Taxi Driver (Paperback)

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Paperback. A loner, Travis Bickle takes up driving a taxi in search of an escape from his sleeplessness and his disgust with the corruption he finds around him. His pent-up rage, fuelled by his doomed relationship with the political campaign worker Betsy, leads to an inevitable descent into psychosis and violence.One of the key films of the seventies, it won the Palme d'Or at the 1976 Cannes Festival.This volume also contains an extended interview between Schrader and Martin Scorsese in which they discuss their unique relationship - one which stretches from Taxi Driver through Raging Bull to The Last Temptation of Christ. A loner, Travis Bickle, takes up driving a taxi in search of an escape from his sleeplessness and his disgust with the corruption he finds around him. His pent-up rage, fuelled by his doomed relationship with a political campaign worker, leads to an inevitable descent into psychosis and violence. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability. Seller Inventory # 9780571144648

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Synopsis: A loner, Travis Bickle takes up driving a taxi in search of an escape from his sleeplessness and his disgust with the corruption he finds around him. His pent-up rage, fuelled by his doomed relationship with the political campaign worker Betsy, leads to an inevitable descent into psychosis and violence.

***Not all versions of the item contain an interview between Schrader and Martin Scorsese.***

About the Author: Paul Schrader is a noted critic, screenwriter and director. By his mid-twenties he had already been a film reviewer for the LA Free Press, while a graduate student at UCLA; editor of his own magazine, Cinema; Fellow in Criticism of the American Film Institute; and author of the uncompromising Transcendental Style in Film: Ozu, Bresson, Dreyer. By the mid-seventies he was one of Hollywood's most successful screenwriters, eventually writing three films for Martin Scorsese: Taxi Driver, Raging Bull, and The Last Temptation of Christ. His directorial achievments include Blue Collar, American Gigolo, Mishima, Patty Hearst, The Comfort of Strangers, and Light Sleeper.

Bibliographic Details

Title: Taxi Driver (Paperback)
Publisher: Faber & Faber, London
Publication Date: 1990
Binding: Paperback
Condition: new
Edition: 1st Edition