Is it random that Cybill Sheppard turns up in his cab or has she come looking for him?

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November 7, 2022 4:37 AM

It's his coma dream and the moment he catches his own eyes in the rear view is him dying. He was fatally wounded in the shoot out.

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June 28, 2022 11:46 AM

I've heard DeNiro and Scorsese don't agree with that interpretation that the end was a dream and that Travis dies.

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June 29, 2022 4:34 AM

Later on, in an interview with Sofia Coppola, Schrader reasserted his belief that Travis survived the shootout, saying, "A number of people have attributed the ending of Taxi Driver as a fantasy. I don't have a problem with that ending, but it's not what I intended." And in a commentary track for the film, Scorsese himself said that Travis made it out of the gunfight alive and was doing just fine... well, as fine as a lunatic gunman who's on the verge of another murderous breakdown.

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June 29, 2022 4:52 AM

Yeah, it's not a hallucination according to Marty. I wish they would have made a sequel.

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June 29, 2022 5:45 AM

I never realized that Jodie was actually the same age almost as the character. They say Iris is 12 and a half. Jodie (depending on when they filmed would have been 13)

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June 29, 2022 8:36 AM

Taxi Driver Filming Locations | Then & Now 1975 New York-

Be prepared to get sad seeing all the interesting stuff NYC has lost over the past few decades in its quest to cater to the uber-wealthy.

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November 7, 2022 3:42 AM

Quentin Tarantino has published a new book, Cinema Speculation, of his views on other people’s movies, such as Taxi Driver:

Now to be fair, seemingly, Scorsese never considered the change of Sport’s race from black to white as big a deal as I do.

I’m pretty sure where Mr. Scorsese was coming from—if there was a chance of riots leading to the film being pulled from cinema screens that wasn’t a chance worth taking. Besides, Marty had wanted the film to have a part for Harvey Keitel and he was frustrated that it didn’t (he originally offered Harvey the part of Cybill Shepherd’s flirtatious coworker, but the actor turned it down).

So if by making the pimp character white, that opened up a good role for Harvey Keitel, great! Problem solved.

But Keitel forced the fraudulent aspect of the conceit because he wanted to meet a real-life counterpart.

Yes, Harvey Keitel wanted to meet a real-life white New York pimp. Not realizing that the “Great White Pimp” was a mythological cinematic creation. Nevertheless, Schrader was tasked with hitting the streets of New York looking for a white pimp for Harvey to base his character on. Needless to say, since there weren’t any white pimps in New York, Schrader never found one. He said, every once in a while somebody might say, “Yeah, I think I heard about one who hangs out about six blocks away, but I ain’t never seen ’em.” If there was a white pimp out there, Schrader said, he never found him. So Keitel was forced to do all of his character research with a black gentleman of leisure.

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November 7, 2022 3:48 AM

All the white pimps are in Hollywood.

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November 7, 2022 3:50 AM

Blah blah blah. No, Travis doesn’t die at the end.

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November 7, 2022 3:51 AM

Why was Hinckley obsessed with Jodie and not Cybill?

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November 7, 2022 3:57 AM

Because Cybill was a whole lotta woman.

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November 7, 2022 3:59 AM

R10. He valued acting ability over fuck-ability.

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November 7, 2022 4:04 AM

R8 R8 white pimps run”escort" services.

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November 7, 2022 4:15 AM

White pimps start "Self Help" cults.

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November 7, 2022 4:18 AM

The white pimps are Republicans in The House of Representatives.

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November 7, 2022 4:37 AM