Suffering from insomnia, disturbed loner Travis Bickle takes a job as a New York City cabbie, haunting the streets nightly, growing increasingly detached from reality as he dreams of cleaning up the filthy city.
Acting
De Niro's Bickle is a performance that redefined screen presence.
Cinematography
Schrader's scummy streets shot like a fever dream by Chapman.
Score
Herrmann's final score—saxophone noir bleeding into madness.
Director
Martin Scorsese
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