Apr 14, 2012
Movie Meltdown - Episode 170
This week we tackle a juggernaut of the film world...
TAXI DRIVER.
A movie that has massively worked it’s way into the pop culture.
But in re-watching it, we realize the bad-ass and cool associations
it has today, may be misguided. So we try to dig in and see what’s
really going on with the film and the character of Travis
Bickle.
And while planning our trip to
Harry Dean Stanton Fest,
we also mention... Emma Stone, the guy from The Strokes selling you
guns, ...and
we got stuck with Molly Ringwald, Scorsese from above, Lexington
Film League, Ally Sheedy, The Last Picture Show, How I Met Your
Mother, for every generation there is a redhead, Keitel super
powers, morbid self attention, The Madison Dance, sleeping with
Elvis, a mix between The Wire and Sesame Street, subconsciously
sabotaging yourself, studying the movements of a crab, Super, a man
OF the system, Bugsy Malone, A Band Apart, Moonlighting, closer to
Britney Spears then Sid Vicious, the creepiest thing you’ve ever
seen, the returning Vietnam veteran, and are movies responsible for
the way they are perceived??
Spoiler Alert:
If you haven’t seen
Taxi Driver
yet, you need to
realize how much you are just like the others... cold and
distant.
“This is just the perfect storm of cinema.”
Travis Meltdown artwork by Amy Wiedl. She is available for commissioned work, so e-mail her at: amywiedl@gmail.com