It's a shame for a real man to feel anything. And if he does he'll have a dozen guy friends playing it too cool to really reach out, gloating ("better you than me buddy" etc; I guess they get high of the contrast ) and his women looking down on his ass (either with sympathy or with a mix of sympathy and disdain for the "weak" man). A mother or sometimes a sister will be supportive, but anyone else, especially working and lower middle class, shit man, you are so fucking labeled. You weak, not a real man, not good enough etc. So yeah, if you are a working guy in capitalism you don't get to have feelings. You don't want to be seen as a weak bitch, do you?
@@ascuzzibabadibupi978 Dude it's not about someone's opinion of you. it's about how people act based on their opinions and intuitions. I like the story of the strong man "standing alone", going against the tide and all that shit, but that is just another myth of patriarchy. You can act it out when you have a job and a relatively stable life HOWEVER you don't get to have a stable life without money and getting a job in the first place requires a system that provides it. When the system doesn't provide it (and let's talk about the rest of the non-Western world where recession unemployment percents go up to 30 or even 50%) you need to move, leave, change job, change house just to survive - nothing strong and self-sustaining about that. You're a bitch to the system. PS The number of friends per real man is really a butthurt comment. I'm very sorry if you don't have guy friends or colleges.
'some bad ideas in my head'- He has a degree of self awareness and knows that his inner notions are indeed bad. He can't reveal them to Wizard for that reason. He can't release. Wizard is left trying to give advice to a problem he hasn't heard. Travis's struggle here is palpable, and brilliantly captured on film. Damn these people know their craft.
I can relate so much to Travis in this scene. The way he so desperately wants to say something, but cannot find the words or the courage to express it.
I'm guessing you meant to say "stare down", because I have no idea what it means to "state down" anyone. But in either case, no, that wasn't my point at all. I'm talking about how he wanted to open up to someone and unload his feelings, but not finding a way to do so. I can empathize with that feeling, but it doesn't mean I agree with his philosophies on life. In fact, I remember previously commenting on this video that Travis wasn't someone people should aspire to be like.
***** Agree, he was in no way a sociopath. Sad, angry, frustrated, sexually deprived, depressed, paranoid and socially inept. But not sociopathic. He felt very deeply.
Eh but the wizards advice was not bad at all. He was explaining how Travis is simply a cab driver, not someone who can find change suddenly for the better. During the movie he's all mixed up, only to prove himself a hero. But the guys advice holds true, things are happening to different people everywhere, in different lives they all die, then he expresses envy for Travis being young and to just get drunk, have fun, relax, its all he can do. But in the end Travis is a thinker and a somewhat has an ego for he wants solely to be appreciated greatly or come about to an climax or pay off from his life.
As always DeNiro is awesome, but Boyle deserves massive applause too. The way he tries too articulate his own frustration mirrors Travis' own. Too me this is the most tragic scene in the film, two unwanted men trying to console themselves.
I agree. A lot of people are saying the Wizard isn't too bright. He isn't, the name "wizard" is way off. But like he said "I'm a cabbie, what do I know". He probably thinks Travis is having a rough week.. not a rough life. Just offering some token advice. Fuck I love this movie.
the wizard fumbles the beginning of the convo but recovers it in the end when he says "don't worry so much, you're gonna be alright" the simplicity of that statement is the exact kind of thing that usually cuts through the bs and brings people back to earth.
Yeah man, this conversation reminds me a couple of times when i tried to talk to my father of how depressed i was, but i couldn't find the words and the courage to express exactly what i felt, so i talked more or less like Travis is talking in this scene.
Its a lonely feeling and you think nobody understands. I think thats why I like this movie so much. It shows you that even though you are alone to deal with your own loneliness, your not alone in feeling that way.
I definitely have for sure> I've gone through a few times where Travis's words describe exactly how I felt. But when it came to talking about it I could never find the words for fear of judgement and rejection. When I looked around my home town, watched the news, saw articles in the paper I kept saying to myself "How much better the world would be without these people." "Somebody should do something, Why not me?" And so on. But I think you can eventually overcome it with by finding something worth while to occupy your mind. For me it is improving my health, eating right, exercising. Yes I know it sounds corny but I feel better for sure.
@@billyverystrong8037 exactly, I don't understand why many people don't realize this. I mean, so many people talk about god, the creator and the meaning of life and can't stop for a minute to realize that it all depends on breeding. Our parents are our creators, not some imaginary/hypothetical being.
Another little detail in this that shows just how tragic this scene is, is Travis’ eyes. They look sort of glassy as if they’re full of tears. For a lot of the movie he’s emotionally dead or displaying some kind of anger, but in his eyes here he looks on the verge of tears, he looks visibly upset. He’s trying to communicate and Wizard doesn’t understand him, he truly is alone.
@@Jonnyanomaly1986 Thanks for your advice brother but i just need someone to talk at this point in my life friend, girlfriend or anyone. I don't want to sound desperate for anyone but there are some really tragic events happened in past 2 years, i am trying to cope but this is really difficult. I just tell myself i am not alone in all this. Many people are out there like me. It's just that those who suffer, suffer in silence.
This is how most conversations in real life go. No great revelations just well meaning arm chair philosophy you smile and nod at and thirty minutes later you've pretty much forgotten it.
I've never felt so related to a movie character before. When I saw the screenings for the first time it was like watching a movie about myself, except my version would be called 'Dish Washer'.
When wizard says “dont worry so much, relax youre gonna be alright”. That has helped me so much, everytime i start stressing, i think about that line, and I immediately stop worrying about my problems.
I think this scene is meant to further illustrate the void between Travis and the world around him. Throughout the film he is unable to interact with the people in his life. He attempts to reach out and get help, but can't communicate what is going on internally. Wizard doesn't understand what's happening and can only make shots in the dark. "Go get drunk, get laid, quit worrying so much." Travis replies in the end by saying "That's the dumbest thing I've ever heard." No real communication ever takes place, Travis is truly alone.
Yes Your explanation is dead on And it's exactly why I relate to Travis so much.. This film taxi driver can almost be a very good representation of my life.. : (. It's why I like it so much I dentify with Travis .. Sadly
I also. live In NYC on the forgotten borough stuck between a griddy commute to manhattan and a hefty bridge toll to cross into Jersey There is no where to go where I live...What tourists and visitors see as a big beautiful NYC .. I only see as a lonely sad griddy personal Hell, I use to go with a friend I knew when I was a teenager He showed me a lot about the city .. Now I'm just. Alone out here .. Surrounded by Millions but STILL all alone .. Gods lonely man
Halfbakedd69 Take your feelings and create! The screenwriter Paul Schrader WAS Travis when he wrote Taxi Driver - he was aimless, distanced, and in many ways worse off - he was homeless and doing drugs on the street for months before he crashed on someone's couch and wrote Taxi Driver in 10 days
"...one guy lives in Brooklyn, one guy lives in Sutton Place, you get a lawyer, another guy's a doctor, another guy dies, another guy gets well, and you know, people are born..." - makes perfect sense
I love this scene honestly it’s one of my favorites 1:13 “I wanna go out and really do something you know” “Taxi life you mean?” “I really wanna do something....i really wanna go out...I just got some bad ideas in my head” It really shows how much Travis wants to talk to someone but he doesn’t know how so he’s just sorta stuck
Wizard is Frank be done in everybody loves Raymond, in this sitcom he rehashes most of that monologue as a sort of tribute to himself when his son raymond sits down with him for a similar chat
I always imagine that this movie was made by shooting a bunch of unrelated clips of De Niro sharing nothing but a setting & character and just editing them together.
This is what Patrice O'Neal would have called "the scene where the problem is explained." This is a truly fantastic example. Wizard's advice was good and it came from a kind place. Essentially, find your spot and go, and since you're young an kind of a blank slate, the sky's the limit. It surely would have worked for many others. But for Travis, it just...wasn't...enough. Wizard couldn't give him what he needed.
"I just wanna go out and really do something..." "I got some bad ideas in my head." I love how Travis is basically confessing to wanting to kill people and the Wizard just starts talking about driving cabs.
"A man takes a job, he becomes the job." What was Travis before he was a Taxi Driver? That's right, military. (it's in the scene at the start where he applies for the job, discharged in 73, so presumably he was in Vietnam) Travis became war. He's at war with society, and with himself. Wizard is actually pretty wise, he's explaining Travis' entire character here.
+Doug McDougal I agree. And the when Travis says its stupid, its like him not realizing what happened to him. This movie is great because there are so many ways to interpret these scenes. I love reading peoples take on movie scenes.
Doug McDougal That guy should've just stayed in the Corps.He was limited but he had a heart. The structure of the Marines Would have sustained him.20 years in maybe a gunnery sergeant pension nothing to sneeze at.Poor fellow!
Mmm I don't think so, I think Wizard actually explains Travis' character but not in that way, probably like in an unintentional or ironic way, but anyways really liked your interpretation.
Wizard is a fairly simple guy who doesn't have a clue what Travis is on about. Cut him some slack. Its totally outside his sphere of experience. They're both having trouble communicating their thoughts. I think Wizard is genuinely trying to help here, but Travis isn't giving him much to go on. Ultimately I think he's trying to say "you are who you are". His closing statement "You're gonna be alright. I know, I've seen a lot of ppl". In the end Travis was alright.
if you really listen to the Wizards philosophical views on life he makes some excellent points. He may not sound very intellectual but you can't argue with some of the things that he tells Travis.
Are you crazy? Wizard was portraying a hedonistic point of view, the choice of weak men, only next to nihilism. Travis was not someone weak, that's why the poor salesmanship of Wizard did not worked on him. He needed a REAL reason of why being alive.
@@themanwhosoldyou9545 Either get a passionate career or just drink and fuck . All we do is work and play. There is nothing deeper than that, stop looking and just try to appreciate every moment because things could be a lot worse. You could be a member of charity communities too.
One thing that is often overlooked in this film is Travis's longing for purity. Despite being an impure man himself, Travis looks upon the corrupted world he is exposed to, and sees something which he hates, filth, trash, crime, and debauchery. It's something that occupies his presence so much, that it consumes him. He is immersed in filth. He can't even look at his own eyes in the mirror without seeing that which he is so bothered by. Travis does what he can to escape that which bothers him so much, like pursuing a seemingly pure woman, and seeking advice from Wizard, but to no avail. The impurity, combined with his social inexperience and implied PTSD eventually overcomes him and pushes him over the edge, causing him to act against that which bothers him so much. I think a lot of people misinterpret Travis as sick or deranged, but it's made quite clear that he is pushed by a longing for what he sees as good, and is even in deep denial and fear of his own impurity. The man is consumed by that which he hates so much, yet still has a strong sense of morality deep within.
This sequence alone proves why Robert is the greatest actor ever who walked on earth. The subtleness, his facial expressions, his eyes everything convey the emotions and feelings he is going through so so beautifully. As a viewer one starts to forget that is he watching a movie or not. He has gone into the deepness of Travis at such a huge level and totally becomes the character so effortlessely. God level acting, Robert, the legend..!!!
@@Gma00001 De Niro pulls the same facial expressions over and over again in his movies. As for Daniel Day Lewis, he is in another stratosphere, in comparison to De Niro.
@@katoness Lmfao. Day lulu is a nobody compared to De Niro. “ de Niro pulls the same facial expressions over and over ”. Lol, here in taxi driver was completely different, and facial expressions only doesn't mean anything. Day lewis also does all the time similar.
go learn to weld. i was 25 and felt like that so i decided to go take a welding class. it dont take long to learn and the money is pretty good, especially if you want to travel. a working class hero is something to be.
go for it, when i started i didnt know the first thing about any of it. it took me about a year to learn. find someone who welds and ask them questions about how to get started. i went to a community college and learned. its common for alot of people to learn on the job or to start out as a helper. its good work with good pay and all the traveling you want to do.
They both understand the problem they face, but can't articulate what they mean. Wizard uses metaphor to describe the general idea. You work a job, and that's who you become, that's your purpose. Whether or not it's a fulfilling purpose doesn't matter, you have to work, you have to pay the bills, pay your way through life. Travis is at the initial stage of this existential dread. He's doing unfulfilling work, he's going through the motions, he's playing an unimportant role in society, the life of a cog or a drone. Wizard did it long enough he just accepted it; that's just how things are, your role is your purpose. Some people fill other roles, some better, some worse. Some people live in different places, some better, some worse. People die and leave their roles, other people are born and take their place. But we're all in this shit together; "We're all fucked."
I love this scene. It shows that Travis wants someone to help him, but even when he tries to communicate with someone, no one seems to understand him. All he wants is for somebody to get what he's going through. I also really like the last couple of seconds of this scene; it shows wizard, his last bit of hope, driving away.
To me, this scene represents travis's dangerously urgent unconscious need to make a change, redeem himself / his psyche, to turn the tide and to break free out of decaying, stagnant state he's in. He's obviously in pain and borderline insane at this point, and if only there was someone who would actually help him, gave him a hand, showed him humanity and got him back in touch...
I dont know whats more depressing, the plea for help, the advice that all a man is is his job or the fact I keep rewatching this clip every other week.
In the dvd commentary, even Paul Schrader, the scriptwriter, said that wizard gave bad advice to Travis. I'm not sure if it was that bad but it might have been a bit unhelpful and too vague. Maybe he should have asked more questions (what kind of thoughts, what do you want to do in life) and given him more of a purposeful direction rather than telling him to accept his problems. He should have also told him to seek mental health help.
After working for a year in construction 11-12 hours a day, I keep thinking more and more abou this scene. "A man takes a job and he becomes the job". That's how I feel every evening when I get home. I don't have a private life anymore. Eat, sleep, work, repeat. I am my job.
Something to consider that I have not heard anyone discuss in commentaries regarding this movie. Travis was definitely showing signs of Post Traumatic Stress Disorder; obviously stemming from his combat experience as a Marine in Vietnam (remember the early scene showing his apartment where you see a captured Viet Cong flag draped in his closet). His untreated PTSD engages the alternatively seductive and dangerous nature of the streets of NYC and this movie shows the results. The incredible thing is, PTSD as we now understand it was not officially recognized in 1976, when this film was released. Travis was NOT a sociopath, as some state below.
One can only imagine the horrors that those kids saw over there in a war we had no business being in. We shouldn't be all around the world in endless foreign wars, having our great men die out there. It's pointless.
I kind of felt for Wizard in a way, you can tell he channeled that same bitter angst and melancholic depression Travis has for eons and he just came to a point of helpless submission to the grim nature of reality, embracing it for what it is, acknowledging this is it, this is this, you know. Travis represents the face of youthful naivete confronting the macabre nature of reality while Wizard represents the old soul that has finally learned after years that the only way of coping with shit is to just accept shit for what it is You either explode in a shootout that amounts to nothing or find yourself living a purposeless life fulfilling your own cog in the machine " I mean, you become - you get a job, you become the job. I mean, one guy lives in Brooklyn. One guy lives in Sutton Place. You got a lawyer. Another guy's a doctor. Another guy dies. Another guy gets well. And, you know, people are born. I envy you, your youth. Go on, get laid, get drunk, you know. Do anything. But, you got no choice, anyway. I mean, we're all fucked. More or less, you know." Because at the end of the day, this bitter angst shit, it wears at you, and it's not going to change anything, even if you try to go on this proverbial suicide mission, nothing changes. You're better off embracing the absurdity of it all instead of letting it drive you mad. " Go on, get laid, get drunk, you know. Do anything. But, you got no choice, anyway. I mean, we're all fucked. More or less, you know." This quote by wizard strikes me the most. He acknowledges that the escapist distractions that do exist (alcohol, drugs, sex, etc.) are just that- distractions. They're merely temporary band-aids for dealing with existential dread. We are all fucked, but once you accept that, you can begin to find some semblance of peace instead of driving yourself mad like Travis did.
I watched Taxi Driver for the first time recently and this was my favourite scene. It demonstrates the burden that all men must carry: The desire to ask for help with mental health but the struggle to find that help. Or, when you are suffering even more than your peers, the immense loneliness you feel ... when no other men can understand you, but they try to and it all turns out to be very offhanded and quick and over with. And De Niro's acting is unbelievable. This is a very important movie
This is the pivotal scene and more heartbreaking than the doomed phone call to Betsy. If only Wizard asked questions of Travis, instead of spouting ridiculous clichés. Alas, Travis had absolutely no one in his life to help him. What a shame.
I think this scene is meant to further illustrate the void between Travis and the world around him. Throughout the film he is unable to interact with the people in his life. He attempts to reach out and get help, but can't communicate what is going on internally. Wizard doesn't understand what's happening and can only make shots in the dark...I don't blame him. "Go get drunk, get laid, quit worrying so much." Travis replies in the end by saying "That's the dumbest thing I've ever heard." No real communication ever takes place, Travis is truly alone.
Wizard had no theraputic responses. Instead he minimized and deflected when Travis needed to elaborate and be heard out fully. He was left feeling completely alone with his lonliness.
this is one of the saddest scenes, it's so human. i think anyone can relate to Travis at this moment. He's crying for help but he can't even put into words what he's going through because hes just so socially awkward and had a hard time communicating and connecting to people
its the porcupines dilemma. wizards just talking to talk. its what people do. everyone has their face for friends, for work, for family, and then the face for themselves no one can see. you can't just open up to people and expect them to understand. It's awkward and weird, so wizard just spits cliches or whatever in an attempt to convince both parties that it's not awkward. may as well be talking about football.
I lived in an apartment on my own in a city my parents had moved from, I had two shitty jobs I got depressed, moved home and have calmed down since don't know where I would have been without their support.
This is why De Niro is so brilliant. It's like you can't even tell he's acting. It's like the cameras are turned off and he's just talking to Peter Boyle. Crazy. And look at De Niro's eyes. It's one of his greatest tools as an actor.
"The whole conviction of my life now rests upon the belief that loneliness, far from being a rare and curious phenomenon, peculiar to myself and to a few other solitary men, is the central and inevitable fact of human existence. When we examine the moments, acts, and statements of all kinds of people -- not only the grief and ecstasy of the greatest poets, but also the huge unhappiness of the average soul…we find, I think, that they are all suffering from the same thing. The final cause of their complaint is loneliness." -- Thomas Wolfe, from the essay, God's Lonely Man, privately printed, 1947.
Here is a guy looking for help - attempting to open up to a fellow co-worker / friend ... All the person gives is some cookie-cutter advice, some bs trying to cheer you up. Scary how much I can relate to this scene. : /
I always thought De Niro was a great actor, but after seeing Taxi Driver he became my number 1 actor. That part, when he is talking about having some bad ideas, that desperation and all the other emotons on his face.... Amazing
This is my favorite scene in the movie and they both played it perfectly. But De Niro really captured how difficult it is for a grown man to have to share his feelings, deep feelings, with another man. Bickle is essentially a loner and with no one else to confide in he approaches a minor friend from work because he has no other choice. This is some of the most natural acting you well ever see on screen.
Fucking brilliant scene, so funny yet sad at the same time. He's desperately trying to reach out to someone, this is his last chance at straying from the path that he eventually goes down, and this dumbbell lacks any sort of understanding of his situation, and just goes "Yeah, you're alright, you're gonna be alright." The worst advice you can give a person who suffers from anxiety or depression, is "don't worry so much." This scene is a great example of those type of people, who just don't get it because they haven't been there themselves.
exactly, but it's also because Wizard doesn't really know his colleague. he has no way of relating except he can understand Travis seems distraught and confused. Travis and thereby the audience are the only ones in the entire film that is aware of how fucked up and lonely he really is.
So very true Jonas, and this scene is still so powerful and relevant today. How many sick, isolated, alienated, and lonely people like Travis exist today in our society, yet they never get the help and support they need because the people they turn to for help don't know what they are talking about. They offer some mumbo jumbo advice like the Wizard gives here, which ultimately boils down to not thinking about it too much (great help there).
Wizzard tells something but this speech is a rambling for Bickle for audience for even Wizzard. Because Wizzard is trying to explain the Bickel's situation but he couldn't do that. İn this scene Wizzard symbolizes the men who give up finding a purpose. Bickle symbolizes the men who try to finding a purpose. Bickle looking for something to do purposeful and he doesn't realize he wants to do like that. And Wizzard is exact oppoiste. Wizzard doesn't need a purpose to live. He is like people living without any purpose.
Ive struggled with anxiety and depression for almost 5 years. I always just dealt with it myself and didnt tell anybody, and it hurt me a lot, but i was able to deal with it. Then this summer my girlfriend broke up with me and it made everything so much worse that i had a mental breakdown, and couldnt hide it anymore, my mom noticed on that day i was looking depressed, so i broke down in front of her crying. She kept asking me what was wrong but i couldnt get the words out or put into words how i felt, i finally knew what travis felt like in this scene. But if you struggle with depression and anxiety, please go get help. Ive recently started getting help and its helped me so much. So please talk to someone if you need help
I picture the wizard as being the typical loafer, plopped in front of the television at home, flipping between main stream trash with his belly out, laughing obnoxiously at stupid comedy routines, eating up everything the news channels have to say. A "good guy" with "good intentions", yes, but "no Bertrand Russell" for sure. Travis was clearly barking up the wrong tree.
"He who fights with monsters should be careful lest he thereby becomes a monster. And if thou gaze long into an abyss, the abyss will also gaze into thee."
what I love about this movie is that it captures the old NYC big time. I used to walk down Forty Deuce (we called it cruising the deuce) just to get this sick kind of rush, walking past the hookers, pimps, junkies and panhandlers that roamed the area 24/7. I found it FN fascinating. maybe I'm fucked up because I miss all of that. Now I joke around with people telling them that the city has become a modern version of Thorton Wilder's, Our Town. Now that's depressing.
i feel the same about mid 70's london we'd go up west and check out soho and that. I went back last year after being away 30 years and it's all boutiques and clothes shops it's soulless.
this scene is so fucking sad man. the guy is spiralling down in his mind and grasping for help but he doesn't know how to express it or who to turn to. And when he turns to this guy, the guy doesn't even understand that travis is begging for help and instead gives him generic advice that makes no sense further showing how isolated travis is. Sad scene
Dominic L I always thought by "bad ideas in my head" he meant take matters into his own hands and rid the area of the " scum and trash" that he sees on a daily basis as a taxi driver. I think he just wanted to do something. Anything. In the end he kind of made a dent....Hey, thanx for noticing my comment, Dominic! :)
sunil rampuria If you're a man in the USA, then yes, you absolutely are your job. It shouldn't be that way, in many parts of the world it isn't that way, but around here it is that way.
I hate my job so much but things like this make me feel better. What you have is just your lot in life. As soon as you start believing you could achieve all these great things is when you can go crazy when things don't go the way you want them to. So I just accept what happens and I say to myself: 'this is me, this is my life, I have no control over what happens ...' And then move on. I am a believer in God so I know where I'm going but as for this world, this life, it is cursed. And only those who are cursed will succeed in this life and have barely any obstacles in their path. The good people have to suffer and get all kinds of hurdles in their path. I accept that. You either win in the worldly life or you win in the afterlife. Some very special people get both and some very cursed people lose in both lives.
Interesting. My life isn't perfect and I'm definitely not crazy about the state of this world these days... But I love my job. In fact, with everything that's gone on in the last few years (not just personally but politically, with the pandemic etc), I might have gone Travis if I didn't have my work! Professionally, a lot of my dreams have come true; I've *made* them come true. But everyone's path is obviously different. And FWIW, I had jobs in my 20s that I hated. So I appreciate my work now even more.
Either the wizard never had the existential angst that Travis suffered from, or he once did and simply accepted his lot as just another cabbie. I think Travis would have gone off the deep end sooner or later, but I like to think that whatever was eating him inside, if properly harnessed, could have brought him the personal distinction and self fulfillment he was striving after in a much more positive way than how things turned out for him in the movie.
great scene great movie. people become their job way more than they realize. listen to any subject matter expert and you will be astonished at how much fault is in their view of everything. i had a professor who was an expert in the field of disabilities. she would with the utmost sincerity diagnose people with disabilities because they fit some symptoms on a piece of paper. absolute tunnel vision. she thought she was what normal was. as in everything is relative to her. haha. they dont even play with the idea that they not only might be but are probably wrong. ego is a motherfucker. look at the federal reserve. america operated perfectly fine without it. nowadays ask yellen if we need the federal reserve and she would say, if the u.s. treasury printed their own money then the u.s. would crash in 3 days. haha.
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When two men get around to talking about feelings to each other, this is exactly what it sounds like.
It's a shame for a real man to feel anything. And if he does he'll have a dozen guy friends playing it too cool to really reach out, gloating ("better you than me buddy" etc; I guess they get high of the contrast ) and his women looking down on his ass (either with sympathy or with a mix of sympathy and disdain for the "weak" man). A mother or sometimes a sister will be supportive, but anyone else, especially working and lower middle class, shit man, you are so fucking labeled. You weak, not a real man, not good enough etc.
So yeah, if you are a working guy in capitalism you don't get to have feelings. You don't want to be seen as a weak bitch, do you?
True. That's why I prefer talking with women.
@@ascuzzibabadibupi978 Dude it's not about someone's opinion of you. it's about how people act based on their opinions and intuitions. I like the story of the strong man "standing alone", going against the tide and all that shit, but that is just another myth of patriarchy. You can act it out when you have a job and a relatively stable life HOWEVER you don't get to have a stable life without money and getting a job in the first place requires a system that provides it. When the system doesn't provide it (and let's talk about the rest of the non-Western world where recession unemployment percents go up to 30 or even 50%) you need to move, leave, change job, change house just to survive - nothing strong and self-sustaining about that. You're a bitch to the system.
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The number of friends per real man is really a butthurt comment. I'm very sorry if you don't have guy friends or colleges.
@@RedFlagSaid yeah they'll probably tell you something like "ahh shit happens, have a drink and dont worry so much" verbatim
yeah it is exactly like this LOL
'some bad ideas in my head'- He has a degree of self awareness and knows that his inner notions are indeed bad. He can't reveal them to Wizard for that reason. He can't release. Wizard is left trying to give advice to a problem he hasn't heard.
Travis's struggle here is palpable, and brilliantly captured on film. Damn these people know their craft.
Damn..the times when art was real and we had actors of the highest order who were true artists like GOAT De Niro. Scorsese is unbelievable.
Fax my guy
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I can relate so much to Travis in this scene. The way he so desperately wants to say something, but cannot find the words or the courage to express it.
do you state down black people too?
I'm guessing you meant to say "stare down", because I have no idea what it means to "state down" anyone. But in either case, no, that wasn't my point at all. I'm talking about how he wanted to open up to someone and unload his feelings, but not finding a way to do so. I can empathize with that feeling, but it doesn't mean I agree with his philosophies on life. In fact, I remember previously commenting on this video that Travis wasn't someone people should aspire to be like.
Hah i just happen to write something similar in a comment above with more or less the same words in the end...
+ZombyraTheDark
That guy is a lowlife fucking pimp.
CoolDL why would anyone aspire to be like a movie character lmao
That's the key scene of the fillm. Travis is begging for help, but no one understands him.
+MisterAZS Yup, this is the pivotal scene. Travis's last chance.
+MisterAZS IT is the best scene imo. De niro is awesome in this scene
***** Agree, he was in no way a sociopath. Sad, angry, frustrated, sexually deprived, depressed, paranoid and socially inept. But not sociopathic. He felt very deeply.
and all society is saying is: KEEP GETTING EXPLOITED, TO MAKE MORE MONEY FOR THE MAN (and a bit for you so youz can eat).
Eh but the wizards advice was not bad at all. He was explaining how Travis is simply a cab driver, not someone who can find change suddenly for the better. During the movie he's all mixed up, only to prove himself a hero. But the guys advice holds true, things are happening to different people everywhere, in different lives they all die, then he expresses envy for Travis being young and to just get drunk, have fun, relax, its all he can do. But in the end Travis is a thinker and a somewhat has an ego for he wants solely to be appreciated greatly or come about to an climax or pay off from his life.
As always DeNiro is awesome, but Boyle deserves massive applause too. The way he tries too articulate his own frustration mirrors Travis' own. Too me this is the most tragic scene in the film, two unwanted men trying to console themselves.
Exactly what I see in this scene. Brilliant film.
Great actor. Seen him do loads of different characters
I agree. A lot of people are saying the Wizard isn't too bright. He isn't, the name "wizard" is way off. But like he said "I'm a cabbie, what do I know". He probably thinks Travis is having a rough week.. not a rough life. Just offering some token advice.
Fuck I love this movie.
the wizard fumbles the beginning of the convo but recovers it in the end when he says "don't worry so much, you're gonna be alright" the simplicity of that statement is the exact kind of thing that usually cuts through the bs and brings people back to earth.
@@dollparts4918 a rough week, not a rough life. Haha, maybe you’re right.
I think most young men go through a time in their life where they feel like Travis Bickle.
yeah, all real men do anyway.
Yeah man, this conversation reminds me a couple of times when i tried to talk to my father of how depressed i was, but i couldn't find the words and the courage to express exactly what i felt, so i talked more or less like Travis is talking in this scene.
Its a lonely feeling and you think nobody understands. I think thats why I like this movie so much. It shows you that even though you are alone to deal with your own loneliness, your not alone in feeling that way.
Especially at his age.
I definitely have for sure> I've gone through a few times where Travis's words describe exactly how I felt. But when it came to talking about it I could never find the words for fear of judgement and rejection. When I looked around my home town, watched the news, saw articles in the paper I kept saying to myself "How much better the world would be without these people." "Somebody should do something, Why not me?" And so on. But I think you can eventually overcome it with by finding something worth while to occupy your mind. For me it is improving my health, eating right, exercising. Yes I know it sounds corny but I feel better for sure.
De Niro's eyes from 2:24-2:40, like he's just barely holding back tears... Incredible acting.
Ineffable.
GOAT for a reason, man !!
The sad part is that Wizard doesn't know any better either
+Kadir Yilmaz I dont know if breeding is a great choice. Making more sad people is REALLY BAD choice, at least morally IMO.
@@billyverystrong8037 exactly, I don't understand why many people don't realize this. I mean, so many people talk about god, the creator and the meaning of life and can't stop for a minute to realize that it all depends on breeding. Our parents are our creators, not some imaginary/hypothetical being.
@@sunilrampuria7906 Parents didn't create themselves 😏
@@sunilrampuria7906 life started how?
I mean he tried..
Deniro is a great actor, you can literally feel bickle's sickness in this scene lol.
They call him god for some reason man
This, the godfather two and the deer hunter.damn.the best performances
*figuratively
Another little detail in this that shows just how tragic this scene is, is Travis’ eyes. They look sort of glassy as if they’re full of tears. For a lot of the movie he’s emotionally dead or displaying some kind of anger, but in his eyes here he looks on the verge of tears, he looks visibly upset. He’s trying to communicate and Wizard doesn’t understand him, he truly is alone.
Same problems with me, i am not able to express it and even if i do people don't understand it ..........it feels lonely
Very true. Ghost, take up boxing or a martial art. It helps,believe me.
Basketball helped me
@@Jonnyanomaly1986 Thanks for your advice brother but i just need someone to talk at this point in my life friend, girlfriend or anyone. I don't want to sound desperate for anyone but there are some really tragic events happened in past 2 years, i am trying to cope but this is really difficult. I just tell myself i am not alone in all this. Many people are out there like me. It's just that those who suffer, suffer in silence.
@@vic7939 I hope god will bring happiness to your family brother 🙏
This is how most conversations in real life go. No great revelations just well meaning arm chair philosophy you smile and nod at and thirty minutes later you've pretty much forgotten it.
Sometimes the greatest philosophical thing one can muster is just a sigh.
I've never felt so related to a movie character before. When I saw the screenings for the first time it was like watching a movie about myself, except my version would be called 'Dish Washer'.
+bottle1 lack It happened the same thing to me. Loneliness is not something easy to put into words.
+bottle1 lack I feel like I can relate too lol but I' not as crazy
+bottle1 lack Do you talk to your self in the mirror?
110% agreed.
You mean Hydro-ceramic Engineer? ( :
When wizard says “dont worry so much, relax youre gonna be alright”. That has helped me so much, everytime i start stressing, i think about that line, and I immediately stop worrying about my problems.
Funny its such an idiotic statement but it works.
That’s about the dumbest thing I ever heard
Very true. What he's saying is true and helpful to most people. But not to Travis because he is already out of reach.
That doesn't help people with severe mental issues.
I smell sarcasm
I think this scene is meant to further illustrate the void between Travis and the world around him. Throughout the film he is unable to interact with the people in his life. He attempts to reach out and get help, but can't communicate what is going on internally. Wizard doesn't understand what's happening and can only make shots in the dark. "Go get drunk, get laid, quit worrying so much." Travis replies in the end by saying "That's the dumbest thing I've ever heard." No real communication ever takes place, Travis is truly alone.
Yes Your explanation is dead on And it's exactly why I relate to Travis so much.. This film taxi driver can almost be a very good representation of my life.. : (. It's why I like it so much I dentify with Travis .. Sadly
I also. live In NYC on the forgotten borough stuck between a griddy commute to manhattan and a hefty bridge toll to cross into Jersey
There is no where to go where I live...What tourists and visitors see as a big beautiful NYC .. I only see as a lonely sad griddy personal Hell, I use to go with a friend I knew when I was a teenager He showed me a lot about the city .. Now I'm just. Alone out here .. Surrounded by Millions but STILL all alone .. Gods lonely man
Staten Island NY's. 5th Borough
Halfbakedd69 Take your feelings and create! The screenwriter Paul Schrader WAS Travis when he wrote Taxi Driver - he was aimless, distanced, and in many ways worse off - he was homeless and doing drugs on the street for months before he crashed on someone's couch and wrote Taxi Driver in 10 days
Halfbakedd69
Hey I live in S.I. too man! It sucks. Lol. I hate this whole city. I want to move to Texas or something.
"...one guy lives in Brooklyn, one guy lives in Sutton Place, you get a lawyer, another guy's a doctor, another guy dies, another guy gets well, and you know, people are born..." - makes perfect sense
especially from a cabbie's point of view.
Thats some next level deep shit
Thats about the dumbest thing i've ever heard
Travis is the (Americanized) existential hero - he strives to exist in a world apart from that meaningless intersubjective continuum.
@@individua7710 true
I love this scene honestly it’s one of my favorites 1:13
“I wanna go out and really do something you know”
“Taxi life you mean?”
“I really wanna do something....i really wanna go out...I just got some bad ideas in my head”
It really shows how much Travis wants to talk to someone but he doesn’t know how so he’s just sorta stuck
it is cool the way Wizard was actually willing to just listen, something most people don't do.
What do you expect. That was 70s..back when people were really social.
true, but to be fair he didnt really do that much listening
Wizard is Frank be done in everybody loves Raymond, in this sitcom he rehashes most of that monologue as a sort of tribute to himself when his son raymond sits down with him for a similar chat
I meant barone not be done
@@Aman-nk5uq lol i hope this comment is a joke. Have you not seen taxi driver?
this entire movie is like a series of short films. each scene could work like a song by itself.
I always imagine that this movie was made by shooting a bunch of unrelated clips of De Niro sharing nothing but a setting & character and just editing them together.
Two guys lost in existence, their feelings summed up by the lines "what does it matter, we're all fucked."
This is what Patrice O'Neal would have called "the scene where the problem is explained." This is a truly fantastic example. Wizard's advice was good and it came from a kind place. Essentially, find your spot and go, and since you're young an kind of a blank slate, the sky's the limit. It surely would have worked for many others. But for Travis, it just...wasn't...enough. Wizard couldn't give him what he needed.
"I just wanna go out and really do something..."
"I got some bad ideas in my head."
I love how Travis is basically confessing to wanting to kill people and the Wizard just starts talking about driving cabs.
the expression that he gives right at 1:16 like he's trying to say something but then doesn't. its great!!
"A man takes a job, he becomes the job." What was Travis before he was a Taxi Driver? That's right, military. (it's in the scene at the start where he applies for the job, discharged in 73, so presumably he was in Vietnam) Travis became war. He's at war with society, and with himself. Wizard is actually pretty wise, he's explaining Travis' entire character here.
+Doug McDougal I agree. And the when Travis says its stupid, its like him not realizing what happened to him. This movie is great because there are so many ways to interpret these scenes. I love reading peoples take on movie scenes.
Doug McDougal That guy should've just stayed in the Corps.He was limited but he had a heart. The structure of the Marines Would have sustained him.20 years in maybe a gunnery sergeant pension nothing to sneeze at.Poor fellow!
John Kostick sounds stupid
Mark Mullins wtf?
Mmm I don't think so, I think Wizard actually explains Travis' character but not in that way, probably like in an unintentional or ironic way, but anyways really liked your interpretation.
love the cinematography. Like some sorta scene from purgatory.
Wizard is a fairly simple guy who doesn't have a clue what Travis is on about. Cut him some slack. Its totally outside his sphere of experience. They're both having trouble communicating their thoughts. I think Wizard is genuinely trying to help here, but Travis isn't giving him much to go on. Ultimately I think he's trying to say "you are who you are". His closing statement "You're gonna be alright. I know, I've seen a lot of ppl". In the end Travis was alright.
Look at the damn handshake, there is no connection and kinda awkward. They didn't even interact the whole conversation is pointless and lost
Thats the point, right.
if you really listen to the Wizards philosophical views on life he makes some excellent points. He may not sound very intellectual but you can't argue with some of the things that he tells Travis.
great points indeed, beautiful.
Are you crazy?
Wizard was portraying a hedonistic point of view, the choice of weak men, only next to nihilism.
Travis was not someone weak, that's why the poor salesmanship of Wizard did not worked on him.
He needed a REAL reason of why being alive.
so u want Wizard to be someone like Lord Buddha? GTFo..his advice was pretty good.
@@Aman-nk5uq 1 of the great gibberish speeches of all time ,someone is born another guy dies ,dont worry
@@themanwhosoldyou9545 Either get a passionate career or just drink and fuck .
All we do is work and play.
There is nothing deeper than that, stop looking and just try to appreciate every moment because things could be a lot worse.
You could be a member of charity communities too.
for some reason, peter boyles line "i envy you youth. go out. get laid, get drunk. you can do anything" has really stuck with me for some reason
Best scene in the movie. The one I always return to on YT.
One thing that is often overlooked in this film is Travis's longing for purity. Despite being an impure man himself, Travis looks upon the corrupted world he is exposed to, and sees something which he hates, filth, trash, crime, and debauchery. It's something that occupies his presence so much, that it consumes him. He is immersed in filth. He can't even look at his own eyes in the mirror without seeing that which he is so bothered by.
Travis does what he can to escape that which bothers him so much, like pursuing a seemingly pure woman, and seeking advice from Wizard, but to no avail. The impurity, combined with his social inexperience and implied PTSD eventually overcomes him and pushes him over the edge, causing him to act against that which bothers him so much.
I think a lot of people misinterpret Travis as sick or deranged, but it's made quite clear that he is pushed by a longing for what he sees as good, and is even in deep denial and fear of his own impurity. The man is consumed by that which he hates so much, yet still has a strong sense of morality deep within.
Excellent analysis, as Wizard puts it "You do a thing for so long, you become that thing."
Well said.
we're all fucked more or less.
this is very true.
Not if your Bill Gates
+tdevil101 God would slit his writs if he woke up will the limitations of Bill Gates human meat body comes with
This sequence alone proves why Robert is the greatest actor ever who walked on earth. The subtleness, his facial expressions, his eyes everything convey the emotions and feelings he is going through so so beautifully. As a viewer one starts to forget that is he watching a movie or not. He has gone into the deepness of Travis at such a huge level and totally becomes the character so effortlessely. God level acting, Robert, the legend..!!!
Daniel Day Lewis there will be blood
@@richlee509
No where near as great as De Niro.
If you like de Niro acting, you're gonna love Bryan Cranston
@@Gma00001 De Niro pulls the same facial expressions over and over again in his movies. As for Daniel Day Lewis, he is in another stratosphere, in comparison to De Niro.
@@katoness
Lmfao.
Day lulu is a nobody compared to De Niro.
“ de Niro pulls the same facial expressions over and over ”.
Lol, here in taxi driver was completely different, and facial expressions only doesn't mean anything. Day lewis also does all the time similar.
I still don't know what to do with my life...
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William Spence Go to Vegas aaaaannnd get a job at a casino
go learn to weld. i was 25 and felt like that so i decided to go take a welding class. it dont take long to learn and the money is pretty good, especially if you want to travel. a working class hero is something to be.
you could still weld, alot of welders have long hair and beards.
go for it, when i started i didnt know the first thing about any of it. it took me about a year to learn. find someone who welds and ask them questions about how to get started. i went to a community college and learned. its common for alot of people to learn on the job or to start out as a helper. its good work with good pay and all the traveling you want to do.
They both understand the problem they face, but can't articulate what they mean. Wizard uses metaphor to describe the general idea. You work a job, and that's who you become, that's your purpose. Whether or not it's a fulfilling purpose doesn't matter, you have to work, you have to pay the bills, pay your way through life.
Travis is at the initial stage of this existential dread. He's doing unfulfilling work, he's going through the motions, he's playing an unimportant role in society, the life of a cog or a drone. Wizard did it long enough he just accepted it; that's just how things are, your role is your purpose. Some people fill other roles, some better, some worse. Some people live in different places, some better, some worse. People die and leave their roles, other people are born and take their place. But we're all in this shit together; "We're all fucked."
Sage advice: get drunk, get laid, don't worry so much.
I love this scene. It shows that Travis wants someone to help him, but even when he tries to communicate with someone, no one seems to understand him. All he wants is for somebody to get what he's going through.
I also really like the last couple of seconds of this scene; it shows wizard, his last bit of hope, driving away.
and a hooker looks him
They don't make movies like these any more
this isn't that complicated of a scene to read into.... he wants help, but just can't spit out that he has violent-ass thoughts. lol
+krillzone LOLOLOL true dat true dat
+krillzone he doesn't want to tell anyone he wants to shave his head and shoot the while place up
I have to say, this movie is no different from my life
@bronsoninnit I made that comment back when I was depressed and on pills. I think all of us can sympathize with Travis, especially men.
@@taxidriver2222 I feel the same way
, specially now.
@@cristianabraham384 100%
@@taxidriver2222 especially White men
@@taxidriver2222 So how's your life now?
To me, this scene represents travis's dangerously urgent unconscious need to make a change, redeem himself / his psyche, to turn the tide and to break free out of decaying, stagnant state he's in. He's obviously in pain and borderline insane at this point, and if only there was someone who would actually help him, gave him a hand, showed him humanity and got him back in touch...
Re nato
Yeah well, he did try to get her to watch porn on the second date, which was a damn stupid and fucked up thing to do with a girl like that.
It’s scary knowing how Travis going insane and having insomnia started out with depression.
I dont know whats more depressing, the plea for help, the advice that all a man is is his job or the fact I keep rewatching this clip every other week.
You become a job. How meek and depressing .
In the dvd commentary, even Paul Schrader, the scriptwriter, said that wizard gave bad advice to Travis. I'm not sure if it was that bad but it might have been a bit unhelpful and too vague. Maybe he should have asked more questions (what kind of thoughts, what do you want to do in life) and given him more of a purposeful direction rather than telling him to accept his problems. He should have also told him to seek mental health help.
After working for a year in construction 11-12 hours a day, I keep thinking more and more abou this scene. "A man takes a job and he becomes the job". That's how I feel every evening when I get home. I don't have a private life anymore. Eat, sleep, work, repeat. I am my job.
Something to consider that I have not heard anyone discuss in commentaries regarding this movie. Travis was definitely showing signs of Post Traumatic Stress Disorder; obviously stemming from his combat experience as a Marine in Vietnam (remember the early scene showing his apartment where you see a captured Viet Cong flag draped in his closet). His untreated PTSD engages the alternatively seductive and dangerous nature of the streets of NYC and this movie shows the results. The incredible thing is, PTSD as we now understand it was not officially recognized in 1976, when this film was released. Travis was NOT a sociopath, as some state below.
Alec Foster he also explicitly says he was a marine in vietnam when he goes to get the cab job in the first scene
One can only imagine the horrors that those kids saw over there in a war we had no business being in. We shouldn't be all around the world in endless foreign wars, having our great men die out there. It's pointless.
I kind of felt for Wizard in a way, you can tell he channeled that same bitter angst and melancholic depression Travis has for eons and he just came to a point of helpless submission to the grim nature of reality, embracing it for what it is, acknowledging this is it, this is this, you know.
Travis represents the face of youthful naivete confronting the macabre nature of reality while Wizard represents the old soul that has finally learned after years that the only way of coping with shit is to just accept shit for what it is
You either explode in a shootout that amounts to nothing or find yourself living a purposeless life fulfilling your own cog in the machine
" I mean, you become - you get a job, you become the job. I mean, one guy lives in Brooklyn. One guy lives in Sutton Place. You got a lawyer. Another guy's a doctor. Another guy dies. Another guy gets well. And, you know, people are born. I envy you, your youth. Go on, get laid, get drunk, you know. Do anything. But, you got no choice, anyway. I mean, we're all fucked. More or less, you know."
Because at the end of the day, this bitter angst shit, it wears at you, and it's not going to change anything, even if you try to go on this proverbial suicide mission, nothing changes. You're better off embracing the absurdity of it all instead of letting it drive you mad.
" Go on, get laid, get drunk, you know. Do anything. But, you got no choice, anyway. I mean, we're all fucked. More or less, you know." This quote by wizard strikes me the most. He acknowledges that the escapist distractions that do exist (alcohol, drugs, sex, etc.) are just that- distractions. They're merely temporary band-aids for dealing with existential dread. We are all fucked, but once you accept that, you can begin to find some semblance of peace instead of driving yourself mad like Travis did.
Well said
I watched Taxi Driver for the first time recently and this was my favourite scene. It demonstrates the burden that all men must carry: The desire to ask for help with mental health but the struggle to find that help. Or, when you are suffering even more than your peers, the immense loneliness you feel ... when no other men can understand you, but they try to and it all turns out to be very offhanded and quick and over with. And De Niro's acting is unbelievable. This is a very important movie
This is the pivotal scene and more heartbreaking than the doomed phone call to Betsy. If only Wizard asked questions of Travis, instead of spouting ridiculous clichés. Alas, Travis had absolutely no one in his life to help him. What a shame.
I think this scene is meant to further illustrate the void between Travis and the world around him. Throughout the film he is unable to interact with the people in his life. He attempts to reach out and get help, but can't communicate what is going on internally. Wizard doesn't understand what's happening and can only make shots in the dark...I don't blame him. "Go get drunk, get laid, quit worrying so much." Travis replies in the end by saying "That's the dumbest thing I've ever heard." No real communication ever takes place, Travis is truly alone.
A friend once told me i'm the most isolated man he's ever known. It made more sense than anything i've ever heard.
Wizard had no theraputic responses. Instead he minimized and deflected when Travis needed to elaborate and be heard out fully. He was left feeling completely alone with his lonliness.
This kind of sums up Travis in my opinion. Hes a walking contradiction. Everything wizard says about him is spot on, but Travis calls it nonsense
this is one of the saddest scenes, it's so human. i think anyone can relate to Travis at this moment. He's crying for help but he can't even put into words what he's going through because hes just so socially awkward and had a hard time communicating and connecting to people
its the porcupines dilemma. wizards just talking to talk. its what people do. everyone has their face for friends, for work, for family, and then the face for themselves no one can see. you can't just open up to people and expect them to understand. It's awkward and weird, so wizard just spits cliches or whatever in an attempt to convince both parties that it's not awkward. may as well be talking about football.
I lived in an apartment on my own in a city my parents had moved from, I had two shitty jobs I got depressed, moved home and have calmed down since don't know where I would have been without their support.
Jobs are depressing , and they take up almost your whole life . Such a sad world .
This is why De Niro is so brilliant. It's like you can't even tell he's acting. It's like the cameras are turned off and he's just talking to Peter Boyle. Crazy.
And look at De Niro's eyes. It's one of his greatest tools as an actor.
The worst advice in movie history. But what does he know? He's a cabbie!
"The whole conviction of my life now rests upon the belief that loneliness, far from being a rare and curious phenomenon, peculiar to myself and to a few other solitary men, is the central and inevitable fact of human existence. When we examine the moments, acts, and statements of all kinds of people -- not only the grief and ecstasy of the greatest poets, but also the huge unhappiness of the average soul…we find, I think, that they are all suffering from the same thing. The final cause of their complaint is loneliness."
-- Thomas Wolfe, from the essay, God's Lonely Man, privately printed, 1947.
i'm going through this right now in my life as a young man... i'm afraid
TheRandomGamerDude fight with your fear
If only Travis had the courage to reveal his true romantic feelings towards Wizard
That's what I was wanting him to do too
A legendary scene in all of cinema history. This Wizard character is one of the most real a character can be to life.
Here is a guy looking for help - attempting to open up to a fellow co-worker / friend ...
All the person gives is some cookie-cutter advice, some bs trying to cheer you up.
Scary how much I can relate to this scene. : /
we are all fucked brothers
More or less
Notes from underground
One of the most intuition scene and wizard looks like Brando.
Wizard was honest enough to Admit he maybe dumb,,and he do snt know what hes talking about
MY PERSONAL BEST SCENE IN THIS MOVIE
I always thought De Niro was a great actor, but after seeing Taxi Driver he became my number 1 actor. That part, when he is talking about having some bad ideas, that desperation and all the other emotons on his face.... Amazing
And to think some people actually compared this masterpiece to that awful joker movie
This is my favorite scene in the movie and they both played it perfectly. But De Niro really captured how difficult it is for a grown man to have to share his feelings, deep feelings, with another man. Bickle is essentially a loner and with no one else to confide in he approaches a minor friend from work because he has no other choice. This is some of the most natural acting you well ever see on screen.
This scene hits me like a ton of bricks
'Relax killer, you're gonna be alright. I know, I seen a lotta people, and uuuuuh….I know." His platitude there sure was off the mark.
I thought he said kiddo, maybe I'm wrong though
Fucking brilliant scene, so funny yet sad at the same time. He's desperately trying to reach out to someone, this is his last chance at straying from the path that he eventually goes down, and this dumbbell lacks any sort of understanding of his situation, and just goes "Yeah, you're alright, you're gonna be alright." The worst advice you can give a person who suffers from anxiety or depression, is "don't worry so much." This scene is a great example of those type of people, who just don't get it because they haven't been there themselves.
exactly, but it's also because Wizard doesn't really know his colleague. he has no way of relating except he can understand Travis seems distraught and confused. Travis and thereby the audience are the only ones in the entire film that is aware of how fucked up and lonely he really is.
It's hard to decypher someone who just doesn't tell you what is happening to them.
Scorsese movies are so real..that they feel funny for wrong reasons. Thats a great director for you.
So very true Jonas, and this scene is still so powerful and relevant today. How many sick, isolated, alienated, and lonely people like Travis exist today in our society, yet they never get the help and support they need because the people they turn to for help don't know what they are talking about. They offer some mumbo jumbo advice like the Wizard gives here, which ultimately boils down to not thinking about it too much (great help there).
De Niro's acting on this scene is just heartbreaking.
I ll never understand why Deniro compared Donald Trump to Travis.
MrAsaf1984 they're both insane
Man becomes president and becomes that job? Idk
Did anyone else notice that Peter Doyle made this exact same speech on an episode of everybody Loves Raymond ~20 years after this movie?
I was wondering if anyone else noticed that!
I kid you not I had a Travis Bickle phase for almost 2 years good times man 😂😂
I've been in that phase for 38 years now and counting 🍺🍺🍺🍺🍺
Its been 5 years, I thought by now I wouldn't relate to these scene. Yet I still rewatch this clip.
Смысл этого диалога -Кто то живет в Бруклине ,кто то в Манхэттене -но мы все в одном говне !
Peter Boyle and Robert DeNiro here. Starting actors. 40 years later?? EPIC ACTORS!! R.I.P Peter.
Wizzard tells something but this speech is a rambling for Bickle for audience for even Wizzard. Because Wizzard is trying to explain the Bickel's situation but he couldn't do that. İn this scene Wizzard symbolizes the men who give up finding a purpose. Bickle symbolizes the men who try to finding a purpose. Bickle looking for something to do purposeful and he doesn't realize he wants to do like that. And Wizzard is exact oppoiste. Wizzard doesn't need a purpose to live. He is like people living without any purpose.
Yeah, Wizard advice is just a common "normal" advice
Ive struggled with anxiety and depression for almost 5 years. I always just dealt with it myself and didnt tell anybody, and it hurt me a lot, but i was able to deal with it. Then this summer my girlfriend broke up with me and it made everything so much worse that i had a mental breakdown, and couldnt hide it anymore, my mom noticed on that day i was looking depressed, so i broke down in front of her crying. She kept asking me what was wrong but i couldnt get the words out or put into words how i felt, i finally knew what travis felt like in this scene. But if you struggle with depression and anxiety, please go get help. Ive recently started getting help and its helped me so much. So please talk to someone if you need help
I picture the wizard as being the typical loafer, plopped in front of the television at home, flipping between main stream trash with his belly out, laughing obnoxiously at stupid comedy routines, eating up everything the news channels have to say. A "good guy" with "good intentions", yes, but "no Bertrand Russell" for sure. Travis was clearly barking up the wrong tree.
Peter boyle is so loveable
I’m here cause I love hearing you guys articulate deep conversations in regards to this in my head throughout the day.
Travis doesnt mind being a cabbie. this scene is about Travis attempting to seek help because he knows hes going to lash out at something.
"He who fights with monsters should be careful lest he thereby becomes a monster. And if thou gaze long into an abyss, the abyss will also gaze into thee."
what I love about this movie is that it captures the old NYC big time. I used to walk down Forty Deuce (we called it cruising the deuce) just to get this sick kind of rush, walking past the hookers, pimps, junkies and panhandlers that roamed the area 24/7. I found it FN fascinating. maybe I'm fucked up because I miss all of that. Now I joke around with people telling them that the city has become a modern version of Thorton Wilder's, Our Town. Now that's depressing.
i feel the same about mid 70's london we'd go up west and check out soho and that. I went back last year after being away 30 years and it's all boutiques and clothes shops it's soulless.
You don't sound fucked up at all. I would give an arm and a leg to have been able to experience that. I was born in 94 long past this era.
Modern first world cities are soulless and boring.
this scene is so fucking sad man. the guy is spiralling down in his mind and grasping for help but he doesn't know how to express it or who to turn to. And when he turns to this guy, the guy doesn't even understand that travis is begging for help and instead gives him generic advice that makes no sense further showing how isolated travis is. Sad scene
:55-1:31 Such an INCREDIBLE actor, Sends chills down my spine...The look he gives Peter at 1:12 is amazing.
I'm glad you noticed that too! So what do you think Travis means by "I've got some bad ideas in my head"? That line always scared me a little...
Dominic L I always thought by "bad ideas in my head" he meant take matters into his own hands and rid the area of the " scum and trash" that he sees on a daily basis as a taxi driver. I think he just wanted to do something. Anything. In the end he kind of made a dent....Hey, thanx for noticing my comment, Dominic! :)
Olivia Hensley Thanks for answering Olivia! That helped a lot! Glad to talk to a fellow TD lover :)
Dominic L Of course! :D
Maddest fan Of de niro and TAXI DRIVER I THINK SHUD BE THE GREATEST MOVIE OF ALL TIME.
Get drunk is a great advice(no sarcasm) watching this movie while drunk in the small hours is another whoole experience,the best experience 🙃🤘
don't you mean 50's and 80's being the worse?
IMO, 70's and 90's best decades for filmmaking.
I love that shot of Travis at 0:03 🙌
You are not your job.
sunil rampuria
If you're a man in the USA, then yes, you absolutely are your job. It shouldn't be that way, in many parts of the world it isn't that way, but around here it is that way.
So basically, Frankenstein's monster gives Frankenstein's monster advice?
I never ever realised that. That's fucking brilliant.
i just wanna go out and.. really, really do something
I hate my job so much but things like this make me feel better. What you have is just your lot in life. As soon as you start believing you could achieve all these great things is when you can go crazy when things don't go the way you want them to. So I just accept what happens and I say to myself: 'this is me, this is my life, I have no control over what happens ...' And then move on. I am a believer in God so I know where I'm going but as for this world, this life, it is cursed. And only those who are cursed will succeed in this life and have barely any obstacles in their path. The good people have to suffer and get all kinds of hurdles in their path. I accept that. You either win in the worldly life or you win in the afterlife. Some very special people get both and some very cursed people lose in both lives.
Yeah. It’s easier for the believers to go through such periods in life. I am a believer in YHWH and His Messiah Yeshua.
Interesting. My life isn't perfect and I'm definitely not crazy about the state of this world these days... But I love my job. In fact, with everything that's gone on in the last few years (not just personally but politically, with the pandemic etc), I might have gone Travis if I didn't have my work! Professionally, a lot of my dreams have come true; I've *made* them come true. But everyone's path is obviously different. And FWIW, I had jobs in my 20s that I hated. So I appreciate my work now even more.
Either the wizard never had the existential angst that Travis suffered from, or he once did and simply accepted his lot as just another cabbie. I think Travis would have gone off the deep end sooner or later, but I like to think that whatever was eating him inside, if properly harnessed, could have brought him the personal distinction and self fulfillment he was striving after in a much more positive way than how things turned out for him in the movie.
Hi.
great scene great movie. people become their job way more than they realize. listen to any subject matter expert and you will be astonished at how much fault is in their view of everything. i had a professor who was an expert in the field of disabilities. she would with the utmost sincerity diagnose people with disabilities because they fit some symptoms on a piece of paper. absolute tunnel vision. she thought she was what normal was. as in everything is relative to her. haha. they dont even play with the idea that they not only might be but are probably wrong. ego is a motherfucker. look at the federal reserve. america operated perfectly fine without it. nowadays ask yellen if we need the federal reserve and she would say, if the u.s. treasury printed their own money then the u.s. would crash in 3 days. haha.
iceland
Each one is talkin a different language...this scene is great
" It's not Bertrand Russel but what do I know, I'm a just a cabbie"...He actually went deep there!!
wizard have right
Joaquin Phoenix's remake was shit
It wasn't shit but obviously this is much much better