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      • Travis Bickle is a fictional character and the anti-hero protagonist of the 1976 film Taxi Driver directed by Martin Scorsese. The character was created by the film's screenwriter Paul Schrader. He is portrayed by Robert De Niro, who received an Oscar nomination for his performance.
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  2. Travis Bickle is a fictional character and the anti-hero protagonist of the 1976 film Taxi Driver directed by Martin Scorsese. The character was created by the film's screenwriter Paul Schrader. He is portrayed by Robert De Niro, who received an Oscar nomination for his performance.

  3. Aug 25, 2024 · Taxi Driver's ending is open to interpretation, leaving it up to the audience to decide what is real and what is in Travis Bickle's delusional mind. Travis's transformation into the "Man with No Name" is depicted as a real event in the ending, showcasing his detachment from reality.

  4. Travis is never part of the normal world. Though he initially wants to fit in and to be like other people, he is too mentally ill to act normally. Even at his best, at the beginning of the film, he can't sleep, drinks heavily, pops pills, and spends his mornings in porn theaters.

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    Set in a morally decaying New York City following the Vietnam War, the film follows Travis Bickle (De Niro), a veteran and taxi driver, and his deteriorating mental state as he works nights in the city.

  6. Sep 26, 2020 · Written by Paul Schrader, the film is a psychological character study of Robert De Niro’s Travis Bickle, a Vietnam vet who takes a job as a night shift cabbie. His late hours expose him to what he considers the scum of the earth, and his progressively deteriorating mental state leads him to a complete break and disillusionment with reality.

  7. Dec 22, 2022 · When 26-year-old army veteran Travis Bickle (Robert De Niro) takes night shifts at a New York cab firm, it plunges him into the city’s sordid underbelly. Tormented by insomnia and isolation, he keeps his growing psychosis under wraps.

  8. He's the taxi driver of the title, for one thing, and the movie dives into his life in a completely focused, intimate, and yes, totally upsetting way. What's more, his character doesn't just dominate the entire film—he's dominated the cinematic landscape and more than a few dorm room walls.