In the movie Taxi Driver we can find more than one meaning through the movie. I think that one of them is criticism to war. The character of Travis, played by Robert De Niro, is a Vietnam War veteran. He also is a lonely and depressed man who fear the scorn from the society and suffers of chronic insomnia. I think about the criticism of war because we know about this life style of Travis after his experience in war, and it is a trashy, sad, and poor style of life.
Other meanings of this movie are about racism, violence, prostitution and society moral decay. The character of Travis began to feel worry about all this forgotten side of society, and he began to take action in order “to make a difference”. With this character and his part of the movie we can see a clear meaning about all this society problems, problems that, as we can also see in the movie, politicians says to be looking for solutions but at the end they are just looking for votes. So trough Travis, Scorsese let a clear meaning about this.
Other meanings of this movie are about racism, violence, prostitution and society moral decay. The character of Travis began to feel worry about all this forgotten side of society, and he began to take action in order “to make a difference”. With this character and his part of the movie we can see a clear meaning about all this society problems, problems that, as we can also see in the movie, politicians says to be looking for solutions but at the end they are just looking for votes. So trough Travis, Scorsese let a clear meaning about this.
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I do agree with you that one of the meanings has to do with war. There is no other reason to mention that Travis was a veteran of Vietnam if it didn't have an impact on him. I think another big meaning in this movie is how dirt cities like the one Travis lived in create indifferent people. All around I liked this post.
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