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From: Reviews and Criticism of Vietnam War Theatrical and Television Dramas ( Compiled by John K From: Reviews and Criticism of Vietnam War Theatrical and Television Dramas (http://www.lasalle.edu/library/vietnam/FilmIndex/home.htm) compiled by John K. McAskill, La Salle University ([email protected]) T2900 TAXI DRIVER (USA, 1976) Credits: director, Martin Scorsese ; writer, Paul Schrader. Cast: Robert De Niro, Cybill Shepherd, Jodie Foster, Peter Boyle. Summary: Vigilante/action film set in contemporary New York City. Story about a psychotic ex-Marine cabbie, Travis Bickle (De Niro), driven to violence in an attempt to “rescue” a teenage prostitute (Foster). Propelled by this obsession and his rejection by a beautiful political campaign worker (Shepherd), the cabbie begins his violent rampage that includes an attempted assassination of a presidential candidate. Adair, Gilbert. Hollywood’s Vietnam [GB] (p. 2, 44, 47, 61-2, 105, 152, 220) ___________. Vietnam on film [GB] (p. 10, 64, 66, 89-91, 118, 148, 186) Adams, Doug. “Herrmann’s final dark curtain” Film score monthly 3/7 (1998), p. 27. Agan, Patrick. Robert de Niro : the man, the myth and the movies London : Hale, 1989. Allen, Tom. “A taxi to despair” America 134 (Mar 6, 1976), p. 182. Allombert, Guy. “Taxi driver” Revue du cinema 306 (May 1976), p. 99-100. Amata, Carmie. “Scorsese on ‘Taxi driver’ and Herrmann” Focus on film 25 (summer/autumn 1976), p. 5-8. Andersson, Wilmer. “XXXeme Festival International du Film, Cannes du 13 au 28 mai 1976” Film rutan 19/3 (1976), p. 111-21. Anttila, Eila. “Mies joka kirjoitti taksikuskin” Filmihulu n.2 (1989), p. 16-20. Arampatzes, Giorgos. Martin Skorseze Athens : Aigokeros, 1988. Arnold, Frank. Martin Scorsese Munchen : Carl Hanser Verlag, 1986. Arnold, Gary. “Driver and meter are ticking” Washington post (Feb 22, 1976), p. G1, G5. __________. “Scorsese: Igniting the slow fuse of repression” Washington post (Feb 10, 1976), p. B1, B7. “The Arts” Encore 5 (Mar 22, 1976), p. 28-33. “Aussie tv tribunal bans ‘Taxi driver’: Censor charges fly” Variety 302 (Apr 8, 1981), p. 1+ [2 p.] Auster, Albert and Quart, Leonard. How the war was remembered: Hollywood & Vietnam [GB] (p. 46-8) Barbour, John. [Taxi driver] Los Angeles 21 (Apr 1976), p. 160-63. Bartholomew, David. “Altering states” Cine fantastique 11/1 (1981), p. 26-43. ________________. “Film of distinction: ‘Taxi driver’ tough, engrossing, powerful - a hit” Film bulletin 45 (Feb 1976), p. 35. Beard, David. “Mindless audience reaction” Cinema Canada 31 (Oct 1976), p. 49. Bell, Arthur. “Shooting with Scorsese: Ready when you are, paisan!” Village voice (Aug 18, 1975), p. 69-70. Bellsund, Eva. “Pilegrim og gigolo - motpoler i Schraders filmer” Film & Kino 1 (1981), p. 6-10. Bender, John. “Arista rights a wrong” Film score monthly 3/7 (1998), p. 28. Benoit, Claude. “Taxi driver” Jeune cinema 96 (Jul/Aug 1976), p. 19-20. Berl. [Taxi driver] Great speckled bird 9/3 (Apr 1976), p. 26. Bernard, Jean-Jacques. “Taxi driver” Cinematographe 19 (Jun 1976), p. 15-16. Bernardoni, James. The new Hollywood : what the movies did with the new freedoms of the seventies Jefferson, N.C. : McFarland, 1991. (p. 100-116) Bertolina, Gian Carlo. Martin Scorsese Firenze : La nuova Italia, 1981. Beylie, Claude (see under Tessier, Max) Bliss, Michael. Martin Scorsese and Michael Cimino Methuen, N.J. : Scarecrow Press, 1985. (p. 92-115) ___________. The word made flesh : Catholicism and conflict in the films of Martin Scorsese Lanham, Md. : Scarecrow Press, 1995. (p. 47-61+) Bookbinder, Robert. Films of the seventies Secaucus, N.J. : Citadel Press, 1982. (p. 139-40) Boyd, David. “Prisoner of the night” Film heritage 12/2 (1976/77), p. 24-30. Boyum, Joy Gould. “On film: Alienation in a garish city” Wall Street journal (Feb 9, 1976), p. 11. Bradley, Scott C. “Film as literature: Two screenplays” [book review] Literature/film quarterly 23/1 (1995), p. 79-80. Brenner, Marie. [Taxi driver] Texas monthly 4 (Apr 1976), p. 57-61. Brode, Douglas. The films of Robert DeNiro Secaucus, N.J. : Carol Pub. Group, 1993. Brottman, Mikita. “Urban psychosis: ‘Taxi driver’” in Search & destroy (edited by Jack Hunter) [London] : Creation Books, 2003, c2002. (Chap. 8, p. 139-152) Brown, Royal S. “Theater and film” High fidelity and musical America 26 (Jul 1976), p. 107-8. Bruce, Bryan. “Martin Scorsese: Five films” Movie 31-32 (winter 1986), p. 88-94. Brudnoy, David. [Taxi driver] Boston magazine 68 (Apr 1976), p. 46+ [3 p.] Cagin, Seth and Dray, Philip. Hollywood films of the seventies : sex drugs, violence, rock ‘n’ roll & politics [GB] (p. 194, 216, 244-48) Cameron-Wilson, James. The cinema of Robert De Niro London : Zomba Books, 1986. Canby, Vincent. “Explicit violence overwhelms every other value on the screen” New York times (Oct 17, 1976), sec. 2, p. 1, 15. ____________. “Flamboyant ‘Taxi driver’ by Scorsese” New York times 125 (Feb 9, 1976), p. 36. ____________. “Scorsese’s disturbing ‘Taxi driver’” New York times 125 (Feb 15, 1976), sec. 2, p. 1+ Canham, Cleve. “Taxi driver” Audience 9 (Oct 1976), p. 7-8. Cardenas, Federico de. “Dos filmes de Martin Scorsese” Hablemos de cine 69 (1977/78), p. 58-9. Carducci, Mark Patrick. “Incident with a taxi driver” Millimeter 4 (Mar 1976), p. 53. Chavardes, Bertrand. “Taxi driver” Telecine 210 (Jul/Aug 1976), p. 22. Christensen, Terry. Reel politics ; American political movies from Birth of a nation to Platoon [GB] (p. 143-4, 147) Cieutat, Michel. Martin Scorsese Paris : Rivages, 1986. Cocks, Jay and Schickel, Richard. “Potholes, sunstroke” Time 107 (Feb 16, 1986), p. 62-3. Cohen, Joan. “Taxi driver” in Film noir : an encyclopedic reference to the American style (edited by Alain Silver and Elizabeth Ward) 3rd ed. Woodstock, N.Y. : Overlook Press, 1992. (p. 282-83) Coleman, John. “Gunning it” New statesman 92 (Aug 20, 1976), p. 250. Combs, Richard. “Taxi driver” Monthly film bulletin 43 (Sep 1976), p. 200-1. Comuzio, Ermano and Comuzio, Cecilia. “Umberto Mosca: Sam Peckinpah, il mucchio selvaggio” [book review] Cineforum 38/371 (Jan/Feb 1998), p. 95. Cook, David A.. Lost illusions : American cinema in the shadow of Watergate and Vietnam, 1970-1979 New York : Scribner’s, 1999. (p. 145-6+) Cook, Page, “The soundtrack” Films in review 27 (May 1976), p. 308-10. Cooper, B. [Taxi driver] Portland scribe 5/2 (Apr 1, 1976), p. 15. Corliss, Richard. [Taxi driver] New times 6 (Feb 20, 1976), p. 56-8. Cowie, Peter. “Taxi driver” Focus on film 25 (summer/autumn 1976), p. B+ Crist, Judith. “The movies: Mean cruising” Saturday review 3 (Mar 6, 1976), p. 42-3. Cuel, Francois. “Dossier: Hollywood 79: Scorsese Scorsese” Cinematographe 45 (Mar 1979), p. 38-41. Dannowski, Hans Werner. “Scorsese/Schrader” EPD Film 4 (Nov 1987), p. 2-5. DeCurtis, Anthony. “What the streets mean: An interview with Martin Scorsese” in Plays, movies, and critics (edited by Jody McAuliffe) Durham, N.C. : Duke Univ. Press, 1993. (p. 197-228) Dempsey, Michael. “Taxi driver” Film quarterly 29/4 (1976), p. 37-41. Desrues, Herbert. “Taxi driver” Revue du cinema 309-310 (Oct 1976), p. 355-6. Devine, Jeremy M. Vietnam at 24 frames a second [GB] (p. 30, 47, 112-18, 131-2, 168, 186, 215, 244) Domecq, Jean-Philippe. Martin Scorsese : un reve italo-americain Renens : 5 Continents ; Paris : Hatier, 1986. Doneux, Marcel. “Taxi driver” APEC - revue belge du cinema 14/1 (1976), p. 50-52. Douglas, Wayne J. “The criminal psychopath as Hollywood hero” [GB] Dray, Philip (see under Cagin, Seth) Duncan, Robert. [Taxi driver] Creem 8 (Jun 1976), p. 49-50. Early, Emmett. The war veteran in film Jefferson, N.C. : McFarland, 2003. (p. 6-7, 22, 148, 180, 187-91, 201, 211, 225-6, 233-4, 240, 249) Eder, Klaus. “Rebel heroes der 70er Jahre: Kontacklos und gewalttaetig: Zu zwei filmen von Martin Scorsese” Medium 6 (Jul 1976), p. 26-8. __________ (see also under Ratschewa, M.) Ehrenstein, David. The Scorsese picture : the art and life of Martin Scorsese New York : Carol Pub. Group, 1992. Elia, Maurice. “Taxi driver” Sequences 84 (Apr 1976), p. 37-9. Engle, Gary. [Taxi driver] Cleveland 5 (Apr 1976), p. 138+ Eriksen, Fredrik. “Taxi Driver da den kom” Z filmtidsskrift n. 4 [54] (19950, p. 27-8. Fairchild, B. H., Jr. “On seeing Martin Scorsese’s film ‘Taxi driver’” [poem] Journal of popular film 6/2 (1977), p. 167. Faltysova, Helena. “Scorsesuv Taxikar ziskal velkou cenu na letosnim MFF v Cannes” Film a Doba 22 (Jun 1976), p. 356. Farber, Manny (see under Patterson, Patricia) Feet, H. “Robert de Niro” Amis du film et de la television 244 (Sep 1976), p. 13. Flake, Carol. [Taxi driver] New Orleans 10 (May 1976), p. 86-7. Flatley, Guy. “Martin Scorsese’s gamble” New York times (Feb 8, 1976), p. 34. Fleming, Michael and Manvell, Roger. Images of madness : the portrayal of insanity in the feature film Rutherford, N.J. : Fairleigh Dickinson Univ. Press, 1985. (p. 308) Forristal, Desmond. “Chronicle: Stage and screen” Furrow 27 (Dec 1976), p. 686. Fremer, Bjorn. “Taxi driver” Chaplin 18/4 [145] (1976), p. 126-7. Fuchs, Cynthia J. “All animals come out at night: Vietnam meets noir in ‘Taxi driver’” in Inventing Vietnam [GB] (p. 33-55) Fuller, Richard. [Taxi driver] Philadelphia magazine 67 (Apr 1976), p. 50+ Gallo, William. “Taxi driver” Film heritage 11/3 (1976), p. 27-9. Gibson, James William. Warrior dreams : paramilitary culture in post-Vietnam America [GB] (p. 232-3) Giuricin, Giuliano. “Taxi driver” Cinema nuovo 25 (Nov/Dec 1976), p. 452-3. Golchan, Frederic. “Paul Schrader” Cinematographe 19 (Jun 1976), p. 16. Goldman, Aaron. “Death of DeNiro” [letter] New republic 174 (May 8, 1976), p. 32. Goldstein, Richard and Jacobson, Mark. “Martin Scorsese tells all: Blood and guts turn me on!” Village voice 21 (Apr 5, 1976), p.
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