Taxi Driver

Taxi Driver

35mm1976Crime / Drama / Psychological ThrillerEdition: 1976

Directed by Martin Scorsese and starring Robert De Niro, Taxi Driver (1976) is a dark psychological crime drama exploring isolation, obsession, violence, and urban decay in 1970s New York City. Travis Bickle is a lonely, psychologically troubled Vietnam War veteran suffering from chronic insomnia. Taking a job as a night-shift taxi driver, Travis spends his evenings navigating the city's dangerous streets, becoming increasingly disgusted by the crime, corruption, and moral decay surrounding him. As his attempts to establish meaningful relationships fail, Travis becomes increasingly detached from reality. His obsession with a young political campaign worker, Betsy, and his desire to rescue a teenage prostitute named Iris gradually push him towards a violent confrontation. Featuring atmospheric cinematography by Michael Chapman and a haunting jazz-inspired score by Bernard Herrmann, Taxi Driver remains one of the most influential American films of the 1970s.

DIRECTORMartin Scorsese

EDITION RUNTIME1 hr 52 mins

FILE SIZE18.1 GB

FILE FORMATMKV

RESOLUTION1920x1080

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What changed in this version?

This edition of Taxi Driver presents the film through a 35mm film-sourced, open-matte presentation, offering an alternative viewing experience to the standard theatrical and home-video releases.

Originally photographed primarily on 35mm film, Taxi Driver was theatrically presented in a 1.85:1 widescreen aspect ratio. An open-matte presentation can reveal additional picture information at the top and bottom of the frame that would normally be concealed by the theatrical masking.

Unlike modern digitally restored editions, an original 35mm print scan may retain characteristics of physical film exhibition, including natural grain, scratches, dust, colour fluctuations, reel-change marks, and other imperfections.

These characteristics provide a historically interesting viewing experience, bringing the audience closer to the appearance of a surviving theatrical film print.

A 35mm open-matte fan scan of Taxi Driver, reportedly sourced from an original UK theatrical print, has been discussed publicly. That particular scan displays print wear, missing frames around reel changes, and other analogue imperfections. However, the filename alone does not establish whether this copy comes from that same scan.

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