Subject: RE: More problems....
From: Jim Venturi (Jim@creativetech.com)
Date: Sun Mar 02 1997 - 15:12:16 GMT
The "Fuck You" removal is exactly what I was thinking of. The to
protect innocence for being destroyed. I don't think Bickle was sane
when he started to drive the cab. He had just come back from Nam and
was internalizing a lot of hate from the war and the explosion at the
end was his release.
Another good moving that may or may not be relevent is Zelig. Zelig is
the ultimate conformist. Has the same problem that Holden has with the
Phoney's but responds in the opposite way. I just saw it again last
night and it is truly a remarkable film.
I missed the previous discussion about movies relating to salinger.
j
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>> statement? Does Nam drive Bickle insane and like many stories, we have
>> created something that comes back to bite us. He goes after the
>> politician (the phoney) because of what they did re: Nam. This is my
>> own theory.
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>> Do you think Travis Bickle is similar to Holden Caufield. I mean his
>> relationship with Jodie Foster and all.
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> i just got done watching The Deer Hunter, and i have concluded
>that *all* [Vietnam] war movies are anti-war movies. i am not sure - i
>think Bickle's wandering around new york city is what drives him to stalk
>the politician. if you wanted to compare it to catcher, maybe his violent
>rampage at the end of the movie is his way of wiping the "fuck you" off of
>the elementary school building. a long time ago we were talking before
>about films that may in some way have been similar to catcher, and Taxi
>Driver was brought up.
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