrait of the film's unforgettable central character.
March 30, 2025
Taxi Driver screenplay by Paul Schrader 鈥� one of the TIME 100 Best Films, Martin Scorsese has another two on that list, Goodfellas and Raging Bull 鈥� most of those best 100 movies, others and hundreds of books are reviewed on my blog, where the best piece might be
9 out of 10
This is perhaps the epitome of 鈥榠conic, legendary鈥�, nec plus ultra, although, I remember seeing art of it on the Bucharest airport, of all places, and I was not thrilled, indeed, even now, it is quite dark for this cinephile, nevertheless, I can see this is a magnum opera and watch parts of it when they have re-runs, like last night
Paul Schrader is not just a marvelous writer, he has an excellent sense of humor and fine sense of defining, making an accurate analysis in just a few words, his take on Killers of The Flower Moon was fabulous and he said:
鈥楲eonardo DiCaprio has chosen the wrong role, that of an idiot, and three hours in the company of an idiot is too long鈥� words to that effect, this was exactly how I felt for what was a less than spectacular Martin Scorsese motion picture, nothing to compare with Casino
Robert De Niro is fantastic as Travis Bickle, a war veteran that has some serious mental problems, that will get more serious, as we plunge into the plot, which has some memorable lines, including the one that has been used in hundreds of movies 鈥榓re you talking to me? I鈥檓 the only one here, so who are you talking to?鈥�
There is one excellent book that gives us the background for this and so many other motion pictures of the period, and the title is Easy Riders, Raging Bulls by Peter Biskind, covering the time between the two movies and useful for Taxi Driver
We find exotic details about Martin Scorsese, who was using a lot of drugs, just like the big majority of people in the business, and is famously very tense, neurotic, and I remember something about the casting of Cybill Shepherd, who had been discovered by Peter Bogdanovich, the latter is one of those tainted in the book
Bogdanovich was married, his wife was instrumental in making the films, but he just falls for Cybill Shepherd, misbehaving is a euphemism, then he would be so pompous that he talks about himself as if he was on a level with the cr猫me de la cr猫me, anyway, they thought Cybill Shepherd could be a bad choice
It turns out she is excellent in the supporting role of Betsy, a young woman that Travis is trying to seduce, then he is stalking, ludicrous and eventually, dangerous 鈥� another thespian that I admire is Albert Brooks 鈥� let me just mention The hilarious The Muse 鈥� and he has a very a small role in Taxi Driver, where he defends Betsy
However, the career of Jodi Foster has been launched here, she was just a teenager and she was nominated for Best Actress in a Supporting Role, that of a much too young prostitute, Iris, who has a chance encounter with the antihero Travis, well, he is a complex figure, the dark side could have him assassinate a politician鈥�
On the other hand, he gets interested in the adolescent Iris, he feels compassion for her, maybe, he is so crazy that I find it hard to separate, how much was consideration for the girl, and what was the importance of the hatred he felt for her pimp, Sport aka Harvey Keitel, the latter will be in trouble, and I will stop here
Notwithstanding that, let me say that I had a chance meeting with Harvey Keitel, in New York, where I had the chance to spend just a few days, so that was interesting, maybe magical, I asked for an autograph and he gave it to me
Now for my standard closing of the note with a question, and invitation 鈥� maybe you have a good idea on how we could make more than a million dollars with this 鈥� as it is, this is a unique technique, which we could promote, sell, open the Oscars show with or something and then make lots of money together, if you have the how, I have the product, I just do not know how to get the befits from it, other than the exercise per se
There is also the small matter of working for AT&T 鈥� this huge company asked me to be its Representative for Romania and Bulgaria, on the Calling Card side, which meant sailing into the Black Sea wo meet the US Navy ships, travelling to Sofia, a lot of activity, using my mother鈥檚 two bedrooms flat as office and warehouse, all for the grand total of $250, raised after a lot of persuasion to the staggering $400鈥ith retirement ahead, there are no benefits, nothing鈥t is a longer story, but if you can help get the mastodont to pay some dues, or have an idea how it can happen, let me know
As for my role in the Revolution that killed Ceausescu, a smaller Mao, there it is
Some favorite quotes from To The Hermitage and other works
鈥楩iction is infinitely preferable to real life...As long as you avoid the books of Kafka or Beckett, the everlasting plot of fiction has fewer futile experiences than the careless plot of reality...Fiction's people are fuller, deeper, cleverer, more moving than those in real life鈥ts actions are more intricate, illuminating, noble, profound鈥here are many more dramas, climaxes, romantic fulfillment, twists, turns, gratified resolutions鈥nlike reality, all of this you can experience without leaving the house or even getting out of bed鈥hat's more, books are a form of intelligent human greatness, as stories are a higher order of sense鈥s random life is to destiny, so stories are to great authors, who provided us with some of the highest pleasures and the most wonderful mystifications we can find鈥ew stories are greater than Anna Karenina, that wise epic by an often foolish author鈥︹€�
9 out of 10
This is perhaps the epitome of 鈥榠conic, legendary鈥�, nec plus ultra, although, I remember seeing art of it on the Bucharest airport, of all places, and I was not thrilled, indeed, even now, it is quite dark for this cinephile, nevertheless, I can see this is a magnum opera and watch parts of it when they have re-runs, like last night
Paul Schrader is not just a marvelous writer, he has an excellent sense of humor and fine sense of defining, making an accurate analysis in just a few words, his take on Killers of The Flower Moon was fabulous and he said:
鈥楲eonardo DiCaprio has chosen the wrong role, that of an idiot, and three hours in the company of an idiot is too long鈥� words to that effect, this was exactly how I felt for what was a less than spectacular Martin Scorsese motion picture, nothing to compare with Casino
Robert De Niro is fantastic as Travis Bickle, a war veteran that has some serious mental problems, that will get more serious, as we plunge into the plot, which has some memorable lines, including the one that has been used in hundreds of movies 鈥榓re you talking to me? I鈥檓 the only one here, so who are you talking to?鈥�
There is one excellent book that gives us the background for this and so many other motion pictures of the period, and the title is Easy Riders, Raging Bulls by Peter Biskind, covering the time between the two movies and useful for Taxi Driver
We find exotic details about Martin Scorsese, who was using a lot of drugs, just like the big majority of people in the business, and is famously very tense, neurotic, and I remember something about the casting of Cybill Shepherd, who had been discovered by Peter Bogdanovich, the latter is one of those tainted in the book
Bogdanovich was married, his wife was instrumental in making the films, but he just falls for Cybill Shepherd, misbehaving is a euphemism, then he would be so pompous that he talks about himself as if he was on a level with the cr猫me de la cr猫me, anyway, they thought Cybill Shepherd could be a bad choice
It turns out she is excellent in the supporting role of Betsy, a young woman that Travis is trying to seduce, then he is stalking, ludicrous and eventually, dangerous 鈥� another thespian that I admire is Albert Brooks 鈥� let me just mention The hilarious The Muse 鈥� and he has a very a small role in Taxi Driver, where he defends Betsy
However, the career of Jodi Foster has been launched here, she was just a teenager and she was nominated for Best Actress in a Supporting Role, that of a much too young prostitute, Iris, who has a chance encounter with the antihero Travis, well, he is a complex figure, the dark side could have him assassinate a politician鈥�
On the other hand, he gets interested in the adolescent Iris, he feels compassion for her, maybe, he is so crazy that I find it hard to separate, how much was consideration for the girl, and what was the importance of the hatred he felt for her pimp, Sport aka Harvey Keitel, the latter will be in trouble, and I will stop here
Notwithstanding that, let me say that I had a chance meeting with Harvey Keitel, in New York, where I had the chance to spend just a few days, so that was interesting, maybe magical, I asked for an autograph and he gave it to me
Now for my standard closing of the note with a question, and invitation 鈥� maybe you have a good idea on how we could make more than a million dollars with this 鈥� as it is, this is a unique technique, which we could promote, sell, open the Oscars show with or something and then make lots of money together, if you have the how, I have the product, I just do not know how to get the befits from it, other than the exercise per se
There is also the small matter of working for AT&T 鈥� this huge company asked me to be its Representative for Romania and Bulgaria, on the Calling Card side, which meant sailing into the Black Sea wo meet the US Navy ships, travelling to Sofia, a lot of activity, using my mother鈥檚 two bedrooms flat as office and warehouse, all for the grand total of $250, raised after a lot of persuasion to the staggering $400鈥ith retirement ahead, there are no benefits, nothing鈥t is a longer story, but if you can help get the mastodont to pay some dues, or have an idea how it can happen, let me know
As for my role in the Revolution that killed Ceausescu, a smaller Mao, there it is
Some favorite quotes from To The Hermitage and other works
鈥楩iction is infinitely preferable to real life...As long as you avoid the books of Kafka or Beckett, the everlasting plot of fiction has fewer futile experiences than the careless plot of reality...Fiction's people are fuller, deeper, cleverer, more moving than those in real life鈥ts actions are more intricate, illuminating, noble, profound鈥here are many more dramas, climaxes, romantic fulfillment, twists, turns, gratified resolutions鈥nlike reality, all of this you can experience without leaving the house or even getting out of bed鈥hat's more, books are a form of intelligent human greatness, as stories are a higher order of sense鈥s random life is to destiny, so stories are to great authors, who provided us with some of the highest pleasures and the most wonderful mystifications we can find鈥ew stories are greater than Anna Karenina, that wise epic by an often foolish author鈥︹€�
March 15, 2015
韦慰 渭喂魏蟻蠈 伪蠀蟿蠈 尾喂尾位喂伪蟻维魏喂, 蠈蟺蠅蟼 魏伪蟿伪位伪尾伪委谓蔚蟿蔚 伪蟺蠈 蟿慰谓 蟿委蟿位慰 蟿慰蠀, 尾伪蟽委味蔚蟿伪喂 蟽蟿慰 蟽蔚谓维蟻喂慰 蟿畏蟼 慰渭蠈蟿喂蟿位畏蟼 伪蟻喂蟽蟿慰蠀蟻纬畏渭伪蟿喂魏萎蟼 蟿伪喂谓委伪蟼 蟿慰蠀 螠维蟻蟿喂谓 危魏慰蟻蟿蟽苇味蔚.
螒蠁畏纬畏蟿萎蟼 蟿畏蟼 喂蟽蟿慰蟻委伪蟼 蔚委谓伪喂 慰 韦蟻维尾喂蟼 螠蟺喂魏位, 蟺慰蠀 魏维蟺慰喂伪 蟽蟿喂纬渭萎 魏伪蟿伪蠁苇蟻谓蔚喂 谓伪 蟺喂维蟽蔚喂 未慰蠀位蔚喂维 蟽伪谓 蟿伪尉喂蟿味萎蟼, 魏维谓慰谓蟿伪蟼 蠈位蔚蟼 蟿喂蟼 未蠉蟽魏慰位蔚蟼 魏伪喂 蔚蟺喂魏委谓未蠀谓蔚蟼 魏慰蠉蟻蟽蔚蟼 蟽蟿畏谓 螡苇伪 违蠈蟻魏畏. 螘委谓伪喂 苇谓伪蟼 渭慰谓伪蠂喂魏蠈蟼 蟿蠉蟺慰蟼, 尾蔚蟿蔚蟻维谓慰蟼 蟿慰蠀 蟺慰位苇渭慰蠀 蟽蟿慰 螔喂蔚蟿谓维渭, 渭蔚 渭蟺蠈位喂魏慰 胃蠀渭蠈 渭苇蟽伪 蟿慰蠀 纬喂伪 蠈位伪 伪蠀蟿维 蟺慰蠀 尾位苇蟺蔚喂 纬蠉蟻蠅 蟿慰蠀, 魏伪喂 魏维蟺慰喂伪 蟽蟿喂纬渭萎 胃伪 蟺蟻慰蠂蠅蟻萎蟽蔚喂 蟽蟿畏谓 蟺蟻维尉畏, 蠈蟽慰谓 伪蠁慰蟻维 蟿慰 魏伪胃维蟻喂蟽渭伪 蟿畏蟼 蟺蠈位畏蟼. 螆谓伪蟼 维谓蟿蟻伪蟼 蠈渭蠅蟼 未蔚谓 蔚委谓伪喂 喂魏伪谓蠈蟼 谓'伪位位维尉蔚喂 蟿慰谓 魏蠈蟽渭慰, 蔚喂未喂魏维 蠈蟿伪谓 蟺蟻蠈魏蔚喂蟿伪喂 纬喂伪 苇谓伪谓 蟺蟻慰尾位畏渭伪蟿喂魏蠈 谓苇慰 维谓胃蟻蠅蟺慰 蟽伪谓 伪蠀蟿蠈谓.
韦慰 尾喂尾位委慰 伪魏慰位慰蠀胃蔚委 蟺喂蟽蟿维 蟿畏谓 蟺位慰魏萎 蟿畏蟼 蟿伪喂谓委伪蟼, 伪位位维 伪蠀蟿蠈 蟺慰蠀 蟿慰 魏维谓蔚喂 谓伪 尉蔚蠂蠅蟻委味蔚喂, 蔚委谓伪喂 畏 蟺慰位蠉 魏伪位萎 纬蟻伪蠁萎 魏伪喂 畏 蔚蠀魏伪喂蟻委伪 蟺慰蠀 渭伪蟼 未委谓蔚喂 慰 蟽蠀纬纬蟻伪蠁苇伪蟼 谓伪 未慰蠉渭蔚 蟿喂蟼 蟽魏苇蠄蔚喂蟼 蟿慰蠀 萎蟻蠅维 渭伪蟼. 危蟿畏谓 蟿伪喂谓委伪 伪蟺慰位伪蠉蟽伪渭蔚 渭蠈谓慰 蟿喂蟼 魏喂谓萎蟽蔚喂蟼 蟿慰蠀 魏伪喂 蟿喂蟼 蔚魏蠁蟻维蟽蔚喂蟼 蟿慰蠀 蟺蟻慰蟽蠋蟺慰蠀 蟿慰蠀, 蔚未蠋 蠈渭蠅蟼 渭蟺伪委谓慰蠀渭蔚 渭苇蟽伪 蟽蟿慰 渭蠀伪位蠈 蟿慰蠀. 螘蟺委蟽畏蟼 慰 螆位渭伪谓 魏伪蟿维蠁蔚蟻蔚 谓伪 渭蔚蟿伪蠁苇蟻蔚喂 渭蔚 蔚蟺喂蟿蠀蠂委伪 蟽蟿慰 蠂伪蟻蟿委 蟿慰谓 蟻蠀胃渭蠈 魏伪喂 蟿畏谓 伪蟿渭蠈蟽蠁伪喂蟻伪 蟿畏蟼 蟿伪喂谓委伪蟼.
螒蠁畏纬畏蟿萎蟼 蟿畏蟼 喂蟽蟿慰蟻委伪蟼 蔚委谓伪喂 慰 韦蟻维尾喂蟼 螠蟺喂魏位, 蟺慰蠀 魏维蟺慰喂伪 蟽蟿喂纬渭萎 魏伪蟿伪蠁苇蟻谓蔚喂 谓伪 蟺喂维蟽蔚喂 未慰蠀位蔚喂维 蟽伪谓 蟿伪尉喂蟿味萎蟼, 魏维谓慰谓蟿伪蟼 蠈位蔚蟼 蟿喂蟼 未蠉蟽魏慰位蔚蟼 魏伪喂 蔚蟺喂魏委谓未蠀谓蔚蟼 魏慰蠉蟻蟽蔚蟼 蟽蟿畏谓 螡苇伪 违蠈蟻魏畏. 螘委谓伪喂 苇谓伪蟼 渭慰谓伪蠂喂魏蠈蟼 蟿蠉蟺慰蟼, 尾蔚蟿蔚蟻维谓慰蟼 蟿慰蠀 蟺慰位苇渭慰蠀 蟽蟿慰 螔喂蔚蟿谓维渭, 渭蔚 渭蟺蠈位喂魏慰 胃蠀渭蠈 渭苇蟽伪 蟿慰蠀 纬喂伪 蠈位伪 伪蠀蟿维 蟺慰蠀 尾位苇蟺蔚喂 纬蠉蟻蠅 蟿慰蠀, 魏伪喂 魏维蟺慰喂伪 蟽蟿喂纬渭萎 胃伪 蟺蟻慰蠂蠅蟻萎蟽蔚喂 蟽蟿畏谓 蟺蟻维尉畏, 蠈蟽慰谓 伪蠁慰蟻维 蟿慰 魏伪胃维蟻喂蟽渭伪 蟿畏蟼 蟺蠈位畏蟼. 螆谓伪蟼 维谓蟿蟻伪蟼 蠈渭蠅蟼 未蔚谓 蔚委谓伪喂 喂魏伪谓蠈蟼 谓'伪位位维尉蔚喂 蟿慰谓 魏蠈蟽渭慰, 蔚喂未喂魏维 蠈蟿伪谓 蟺蟻蠈魏蔚喂蟿伪喂 纬喂伪 苇谓伪谓 蟺蟻慰尾位畏渭伪蟿喂魏蠈 谓苇慰 维谓胃蟻蠅蟺慰 蟽伪谓 伪蠀蟿蠈谓.
韦慰 尾喂尾位委慰 伪魏慰位慰蠀胃蔚委 蟺喂蟽蟿维 蟿畏谓 蟺位慰魏萎 蟿畏蟼 蟿伪喂谓委伪蟼, 伪位位维 伪蠀蟿蠈 蟺慰蠀 蟿慰 魏维谓蔚喂 谓伪 尉蔚蠂蠅蟻委味蔚喂, 蔚委谓伪喂 畏 蟺慰位蠉 魏伪位萎 纬蟻伪蠁萎 魏伪喂 畏 蔚蠀魏伪喂蟻委伪 蟺慰蠀 渭伪蟼 未委谓蔚喂 慰 蟽蠀纬纬蟻伪蠁苇伪蟼 谓伪 未慰蠉渭蔚 蟿喂蟼 蟽魏苇蠄蔚喂蟼 蟿慰蠀 萎蟻蠅维 渭伪蟼. 危蟿畏谓 蟿伪喂谓委伪 伪蟺慰位伪蠉蟽伪渭蔚 渭蠈谓慰 蟿喂蟼 魏喂谓萎蟽蔚喂蟼 蟿慰蠀 魏伪喂 蟿喂蟼 蔚魏蠁蟻维蟽蔚喂蟼 蟿慰蠀 蟺蟻慰蟽蠋蟺慰蠀 蟿慰蠀, 蔚未蠋 蠈渭蠅蟼 渭蟺伪委谓慰蠀渭蔚 渭苇蟽伪 蟽蟿慰 渭蠀伪位蠈 蟿慰蠀. 螘蟺委蟽畏蟼 慰 螆位渭伪谓 魏伪蟿维蠁蔚蟻蔚 谓伪 渭蔚蟿伪蠁苇蟻蔚喂 渭蔚 蔚蟺喂蟿蠀蠂委伪 蟽蟿慰 蠂伪蟻蟿委 蟿慰谓 蟻蠀胃渭蠈 魏伪喂 蟿畏谓 伪蟿渭蠈蟽蠁伪喂蟻伪 蟿畏蟼 蟿伪喂谓委伪蟼.
April 19, 2021
Paul Schrader's masterpiece reads well. His voice comes clearly through the natural dialogue and the insightful screen direction. There is a subtle wit that lies spread over his concise descriptions and they bear a kind of empathy for the characters; no judgements here, simply the passage of events through the battling hands of will and desire.
July 2, 2010
Entranced with the movie when it first came out I hunted down
the book, which is just a light treating of the script into
readable form, printed
after the movie obviously just to cash in on its popularity
(and suckers like me).
March 2, 2015
Only three stars because Schrader's script is good but it's really just a backup for DeNiro's masterfully brooding performance.
And since so much of the film is improvised anyway, the script is really just a template more than anything else.
April 25, 2018
It's been so long since I've read a script but Schrader's work here is on another level. He lures you in on the first page and by then end you want a long bath to clean yourself of the filth and scum that have burrowed under your skin.
November 13, 2007
nice story from a class of society and the problems to earn money, thanks Mahta, kisses
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