One of the greatest artistic films is none other than Martin Scorsese's "Taxi Driver." The film is less a realistic drama than it is a turmoil of the unconscious. The events depicted in the film could not have taken place in our modern world. Scorsese shows us a "Hell on Earth" environment, and by taking us out of our world of conventions, the film depicts a seemingly all too real depiction of the human mind and the potential of its limits.
             The film's captivating story's main aspect is its exquisite development of the character, Travis Bickle. This man represents every man in his loneliness and potential for violence. His inner psyche is in no way real but rather a nightmare. By constantly reinforcing the story's dreamlike nature, the director makes it seem that we are floating in Bickle's mind, and everything we see we realize is not the way it really is, but the way he sees it. This film's narratology makes it less a documentary of the human mind than a story. When we look at the movie from this perspective, we can see that the Bickle is very much like us. He is frightened by what he does not understand. He is alienated by a seemingly cold society that rejects his attempts at intimacy. Perhaps we have all not been alienated in this way, but surely all of us have felt alone and sometimes afraid. At certain times we agree to him as a sophisticated idealist, while other times, we portray him as a psycho. The story makes his inner mentality all too realistically believable.
             Robert De Niro magnificently portrays his character right down to the core, intensifying the oh so shockingly real personality of Travis Bickle. He has exploited every aspect of his character, and from his on-screen performance, he has embodied himself into Bickle's delirium. De Niro even went as far as actually getting a taxi driving license to get a sense of what his character is feeling as he drives down the rotten, filthy, disgusting st
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