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#22: Taxi Driver (1978)

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Still Applicable: We stand with the WGA and SAG-AFTRA We go back in time to revisit Taxi Driver – definitely a more thrilling Scorsese film than Raging Bull. We chatted about this film five years ago, so here it is again, with an addendum re: how thrilling it is (spoiler: pretty damn thrilling). “Amity and Lemuel find out the difference between porn films and date movies. We also swear a whole bunch. Amity is torn by the movie and feels badly about womanhood. We also get schooled on the clap back by Mr. Bernard Herrmann. Listen along!” Recommendations: Don’t watch Taxi Driver and…

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