The Sacrifice In The Film Taxi Driver

The film follows a single character with the name ‘Travis Bickle. Taxi driver is a film that deals with loneliness, self-hatred and the requirement to belong. Travis
The beginning of the film starts with what can be seen as an opening of a horror movie, there is a lot of horror iconography in the opening of the film, we see the streets in a very high contrast with exceptionally blown out colors which is a perfect metaphor on how Travis sees he’s world, he focuses on the darker aspects even though there is enough light to focus on. The smoke in slow motion makes the street look more horrific. In this film, Mis –en-scene illustrates an important role in the structure of Travis Bickle because of his “Jekyll and Hyde” nature or personality and