Taxi Driver Film Analysis

The movie Napoleon Dynamite directed by Jared Hess and released June 11, 2004 is a comedy about an awkward teen that has trouble fitting in. Napoleon (Jon Heder) the main character, lives with his grandma until she gets into an accident and his life is immediately made worse when his uncle Rico (Jon Gries) who is stuck in his high school football “superstar” days knocks on their door and is there to keep an eye on Napoleon while his grandma is getting hospitalized. Napoleon has a red afro, wears moon boots, and is constantly practicing his atrocious ninja moves. Napoleon has a best friend in high school names Pedro (Efren Ramirez) who decides to run for class president, and it is up to Napoleon to step out of his comfort zone to help Pedro win, and get his information out around school. Napoleon Dynamite was excellent because it met the criteria of humor, acting, and the profound message.

The 1946 film The Killers is a renowned film noir based off of Ernest Hemingway’s short story of the same title, focusing on the detailed backstory and investigation for the motive of the murder of Pete Lund/Ole Anderson, commonly known and referred to as “The Swede.” A film noir is a term made originally to describe American mystery and thriller movies produced in the time period from 1944-1954, primarily marked by moods of menace, pessimism, and fatalism. Although the film does not focus on the war itself at all, it still puts forth interesting new ways in how gender relations can be stereotypical as well as divergent proceeding the Second World War.

The Gangster film ‘Scarface’ (DePalma) is about the rise and eventual fall of Cuban immigrant, Tony Montana. Throughout the film the viewer witnesses how Tony Montana goes from a criminal in Cuba to a drug overlord in America. The average viewer cannot connect to the arc of Tony Montana. But, the average viewer can connect to what Tony Montana is working for, the American dream. Brain DePalma chooses purposefully to have a hyper-masculine, narcissistic, megalomaniac immigrant as the main character of a story of American dream. In ‘Scarface’, DePalma show the universality of the American dream. By utilizing various filming techniques, DePalma shows how the American dream is available for everyone.

Baby driver is considered one of the summers hottest thriller movies out. The movie takes place in Atlanta Georgia and it starts with the main character a young man named Baby (who played by Ansel Elgort). He's an extremely talented getaway driver. He lives with his foster father Joseph (played by CJ Jones) who's deaf. When Baby was a young child he was in a horrible car accident that killed both his parents and left him with a severe case of tinnitus. He blocks out the ringing by listening to music. Baby also records his everyday conversations and remixes them with vintage audio equipment into upbeat songs. In the beginning of the movie, we discover that Baby works for a man named Doc (played by Kevin Spacey) who's a heist planner. He's working with him to pay off a debt he incurred after stealing one of Docs cars. After successfully completing another robbery he's told that the next job will completely pay off his debt. During his frequent visits to the diner, he meets waitress Debora (played by Lily James) and they eventually fall in love. Doc's next planned heist, an armored car robbery with a different crew, faces trouble after a veteran tries to prevent the robbery. The crew escapes after a car chase on the interstate. Doc then notifies Baby that his debt is paid, and he tells Baby to get rid of a car bearing the body of one of the crew members, who Doc killed for leaving behind his gun. Baby then gets a job as a pizza delivery driver. one night he takes Debora to a

The film Baby Driver overtly displays the practicing of sinful behavior that never ends up paying off for any character. Although the majority of the movie takes place in this sinful environment, certain individuals still exhibit morality and ethical actions in some prominent scenes. In the same way that all humans are incapable of not sinning, this vague concept of sin plagues the lives of every character in the movie. As the movie proves though, just because someone sins does not necessarily mean he or she is a bad person. Although this movie takes place in the complete absence of God, it is important to note that God plays the most important role in our real lives when it comes to sin. While Baby Driver shows how some really

One of Rachel Perkins’ most outstanding projects was the SBS documentary series First Australians (2008), which was created over the course of six years. The series “chronicles the birth of contemporary Australia as never told before, from the perspective of its first people,” with an emphasis on what happens “when the oldest living culture in the world is overrun by the world's greatest empire.” The project was a milestone in Perkins’ career because of the large scale of the production as well as the significance of the story being told. When asked about the series, Perkins said, “Hopefully it will spark national interest in the people on whose lands we have made our homes." She served as the director, writer and producer. Although her

Film noirs describe pessimistic films associated with black and white visual styles, crime fiction, and dark themes. Sunset Boulevard is a 1950 film noir directed by Billy Wilder. Sunset Boulevard presents many themes that are common with the genre film noir, but also introduces some differences from the typical movie in that genre.

There are many ways to review this movie. One is by looking at it objectively, examining how the film is put together, analyzing the script by pointing out every logical gap that is present in the film and also by analyzing the characters in it. The other way to write a review about this movie is to not dig deep and just by stating the obvious mistake about it. I'll be using the first way to write a review about this movie.

I agree with people who say movies aren’t based on real life experience, but I am pretty sure producers have specific messages to tell their audience. Movies might be long and time taking, but when there is free time to spend why not lay back and watch a good movie? Today I will be reviewing one of my favorite movies of all time, Tokyo Drift.

The windshield of the taxi is the lens through which Travis sees the city, and the taxi itself is a vehicle of depression and seclusion. As the opening credits part, Travis drives his taxi through the city in the rain. The lights of the city are obscured through the rain on the windshield until the wipers uncover the scene. For the second time, the rain obscures the scene through the windshield, however this time the wipers don't make everything clear once more. This hazy perspective proposes that Travis' perspective of the city and the world is skewed. Travis never sees the world as it really may be. Since his viewpoint is twisted by dysfunctional behavior, the taxi, as it were, shields him from the outside

In “The Departed”, which takes place in South Boston, State Police are tasked with bringing an end to Irish American organized crime. One of the stars of the movie is the great actor Leonardo DiCaprio, who plays undercover cop Billy Costigan. The cast is packed with high demand actors; one of them being Irish mob boss, Jack Nicholson, playing Frank Costello. Costigans counterpart is Colin Sullivan, played by Matt Damon. Both men just-graduated from Massachusetts State Police Academy; Sullivan is on the side of the mob, and joined the police force to be an informer for the mob boss. There is a key interplay between each man, and the people they are trying to deceive. The stakes are high, as each operative becomes entrenched in their double life,

In Taxi Driver, Scorsese manages his camera angles and editing to emphasize Travis seeing the world through glass or mirrors, especially the windshield and rear-view mirror of the taxi, through which all major characters enter Taxi Driver: Betsy through the panes of an all-- glass office; Palantine through his rear-view mirror; and Iris and Sport in a fleeting glance in his mirror. As Travis meets with a black-market gun dealer, and in this scene the weapon literally becomes the organ of perception. Scorsese situates his camera on Travis' arm as that arm takes the weapon and slowly pans it across the window looking down on the street below. Finally, in the scene which has made Travis Bickle a cinematic icon ("Are you talking to me?"), Travis looks into his mirror, challenges imaginary adversaries, and draws his various weapons in assault. The ambiguity of the image is poignant: Travis looks into a mirror and makes a self-destructive gesture foreshadowing his attempted suicide at the climax of the film, and Travis peers through the looking glass and

Written by Paul Schrader and directed by Martin Scorsese “Taxi Driver” is a movie designed around a marine veteran, Travis, who becomes a taxi driver in New York. He sets off to have a relationship like he sees all over town. However, Travis is pretty bad about forming relationships even with coworkers which spill into a relationship he tries to form and utterly fails. Besides being rejected he originally seems like he is going down the wrong path, but the sequence of events changes and he becomes a “hero”. Overall, this movie was created wonderfully and the amazing acting performance from Robert De Niro as Travis really took this film to another level. The acting on top of the music and the background of the city throughout the movie allows the viewer to feel like they are in the streets of New York with them.

An analysis of how cinematography, editing and mise en scene creates meaning and response in the Blood Bath scene of Taxi Driver (d. Scorsese 1976) Taxi Driver was directed by Martin Scorsese and written by Paul Schrader, in the film the director explores the journey of Travis Bickle (Robert De Niro) and his slow descent into madness and eventually to murder. In the final scene of the film Travis goes to a brothel to murder the people inside and save the young prostitute, Iris (Jodie Foster). Meaning and response is provoked by lighting, shots, editing and costume and I will discuss how this relates to the context of the time. The scene opens with Travis parking the taxi, the colours in the scene are muted and desaturated creating a dismal atmosphere.

Taxi Driver (1976) follows Travis Bickle’s life in New York after being honorably discharged. The film is a psychological thriller that deals with Travis Bickle’s mental instability and desire to do something meaningful with his life. The narrative centers around Travis’ loneliness and disconnect from society.