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Tag Archives: Taxi Driver
“There’s nothing you can tell me about guilt.” — Martin Scorsese
It’s his birthday today. It will be a huge loss when this man goes. He holds up the torch for continuity of cinema history, and his breadth and depth of knowledge – which he is so eager to share – … Continue reading
“It’s important not to indicate. People don’t try to show their feelings, they try to hide them.” — Robert De Niro
I haven’t written about the majority of his roles – not for lack of admiration (and in some cases, awestruck wonder) – but here is what I have written: I included his “you talkin’ to me” scene in my gigantic … Continue reading
Posted in Actors, Directors, Movies, On This Day
Tagged Martin Scorsese, mirrors, Robert De Niro, Taxi Driver
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Things done and seen in Chicago
I haven’t flown in three years, maybe more. There’s still a lot of stress in going out into the world and mingling with the populace. Plane tickets are insanely expensive right now too. But I was determined to take a … Continue reading
Posted in Movies, Music, Personal, Television, Theatre
Tagged Elvis Presley, friends, Judy Garland, Robert De Niro, snapshots, Taxi Driver
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Robert De Niro sleeping, God’s eye view
Taxi Driver Mad Dog and Glory
Nowhere Man
He’s so incredibly handsome but it hurts – it literally hurts – to even look at him in this. It’s like a magic trick.
Great Movie Posters
A meme has been going around Facebook to post your favorite movie poster of “a great film.” It’s been a lot of fun to see all the different artwork posted by people. Figured I’d share some of them. First, I … Continue reading
Posted in Movies
Tagged Badlands, Chinatown, Faces, Gilda, North by Northwest, Only Angels Have Wings, posters, Repulsion, Taxi Driver, Vertigo
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Jennifer McCabe on Acting: “Bring Yourself.”
Jennifer McCabe I met Jennifer McCabe in 1995 when we both were grad students at the Actors’ Studio MFA Program in Manhattan. We became friends, of a sort, during our 9 a.m. dance classes at the Alvin Ailey Dance Studio … Continue reading
God’s Lonely Man: Taxi Driver Restored
Loneliness has followed me my whole life. Everywhere. In bars, in cars, sidewalks, stores, everywhere. There’s no escape. I’m God’s lonely man… In honor of Taxi Driver‘s 35th anniversary, a stunning new 35mm restoration is now making the arthouse rounds, … Continue reading
The Man In the Mirror
You didn’t think I’d forgotten, did you? I forget nothing. I still haven’t written the damn thing but I now have a file folder on my desktop filled with screengrabs of men looking at themselves (or at somebody else) in … Continue reading
Posted in Actors, Movies
Tagged American Gigolo, Compulsion, Lady From Shanghai, mirrors, Paris Texas, Rocky, Saturday Night Fever, Sunset Boulevard, Taxi Driver
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