After securing an Academy Award for best secondary actor in perhaps the best movie in history, Godfather part 2, with an outstanding performance taking into account he had to act as the young character that Marlon Brando made renowned when it was an old man and taking into account he had to talk in Italian too, Robert De Niro did travel to Italy in order to star another masterpiece Novecento, the performance he was going to do next could be even better, the main part of Taxi Driver directed by Martin Scorsese who gave him his first major role in movies, I am talking of Mean Streets, his debut scene can be seen here Robert De Niro Harvey Keitel also appeared both on Mean Streets and Taxi Driver.
Robert De Niro Taxi Driver
One of the most memorable movie scenes ever is when Robert de Niro utters a monologue in front of a mirror that is the inception of his new personality, it has been remembered and copied plenty of times, yet it is funny to point out that the scene was not on the screenplay, Robert De Niro believed it was appropriate to say so hence a little bit of improvisation was setted.
Robert De Niro Taxi Driver
Truth is the atmosphere of the movie and the performance of Robert de Niro are remarkable, the story too albeit in my opinion Taxi Driver it is not a perfect flick some elements of it are notable. Taxi Driver won Palme d'Or at Cannes. Similarly, Taxi Driver was nominated for 4 Academy Awards and two Golden Globes.
Robert De Niro Taxi Driver
Personage and the performance are formidable, Travis Bickle comes back from Vietnam War and he is not able to sleep at night thereby he accepts a job as a taxi driver working throughout the streets of New York City, this story cropped up when Paul Schrader (screenwriter of Taxi Driver) lived inside his car because he got divorced and lost everything, all of a sudden, he saw himself living on a car, he envisaged the story of Taxi Driver as a result. Even tough Martin Scorsese and Robert De Niro have worked together in many movies (there is even a next collaboration, ("The Irishman") a movie that is to be opened in the near future with Harvey Keitel on it as well) Robert De Niro was not the first option, it is said it was Dustin Hoffman something that can sound strange now. Still, after Taxi Driver there were new glorious movies to star for Robert De Niro, The Deer Hunter or Raging Bull that gave him the Oscar for best actor. In my opinion Robert De Niro deserves another Academy Award, history of modern cinema can not be understood without him. Overall, analyze the movies he did in a row that have been mentioned on this post
Robert De Niro Taxi Driver
There are more things on Taxi Driver notwithstanding, we ought to point out the presence of a very young Jodie Foster (she was less than 13 years of age when she worked in Taxi Driver) or Cybill Sheperd a celebrity thereafter because of "Moonlighting" television series. When some people plotted to kill former US president Ronald Reagan it was discovered they had Travis Bickle as a source of inspiration, Robert De Niro is somewhat a perturbed cum good-hearted person who is not abide by playing ball with what society offers, one is impressed when watching his performance with a superb direction (as always) by Martin Scorsese who also appeared on a brief Taxi Driver cameo. Many times has been mentioned a project making the second part of Taxi Driver, Lars Von Tried planned to do so, yet no one has dared to do it thus far. Not even Martin Scorsese himself. Do you like Taxi Driver? What do you think of Robert De Niro performance? Comment and share.
Robert De Niro Taxi Driver
Robert De Niro y Taxi Driver
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