Taxi Driver
by Amy Taubin
Age band: 18+
Looky Rating System: Violence 4/5, Love & Romance 2/5, Mental Health 4/5, Language 3/5, Substance Use 2/5, Fear / Horror 3/5, Fantasy / Supernatural 0/5, LGBTQ+ Representation 0/5, Sci-Fi / Futuristic 0/5, Disability & Neurodiversity 1/5.
Description
Paul Schrader was in meltdown in 1972. Drinking heavily, living in his car, he was hospitalised with a gastric ulcer. There he read about Arthur Bremer's attempt to assassinate Alabama Governor George Wallace: the story was the germ of his screenplay for Taxi Driver (1976).