I always had my suspicion that the ending is a delusion, much like the finale of Scorsese's later…

… had eluded him succumbing to the instincts he despises in the animals of the New York nightlife. The ending is not a happy one, in spite of witnessing the protagonist achieve his ambition. The feeling it evokes is unsettling - a reminder that we’re surrounded by people occupying other dimensions of the world we cannot access, and how can we trust our own vision is any more lucid than theirs?
Take 19: Taxi Driver
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Simon Dillon
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Oct 13, 2021
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I always had my suspicion that the ending is a delusion, much like the finale of Scorsese's later masterpiece The King of Comedy (which this film is akin to - in fact The King of Comedy plays like a non violent version of Taxi Driver).
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Written by Simon Dillon
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Novelist and Short Story-ist. Film and Book Lover. If you cut me, I bleed celluloid and paper pulp. Blog: www.simondillonbooks.wordpress.com
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