Taxi Driver: Blu Ray Review
Taxi Driver
Rating: R18
Released by Sony Home Entertainment
Having seen the remastered version of this DeNiro classic at the NZ
Film Festival this year, I was eagerly waiting its arrival on Blu Ray.
The print had been cleaned up and this release is a
superior picture quality as well - part of a series of releases done by Sony to
showcase some of the best of their product.
De
Niro is excellent as Travis Bickle, a NYC taxi driver whose flight into madness
and paranoia is fuelled by his desire to just do something big. Cybill Sherpherd
is luminous as his early love interest and Jodie Foster is astonishing in a
debut role. If it doesn't quite hang together in some ways, it's because 21st
century eyes look back on a 70s film but I can finally understand why so many
adore this.
Beautifully restored on Blu Ray, De
Niro has rarely been better and Scorsese's sleazy NYC is still a searing watch.
Extras: A whole horde of them - interviews,
commentary from Scorsese - befitting an iconic release.
Rating: 8/10
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