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‘People are still isolated and obsessive’: De Niro, Scorsese, Foster and Schrader reunite for Taxi Driver at 50
The director, screenwriter and stars of the 1976 classic film spoke about its making and parallels to the internet age at New York’s Tribeca film festival It’s a half-century-old film so darkly prophetic and viscerally relevant that even its makers are still unpacking it. “It’s a sense of being isolated, it’s about being lonely and not being able to communicate or connect,” said Taxi Driver ’s director, Martin Scorsese , last night. “For me, that’s universal. It’s always going to speak to young people.” Continue reading...
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According to The Guardian’s source item, ‘People are still isolated and obsessive’: De Niro, Scorsese, Foster and Schrader reunite for Taxi Driver at 50, The director, screenwriter and stars of the 1976 classic film spoke about its making and parallels to the internet age at New York’s Tribeca film festival It’s a half-century-old film so darkly prophetic and viscerally relevant that even its makers are still unpacking it. “It’s a sense of being isolated, it’s about being lonely and not being able to communicate or connect,” said Taxi Driver ’s director, Martin Scorsese , last night. “For me, that’s universal. It’s always going to speak to young people.” Continue reading…
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- ‘People are still isolated and obsessive’: De Niro, Scorsese, Foster and Schrader reunite for Taxi Driver at 50The Guardian - 2026-06-06T16:19:22+00:00
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