Review of Taxi Driver (1976) by J. Hoberman for Village Voice — 15 Mar 2011
Taxi Driver was a powerfully summarizing work. It synthesized noir, neorealist, and New Wave stylistics; it assimilated Hollywood’s recent vigilante cycle, drafting then-déclassé blaxploitation in the service of a presumed tell-it-like-it-is naturalism that, predicated on a frank, unrelenting representation of racism, violence, and misogyny, was even more racist, violent, and misogynist than it allowed.
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This review of Taxi Driver (1976) was written by J. Hoberman and published by Village Voice on 15 Mar 2011.
Taxi Driver has generally received very positive reviews.
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