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Our Cineclub showed 'Taxi Driver' last night.
What a film that is. All the people present who had seen it before said it struck them differently this time. I think it's one of those 'anthologized' films, that clips get shown from a lot, or gets referenced a lot, but really does bear watching again.
I reckon I'd seen it properly twice before. The 1st time, the violence and the mohawk get the attention.
Can't remember exactly what I thought the 2nd time, I guess it struck me as more satirical/knowing than I'd thought as a teen, but last night i loved the sequences where he's cruising the night streets, with the Bernard Herrman trumpets rising in volume, like waves of paranoia.
I'm a sucker for neon at the best of times, but I really could've watched those sequences with the camera fixed to the cab all night.
Our Cineclub showed 'Taxi Driver' last night.
What a film that is. All the people present who had seen it before said it struck them differently this time. I think it's one of those 'anthologized' films, that clips get shown from a lot, or gets referenced a lot, but really does bear watching again.
I reckon I'd seen it properly twice before. The 1st time, the violence and the mohawk get the attention.
Can't remember exactly what I thought the 2nd time, I guess it struck me as more satirical/knowing than I'd thought as a teen, but last night i loved the sequences where he's cruising the night streets, with the Bernard Herrman trumpets rising in volume, like waves of paranoia.
I'm a sucker for neon at the best of times, but I really could've watched those sequences with the camera fixed to the cab all night.
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