If someone hasn't yet pointed this out I think there's a lot of significance to travis being an ex marine. A longing for a greater purpose is a huge reason people join the military, and he probably got a feeling of importance out of it. So know that he feels he has no purpose, he seeks to gain it in the way he found purpose before: violence. Travis may have been a war hero or a war criminal or something in between, but either way, he was conditioned into thinking that violence and killing gives him purpose. now that he's out the military he still longs for purpose through violence, but since there isn't an enemy that wears a uniform that he knows he is supposed to kill, travis invents new villains for himself to kill.

Ironically enough, it was driving a taxi that showed me my purpose in life. Service to my fellow human is purpose enough for me. I learned that the thing that makes me happiest is making people around me happy. Granted, I was in a small community in the 2010s instead of New York City in the '80s. I got frequent customers again and again and got to become a sort of friend to them

The tragedy of many people is that they do not understand it is their connections that creates a quality of life, and that keeps moving as different people come into your life. Work is only a part of it, if one disconnects from others because of hurt, dissatisfaction, or even poor health then life is a horrible prospect. It is our connections that make living bearable. Yes, I agree one can give up a lot to earn a living or even to be accepted by others. However, making destructive choices is no solution to such misery. Instead, making social connections, even just a few makes one resilient. I don't need a lot of people, but I am reliable to those who make an effort as I do to them. Excellent and thoughtful video spoken with charm - I look forward to your work

Retired now but hated every damn job I ever had.

I'm a depressed person but I find simple things like good wheather, taking a swim in the ocean worth living, you might think your life sucks, but when you are laying down in a hospital bed waiting for your last moments, maybe life didn't suck so much

When I was 18, my family instilled that after high school, I had 3 options: Work, college, or the military. Currently 24, I've failed at all 3. I work in a city where everything is expensive, my job sucks, college and the military didn't work out, and I'm in debt. My environment is filled with crime, madness, and nonsense. I grew up with moral values in which I believe not only have I failed, but the environment I live in does not value and in some ways punish. I've exhausted my options, and honestly think I'm doomed to fail. I work myself tirelessly, just to let years of depression pull me down again. Life sucks, but it doesn't have to. Please don't be like me.

I relate to Travis Bickle more than I'm comfortable admitting. I'm not heading down the same destructive path that Bickle did, thankfully. I commit myself every day to finding my way towards the light and away from the darkness. But it's a constant struggle, and I absolutely understand how people like Travis Bickle lose their way.

Brilliant film, I enjoyed listening to your perspective. For me the final sequence is a manifestation of the ultimate fantasy of a lonely disillusioned male. The world doesn’t appreciate him, the girl spurns his offer of love. But, in demonstration of his strength and bravery, he does a heroic and dangerous act, getting injured in the process. The world now knows who he is and praises him (validation) and the girl comes back to him, but he now he gets to reject her in a show of false modesty. This is the deepest satisfaction of all for travis. But the final shot is so important because his eyes darting in the rear view mirror shows that, even in the completion of his impossible fantasy, he is still the same paranoid lonely man in a soulless job. He looks outward for purpose but never inward for understanding. He never falters in his belief that he is an original man with greatness in his future, it’s intolerable to him that his destiny is the same as most other average men. This film is the tragedy of the unoriginal man who dreams of greatness, in a world that can’t even offer purpose

He's not (really) analyzing Betsy, he was projecting. If what he is saying is accurate, it's only because what he's saying is pretty non-specific.

The "you become the job" speech scared and stuck with me as a teenager. Now after working a job that I don't enjoy or get fulfillment out of for almost 10 years, I can't imagine doing anything else.

A point not brought up in this excellent video, or in the comments that I've read, is that Bickle is at a point in his life, as with all men between the ages of 24-35, that his most likely cause of death is from suicide. I would suggest that this is from a realisation of the purposelessness of the prescribed lives so many of them are trapped within, particularly as the rush of earning your own money and starting romantic relationships and family is over. What next? Where is happiness? Where is the purpose and attainment of value that everyone else seems to have so naturally? What's it all about, when you get right down to it?(TP)

It sucks to know that at 35, I still have about 30 more years of work. I just want more time to spend with my son and practicing my hobby. I’ve noticed even with just 2 days off in a row, I almost become a different person and if I take a week off, I completely change.

This is an excellent analysis of this particular guy -- but I think there's more to it than the 'purposeless job' tag. When I was 18-20, I had a lot of jobs -- taxi driver, dog catcher, shipyard worker, ship's cook. Each one, however, was an education -- probably because I was after experiences. Taxi driver was my second-most educational job (with the most educational job being the one I did for 20 years, public school teacher). Driving taxi taught me 3 really important things: 1. Drinking until you're drunk is really, really stupid and dangerous; 2. There are philosophers and creative minds across all economic spectrums; and 3. You should never ever judge someone by their external appearance. I picked up a dark brown dude from a Latino cantina one night -- when I asked him where he wanted to go, he said (in a really thick Dutch accent) "Seevay dock". He was Dutch-Indonesian, with a quirky appreciation for Norteno music. It's the classic old woman asking for a drink of water on the side of the road from the fairy tale. She could be just a beggar. She could also be a powerful fairy, or even a saint. The 'purposeless' job is really just a manifestation of the purposelessness of the individual. Bickle was damaged already. He could have had a job as a fireman saving lives on a daily basis, and still devolved into despair.

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I work in a cement paver factory, I’m all but mentally disabled from lead poisoning as an infant. It’s nice to see a video explaining what I feel. Giving words to my feelings, I guess. I work a purposeless job because I am mentally unable to do the jobs I day-dream about having.

Yes. My best paying job, at an office, felt like a stabbing of the soul.

I think it's notable that Travis not only chooses to drive the cab, but wants to work the times and places other cabbies won't. It's really the other cab drivers in 'Taxi Driver' who have conformed to the limitations of their job. For Travis, the taxi provides an access point into the darkest recesses of big-city life, which he has a morbid compulsion to view.

"what if you become a warehouse worker?" He says as I'm putting the on my gloves and boots for my warehouse job lmao

I didn’t realize this is exactly how I feel about working.. I just turned 22 and I’m in college but I feel like my degree is useless, because I don’t care to use it anymore. I’ve always dreaded having to go a traditional route of graduating and having a career, not because I’m ‘lazy’ but I don’t want to sit at a desk all day just to survive. My dad does flooring and repairs and I help him sometimes and though it’s not the most pleasant work, I feel like I’m actually doing something and I can see the fruit of my efforts and I’d rather do that for a living than any of the many mundane jobs out there.

One thing I always loved about this film was that if Bickel had killed Palantine he would have been a villain but his plan was foiled and in saving Daisy he became a hero.

“Purposeless job…” You didn’t had to personally attack me like that man 😔

I relate to Bickle and this video a lot. I work in a supermarket, and my job is so monotonous and alienating. I feel dissatisfied and disattached from the labor I produce to the point I feel numb/nothing like an npc. For a long time, I've been wanting to write a novel but been putting it off to the side, something I can feel that I created something.

I'm a cameraman and I really, really feel this. I've been working at an ad agencey since the pandemic got bad and I feel the difference in the way creative people are treated here- we are cogs in a machine.

I worked a sales job for a brief while. Figured I'm definitely not cut out for it. They even gave us literal scripts of how we were supposed to interact with the customers, specific lines we were supposed to say. Nope, couldn't do it, it was absolutely soul-sucking.

This movie taught me something i already knew but consciously never thought about, that true happiness comes from within. Yes, connection with people and purposeful job is important, but if you're empty inside, nothing will ever satisfy you.

Solid video, but you do leave out that the purpose that Travis finds for himself is not really "shooting up a brothel" but rather his mission to rescue the teenage Iris from a life of prostitution. Once he feels like he has succeeded in this, by killing Sport (her pimp) and the other men in the building who are exploiting her, he feels that his life is complete and attempts to kill himself, only to find he's run out of bullets. So it's like he can't even do that right...

I am a taxi driver. The fact this job is absolutely uninteresting and unpromising is unpleasant one, but it doesn't bother me much. I wouldn't even call this a real job - you just install corresponding app on your phone and make some money, without even really talking with your "employer". Anytime you want you can just delete the app and forget about your taxi past, lol. Anyway, I'm kinda outside of bourgeois concept "high position in big corporation = life lived fine". Reading books, listening to classical music, learning piano etc. - that is the real filling of my life. After all, salvation is in the Art, as Vladimir Nabokov once said. Basically, I think of myself as of someone like Harry Haller (Steppenwolf), but forced to work:)))

This video hits hard for me, especially from the goings on of the last few years, both politically, culturally and how it has affected me. I haven’t made art or music in a few years now. When I make the attempt it goes nowhere. My job which I have always felt gave back and was enjoyable to me, now really feels pointless. I’m now in middle age and that could be a part of my feelings as well. I very much appreciate this video as it helps me recognize where I am presently. I will continue on as best I can and hopefully find those things that bring me pleasure and a sense of meaning.

I used to be a taxidriver. It didn't give me a purpose, but I enjoyed the insight to the customers. I was never afraid of anyone. Always ready to take any fight, but nothing ever happend in about 20 years. Actually the opposite. A lot of the' bad guys' were actually pretty soft in my cab, and I am NOT a big muscular guy. I'm a good listener, and also a good talker. It was like therapy, both for me and whoever was in my taxi. I miss those days. Great times.

Uh-h-h...DeNiro's character is a vet who was traumatized by his experience in Vietnam. It's been a while since I saw the movie, but that was my takeaway. American soldiers in Vietnam talked about returning to "the World". They saw the war as creating a condition where the ordinary rules of decency and morality had been suspended. They thought of "the World" as a place where those rules of decency and morality were still observed. When DeNiro's character returns to New York City, he is dismayed to discover that this is not true. His bitter disappointment increases until he is enraged.

quite possible the greatest evaluation of this film i have ever heard. incredible work

“Here is someone who stood up” *Lays down*

Personally, I think Wizard's speech was convincing and that Bickle found it convincing too. You can tell from his expression and his response about it being "the dumbest thing I ever heard" is surprising and not an accurate interpretation of what he is thinking and feeling. It's more that out of some masculine bashfulness, he finds the truth and the possibility of connection with another person, embarrassing. Maybe he sees himself as superior to Wizard too so doesn't want to acknowledge they are thinking and feeling the same thing. Wizard's observations aren't 'dumb' at all, they're very insightful and convey a justified sense of malaise at the state of things (which is partially, what Taxi Driver is all about.) Wizard is far more eloquent than Bickle and, in a way, is the one who says what Bickle is thinking but can't express because he lacks the language to do so. Bickle ends up acting and Wizard remains inactive but that doesn't mean they straightforwardly represent the polar opposite decisions to be complacent or revolt. Maybe Wizard has processed his situation better than Bickle so doesn't need to 'act out in a manner which is ultimately futile? Anyway, nice video man!

Being a taxi driver is not a purposeless job... You move people from A to B... 'Nothing happens unless something moves' Albert Einstein

I always loved taxi deiver, my top 1 movie, i always identified with travis, but i had no idea why, and now, while on lunch break of my work, you showed me what is wrong in my life, thank you

This definitely applies to randy stair or mass shooters in general, they were a cog in the machine and had enough.. Very sad world we live in

This video is one of my favorite prices of entertainment I’ve ever consumed , thank you sir , put a lot of feelings I couldn’t describe at my dead end job into perspective, and am proud to be perusing my goal in life and reconfirmed I left. Lost weight life improved overall follow your dreams and find a purpose people.

Thank you for this, so much of this distilled what I’ve been feeling recently. I’m on my last weeks at a job that I think some people might enjoy but makes me feel very much like an easily replaceable cog in a machine, and while I’ve been struggling to define what I want and what comes next when I finish up here, essentially all of my thoughts cycle back to expressing myself and searching for a vocation that has purpose for me.

I would like to add something about becoming the job you perform: look at peoples' names and especially last names. At least here in the West one or both of them will most likely be about an occupation. The fact that this is true even on first names says a lot.

To me there's more purpose in being a taxi driver than any of the (quote, unquote) purposeful jobs listed. A lawyer who gets innocent people out of jail or takes down corporate greed is great, but the other 98% are pretty much purposeless.

This video is a needle in a hay stack. It’s crazy that many people feel this way but they usually cure this with having a family or getting a job that takes up the majority of your time but this is sometimes a temporary fix and then they pop off like the taxi driver did.My words are probably coming out incomprehensible but I am worried I might be this way. if I don’t a job I like or a wife I actually am attracted and loving towards. I might just go insane and do something insanely crazy just so I can have a name for myself. I know I’m just saying stuff he said in the video but that shit hit me really deep.

Wizard's: you become the job" philosophy made sense to me when the movie first came out, and it still does. I never aspired for greatness, or if I ever did, I long forgot. Having a job to pay for housing, food, clothes, etc., IS a purpose in itself. Not much to show for my life approaching age sixty, but I have accomplished that. Odd, thinking about it after watching this video, I suppose I grew up to be Wizard. Nothing to boast about, but at least I did not grow into Travis Bickle. Great video. Thank you.

I don't know how I've missed your channel up until this point, but damn I'm glad I'm here now. This analysis of Taxi Driver and a story of alienation and its effects on the psyche is spot on. Can't wait to start watching more videos. Great work, keep it up.

I loved Taxi Driver during my time of aimless roaming with no proper purpose as I just finished College and couldn't find a job from my degree in 2003. Mostly spend my night taking the night buss around the city late at night

This video is maybe the best thing I have ever seen. I will never be able to say how much it means to me. If I tried, I wouldn't be able to. Human existence isn't human when it is a commodity.

You don't need purpose to live. I love being a cab driver in chicago. I love talking to strangers. I also believe I provide a necessary service for those who are unable or incapable of driving for one reason or another.

I think this was an excellent breakdown. I have seen this movie, but I feel this very important theme is one that I didn't fully consciously grasp till you laid it out here and it's like of course!

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Great video on Taxi Driver, one of Scorsese's greatest. I have watched it first time back in 1988, when I started Uni. My father had watched it before me, I could see memorabilia around the house pertaining to Taxi Driver and movies of the same ilk. My father was a war veteran so this sits high in his rank, next to Apocalypse Now or The Deer Hunter. I appreciate how you connect the scenario of revolt with the violent side, the power through guns, I had myself made this connection a long time ago and have put it forward as an example when discussing America's school shootings with friends. I used Taxi Driver and Bickle as a fitting example. Those nobodies that decide to kill innocent people in schools or supermarkets are all known to be outcasts, often bullied youngsters that had enough of being alienated, so they go for a violent aimless revolt just to affirm their individuality and place in the world. I understand gun culture and ease of purchase play a critical role in these mass shootings in the US - as they do in Scandinavia (notably Norway) where they often happen - and this dictates the divide between going for option 1: Wizard resigns, becomes the useless, purposeless nobody and option 2: Bickle plans an assassination, loaded with guns, goes out on a rampage, with very likely devastating results.

This is one of the best, and most important in my mind, CONCISE summaries of this movie. Certainly, people can ramble on and on about this film, but you give it in particular, excellent historical context. A tight, 17 minute analysis.

Thank you. I've related to this character for decades. You are extremely insightful and the video has done more for me than therapy has so far.

So glad my mom showed this movie to me when I was in middle school. Way too young to be watching such a movie but it still sticks out in my mind all the time and I recite lines from it all the time

This straight up explained my life as someone who gambles away every paycheck, working a job I hate, whilst doing absolutely nothing and hating myself.

He has TFL - True Forced Loneliness. He's not an incel. TFL has happened to many men due to social engineering by the gov. through media or programming. They call it different things so it not be known that the purpose is to destroy families/depopulation.

Travis Bickle should have started a Fight Club.

This video needs way more views for how great it is!

Miserable people is a result of a toxic environment and a toxic environment is a result of miserable people, it goes in cycles. How do we get out of a meaningless job and find something we truly love? Just push on through and rise above it, that's all we can do.

Great video, thank you! The final part with conclusions and direct appeal to the viewers seemed to me very strong.

This was astounding inspiration, thank you dude

I’ve been having a lot of struggles with purpose and jobs recently. Committing to a regular job and making money just to scrape by makes me feel like life isn’t worth living, because I’m denying myself the pursuit of my dreams, and don’t feel alive already because of that. I have no inclination towards violence towards others, and on the path of healing, but I just got to say I get the tribulations of being without purpose.

This is probably the best taxi driver analysis i ever seen

It's almost midnight, its pitch black in my room, I'm on my bed, this video hits different.

There are some videos that give you a new outlook on life and this was one of them Props to you man! Great video

I'm pretty much like this. And do the same job. What i like is that i'm alone and do a simple job and i couldn't be bothered any less with dealing dealing with others. I think i've become content with that and what that guy said to Travis. And i'm 28 and don't want anything else pretty much, just to be left alone and undisturbed.

Your words are heavy and very close to home with me, i really connect with the alienation. My problem is that I've been too comfortable alone that the attempt of making connections exhaust me and it bothers me to the core. We need connection, we are social animals but the lack of drive i have to build it angers me. Guess i have to power through the uncomfortableness to make it comfortable, idk I'm tired of being lost mate.

This is so well done. Thank you so much!!

Never thought about the aspect of purpose in taxi driver, amazing video, it’s really developed the way that I view the film

I don’t think the jobs themselves lead to the sense of purposelessness, but rather the narrative that some jobs are more useful than others when in fact both are in demand.

your explanation about individuality, purpose, how your proffession defines who you are and travis' incorrect way of finding purpose, really blew my mind! great video

Honestly awesome. I like your videos because through your point of view whether I agree or not, I learn. Please make more movie analysis !

Helping someone reach their destination with a taxi has meaning. Life is packed with things to give gratitude. A deep sense of gratitude is what gives quality to life. There are plenty of extremely talented, wealthy, famous people who are depressed and suicidal. . . There are loads of people washing dishes in third world countries who are singing songs with joy in their hearts. We see the glass as half full or half empty. . . I believe we choose each day.

My girl and I have been considering marriage. I’ve found that working towards that goal and keeping it has made me wayyyy happier than anything else. The idea of supporting her and making sure she’s safe fills me with a primal feeling of satisfaction that literally nothing else can give

New sub! Nice video and a great voice to listen to as background music at work or driving. You're POV is spot on.

This is probably the best analysis of the movie. Martin Scorsese truly is one of the best American artists. His films are pure poetry of the human condition.

I can relate to the video. I was fortunate to get a Masters degree and worked in a career for 6 years. But I was laid off during the pandemic and still to this day am a lyft driver until I finally get a job for my career again. So this video is very relatable for me at least in this moment.

15:26 this hit home really hard. Toxic relationships will destroy you

absolutely brilliant analysis mate, looking forward to seeing you covering more movies, shows and perhaps even some anime.

Telling detail at 4:20 - Travis uses as a pillow a rolled-up sleeping bag, possibly military origin. Not an actual pillow.

the concept of nobodies, somebodies, affirming existence etc. is the unhealthy sense of self / ego that pervades modern society. If we weren't surrounded by others achieving feats, fame, riches, and recognition, there would be no overwhelming need to do so. As Charlie Munger cleverly put it: "Envy, Not Greed, That Runs (Ruins) The World". Buddhism, Daoism, and Confucianism figured all of this out, thousands of years ago, before society's pivotal clash with it these past decades.

Society plays a game and if you reveal that you know what kinda rules they play by society will call you a quitter or loser for not wanting to play that way Basically what it boils down to

Fantastic video! Thanks so much for making it.

Really thought provoking, I love videos that give me new perspective on things and this done just that

Excellent analysis. I would add that Travis Bickle is an expression of the sufferings that Paul Schrader, the screenwriter of this masterpiece, went through while writing the screenplay. He has said in interviews that when his wife kicked him out of the house, he lived in his car, went to porno theaters to pass time, and that's where he got the idea of a taxi driver who was spiritually dead floating around in a moving coffin. Schrader, born into a Calvinist family in Michigan, put a lot of the frustrations he had gone through in his strict family, into this script. All that you say is spot on, but I think that first and foremost, Taxi Driver is a personal expression of a man who was living on a razor's edge, and his psyche tapped unconsciously into a set of broader social issues that you articulated so well.

Having a purpose in life is HUGE!!! Especially in modern society where its too easy to stay inside and watch tv or playing video games all day and night. I feel very lucky that Ive always had music as my purpose. Ive been playing instruments my whole life and Im extremely lucky to have parents, as well as people in the music industry, believe in my work.

This is really about how Peter Boyle never escaped this character.

This is really a great breakdown of exactly what most of our lives have become...nice work. I don't know many people that are fully happy - since just about all of us are struggling to get the one thing that we never seem to have enough of - money. The system we live in has been purposely constructed for us to fall into the trap, and few people even know that none of this is just by chance...but that's a long discussion...

I believe the recent pandemic changed this perspective of purposeless jobs. I work in a renovation centre as a day job, and suddenly, we had become essential workers and were some of the only people allowed to go out and work, along with grocery store cashiers, nurses, etc. Celebrities and white collar workers had lost their importance.

the true issue is that we shouldn’t find happiness in life through a job. you shouldn’t work a job that kills you but you also shouldn’t base your happiness on any job. find your value and happiness through life not work, use work to fuel your life. most ppl don’t have passions or hobbies and that’s why they become the stickler that only cares about work, or depressed bc they can’t find a good job. again stop finding happiness from your job or career. we shouldn’t have to depend on those for happiness in the first place but that’s how life is set up, work is more important than your own life and peace. finding a good job won’t bring happiness. you have to be a human and enjoy life and earthly things while you are still here for that.

That made a lot of sense for me, thanks for your work man

Your reviews are amazing! I hope you get more views in the future!

Ironically one of the reasons I got into taxi driving was to just meet new people and I also needed a side hustle. And it worked lol. Even got a couple of cute girls numbers after having interesting and relatable conversations with them which is far better than any dating app I’ve used to this point. So I were actually a few perks I was getting out of it. I think it just comes down to the kinda person you are. If you have a lot of interests and know how to have a conversation you’ll never run out of things to talk about. So I’d argue taxi driving is one of the least isolating jobs out there. A lot of times people would just talk to me unwarranted lol which I didn’t mind. With each person you pick up is an opportunity to connect but all depends on how you look at it. As for me I had my own reasons for being there. It was convenient and fast money and I managed to have fun with it as a temporary thing. Always use your job to fulfill your purpose and your reason for doing it whether it’s a stepping stone onto something else or you actually want to excel at it. Remind yourself why it currently has a place in your life. You only let it make you a pon if your doing the job for the sake of needing to have a job just cuz society tells you to. The way I see it a job is like an agreement between two people to do service in exchange for money. Once you’re no longer needed you’ll be fired or laid off in other words you’re replaceable. Put yourself on the same level playing field. You are your own business. Your thoughts, your wants are your business. Once an occupation ceases to have its usefulness to you, discard it the same way they would do to you. You are a business yourself remember that.

One of the keys to happiness I think is realizing that you are nobody and you don't need to be somebody. Somebodyness is just an illusion, a game you can play or not play. P.s. I felt bad for that pimp in the movie when he got killed...dude was a G! lol

Taxi driver is definitely one of the best films ever made. Great analysis as always Mr Canvas.

Great analysis. Especially summary/conclusion at the end.

The best indication of Travis' inability to interact with women, for me, comes in the very minor scene of his very painfully trying to pick up the Porn Theatre attendant and his reaction to her reaction. He "pushes" extremely hard, she gets really upset & calls the owner, and it immediately forces Travis to back off & quit. Anyone else would see how this kind of behavior is simply not done. The scene prepares us the viewers for his good girl/bad girl series of situations in the film. Betsy, his dream girl, is taken to that movie theatre while the teen hooker, Jodie Foster's character, is treated to what amounts to a "date" during a paid sex hotel visit. If anything, Travis is unable to properly communicate with his environment--women, the ugly city, his job, the time he spends alone, etc. (Just look at EVERY single encounter he has with someone else in the film. Travis is ALWAYS having to change his approach after saying something apparently off the top of his head.) And I believe it is all these personal failures that drive him to isolate himself into a mental and physical world of his very own--One in which he feels powerless unless violent with a gun. Otherwise, Travis would get another job or move out of NYC or rejoin the Marines or look into various activities that would give his life a sense of balance. The fact that the film ends with Travis, a "hero" in the public's eye for saving Jodie Foster and killing the crew she "works" for, still driving a cab and on his way to becoming another version of "The Wizard" is the most depressing part. Now, he has no passion for change any more. He is just working his Taxi job and living out his days.

People may roll their eyes, but Fight Club and Taxi Driver are deeply spiritual movies at a level. The Bhagvad Gita states that true fulfillment only comes through a work that is selfless, that is done because it needs to be done. The narrator bsays loneliness was an issue here, i agree just halfway there. People tend to get a partner for the obvious meed of sexual pleasure, which is a biological trigger of evolution for us, but also to keep themselves busy with partner and thn maybe a kid, so that w can fill our purposelesness with something that keeps us busy. Both the movies are not masterpieces without reason.

When i watched this movie for the first time, I thought it was a normal movie. Now, i realise what a masterpiece I've watched. That new York of 70s is also a character in the movie along with an accurate depiction of loneliness & society. One scene where palantine gets in travis' taxi and the conversation that follows says a lot about the character. Love Martin scorsese. Terrific performance by de niro. ❤️

i love your videos!!! thank u for making them!

It's interesting how his "revolt" is one of violence, he sees things through anger and rage, and he can't really see it through any other lense, because the more emotional and reflective side hasn't been fostered , even his more creative/imaginative side, which maybe comes out through the lense of rage and violence through his gun arm mechanism, because he lives in a system and society, a culture of violence and rage. The better way to have revolted would be to use compassion, empathy to open emotionally with oneself and others, to reflect, it starts there. The fact that he'd rather go and shoot people than open up and connect, that gap between, that people haven't been allowed been able to fill shows how devestating the perpetual disconnection from oneself and others by the system, definitely in the past and now can really be

My purpose was never centered around a job.