TAXI DRIVER AT 50: HOW MARTIN SCORSESE’S FILM FORESHADOWED THE MANOSPHERE
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As plumes of steam rise and dissipate from the grates of New York in the opening frames of Taxi Driver, we see the unsettled brown eyes of Travis Bickle, played by Robert De Niro in a career-defining role. The second of Martin Scorsese’s successful collaborations with De Niro, the pair went on to make another eight feature films.
Scorsese was a new breed of director, pushing the boundaries of “New Hollywood” – an era that broke the rules of the studio system to produce something rawer, darker and willing to explore the underbelly of the… This kind of filmmaking was more in tune with the depressed 1970s than the upbeat films of an earlier decade. For several years now, as part of my America on Film module, I have been teaching Taxi Driver, released in the UK 50 years ago in 1976.
KEY FACTS
- Topic: CULTURE — the feed headline centres on TAXI, DRIVER, MARTIN, SCORSESE, FILM.
- Original feed: Arts + Culture – The Conversatio.
- Published: 15 Jul 2026, 16:33 UK.
- Coverage checked: 1 distinct source and 0 closely matched related stories.
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- Arts + Culture – The Conversatio: As plumes of steam rise and dissipate from the grates of New York in the opening frames of Taxi Driver, we see the unsettled brown eyes of Travis Bickle, played by Robert De Niro in a career-defining role.
- Arts + Culture – The Conversatio: The second of Martin Scorsese’s successful collaborations with De Niro, the pair went on to make another eight feature films.
- Arts + Culture – The Conversatio: Scorsese was a new breed of director, pushing the boundaries of “New Hollywood” – an era that broke the rules of the studio system to produce something rawer, darker and willing to explore the underbelly of the…
- Arts + Culture – The Conversatio: This kind of filmmaking was more in tune with the depressed 1970s than the upbeat films of an earlier decade.
- Arts + Culture – The Conversatio: For several years now, as part of my America on Film module, I have been teaching Taxi Driver, released in the UK 50 years ago in 1976.
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