The film “Taxi Driver” includes a range of techniques which fit the categories of realism and expressionism. The film takes it’s peculiar over-all feel from the combination of the various techniques used.
“Taxi Driver” is a film that leans towards expressionism. The director’s major concern is with the characters’ psychological truths, which he conveys using techniques that distort the viewer’s perception of the material world. He uses a high degree of manipulation, of reforming reality. often the shots are not realistic, Many of the shots that are used are from angles that we wouldn’t get in everyday experiences. There is a section where Travis, the main character, is thinking while driving his taxi. We see him from outside the
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