Martin Scorsese and Paul Schrader Psychoanalyze Taxi Driver's Travis Bickle in 1976 Radio Interview

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Martin Scorsese and Paul Schrader Psychoanalyze Taxi Driver's Travis Bickle in 1976

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Martin Scorsese, Paul Schrader

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Director Martin Scorsese and screenwriter Paul Schrader created one of the all-time great American movies, Taxi Driver (1976). In this radio interview from 1976, Scorsese and Schrader join interviewer Studs Terkel to discuss the film and, particularly, the main character, Travis Bickle, played by Robert De Niro. At the time, the film generated a lot of controversy and debate, which the filmmakers addressed. They insist that the film is not about New York City as a whole but one lonely individual there whose increasing isolation and mental disintegration leads him to a psychotic blood catharsis at the end. Scorsese, Schrader, and Terkel discuss the many facets of the contradictory character Bickle. Scorsese and Schrader admit that in Bickle, there are many aspects of the dark side within themselves. They talk about the twisted spiritual side of Bickle and his puritanical stance towards what he perceives as filthy in the parts of New York he inhabits. And they describe their intention at the end of the film, where Bickle is ironically celebrated as a hero for his violent acts and is set loose back into the city, where Scorsese feels the movie will start all over again. The interview is an excellent examination of the Travis Bickle character for fans of the movie, recorded at the time it was released.

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