Taxi Driver: Blu Ray Review
Taxi Driver
Rating: R18
Released by Sony Home Entertainment
Having seen the remastered version of this DeNiro classic at the NZ
Film Festival this year, I was eagerly waiting its arrival on Blu
Ray.
The print had been cleaned up and this release is a superior
picture quality as well - part of a series of releases done by Sony
to showcase some of the best of their product.
De Niro is excellent as Travis Bickle, a NYC taxi driver whose
flight into madness and paranoia is fuelled by his desire to just
do something big. Cybill Sherpherd is luminous as his early love
interest and Jodie Foster is astonishing in a debut role. If it
doesn't quite hang together in some ways, it's because 21st century
eyes look back on a 70s film but I can finally understand why so
many adore this.
Beautifully restored on Blu Ray, De Niro has rarely been better and
Scorsese's sleazy NYC is still a searing watch.
Extras: A whole horde of them - interviews, commentary from
Scorsese - befitting an iconic release.
Rating: 8/10
