Got served a clip from this on Instagram or something and was intrigued by it. Pretty crazy that this is technically Meryl Streep's debut!
We are all individual expressions of the same universal human experience. I find that, when I'm truly in tune with that truth, I'm most at ease, I'm my most authentic self, and I'm my happiest. It's pretty clear to me that most anger, hatred, and evil in this world is perpetuated in an effort to prove…
This movie is about loneliness and isolation, and in particular about the condition of male loneliness.
The movie opens with two scenes where Travis Bickle attempts to breakthrough an otherwise transactional conversation and is immediately and aggressively admonished for doing so.
Travis is incredibly unremarkable. He drinks. He goes to porn theaters. He isn't socially capable, charming, or traditionally attractive. He isn't intelligent or clever. He's not painted a sympathetic at all. We watch him go through his life devoid…
Breathtakingly beautiful film from both an aesthetics and storytelling perspective. The score and performances are incredible. It's a genuine cinematic masterpiece. Ang Lee uses the gorgeous backdrop of the Chinese country to tell a mystical story that touches on honor, love, destiny, self-truths, and order. I feel something different every time I watch it.
