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Taxi Driver
Scorsese and De Niro's portrait of urban alienation. 'You talkin' to me?'
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Taxi Driver
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Travis and Betsy — the idealised woman destroyed by projection
→ Vertigo (1958)
Travis's obsession with Betsy echoes Scottie's with Madeleine/Judy — both men project an image onto a woman who cannot survive it. Scorsese has cited Vertigo as the ur-text of his film.
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