Sat December 7, 2013
Taxi Driver
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at Pacific Film Archive (PFA) Theater
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4K Restoration!
Introduction/Grover Crisp
After he takes a job as a taxi driver to cope with chronic insomnia, Travis Bickle (Robert “You lookin’ at me” De Niro), ex-Marine with a sporty mohawk, begins to see the dark city as one vast cesspool of crime and concupiscence. Raunchy streets by night, seedy porn theaters by day, and only one bright spot, the angelic Betsy (Cybill Shepherd), a worker for a political campaign. When his angel takes it on the wing, Bickle decides to clean the streets of its depraved human debris. To achieve an “R” rating, director Scorsese famously desaturated the film’s color, muting the gore while creating an otherworldly cityscape.
—Steve Seid
• Written by Paul Schrader. Photographed by Michael Chapman. With Robert De Niro, Jodie Foster, Cybill Shepherd, Harvey Keitel. (113 mins, Color, 4K DCP, From Sony Pictures)
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Introduction/Grover Crisp
After he takes a job as a taxi driver to cope with chronic insomnia, Travis Bickle (Robert “You lookin’ at me” De Niro), ex-Marine with a sporty mohawk, begins to see the dark city as one vast cesspool of crime and concupiscence. Raunchy streets by night, seedy porn theaters by day, and only one bright spot, the angelic Betsy (Cybill Shepherd), a worker for a political campaign. When his angel takes it on the wing, Bickle decides to clean the streets of its depraved human debris. To achieve an “R” rating, director Scorsese famously desaturated the film’s color, muting the gore while creating an otherworldly cityscape.
—Steve Seid
• Written by Paul Schrader. Photographed by Michael Chapman. With Robert De Niro, Jodie Foster, Cybill Shepherd, Harvey Keitel. (113 mins, Color, 4K DCP, From Sony Pictures)
4K Restoration!
Introduction/Grover Crisp
After he takes a job as a taxi driver to cope with chronic insomnia, Travis Bickle (Robert “You lookin’ at me” De Niro), ex-Marine with a sporty mohawk, begins to see the dark city as one vast cesspool of crime and concupiscence. Raunchy streets by night, seedy porn theaters by day, and only one bright spot, the angelic Betsy (Cybill Shepherd), a worker for a political campaign. When his angel takes it on the wing, Bickle decides to clean the streets of its depraved human debris. To achieve an “R” rating, director Scorsese famously desaturated the film’s color, muting the gore while creating an otherworldly cityscape.
—Steve Seid
• Written by Paul Schrader. Photographed by Michael Chapman. With Robert De Niro, Jodie Foster, Cybill Shepherd, Harvey Keitel. (113 mins, Color, 4K DCP, From Sony Pictures)
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Introduction/Grover Crisp
After he takes a job as a taxi driver to cope with chronic insomnia, Travis Bickle (Robert “You lookin’ at me” De Niro), ex-Marine with a sporty mohawk, begins to see the dark city as one vast cesspool of crime and concupiscence. Raunchy streets by night, seedy porn theaters by day, and only one bright spot, the angelic Betsy (Cybill Shepherd), a worker for a political campaign. When his angel takes it on the wing, Bickle decides to clean the streets of its depraved human debris. To achieve an “R” rating, director Scorsese famously desaturated the film’s color, muting the gore while creating an otherworldly cityscape.
—Steve Seid
• Written by Paul Schrader. Photographed by Michael Chapman. With Robert De Niro, Jodie Foster, Cybill Shepherd, Harvey Keitel. (113 mins, Color, 4K DCP, From Sony Pictures)
show less
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Pacific Film Archive (PFA) Theater
2575 Bancroft Way, Berkeley, CA 94720
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