How 'Taxi Driver' ruined acting

The Economist ^ | 5/6/2016 | TOM SHONE

[MinorityRepublican]

I know DiCaprio is a liberal weenie, but I thought his portrayal of Howard Hughes in “The Aviator” was pretty well done.

As long as the actor is good, I ignore his politics.

[GOYAKLA]

One, not necessarily #1.
Home from the Hills. Four great actors and one great actress. One great plot.
Just saying.

[sparklite2]

When he stuck his finger in the girl’s mouth, it was threatening and surprising to the point I couldn’t believe anyone could had scripted it.

[Diana in Wisconsin]

*SHUDDER*

I’m going to go put Caddy Shack in the player to wash that scene OUT of my head, LOL!

Nice to know someone else appreciated the performance as much as I did.

Again...*SHUDDER*

[sparklite2]

Yup. Although, Billy Bob Thornton still gives great bad.

[Borges]

You can’t compare old Studio System stuff like ‘Home from the Hill’ to New Hollywood films like TD. Actually, Scorsese was quite influenced by Vincente Minnelli’s color sceheme. VM made HFTH.

[Cowgirl of Justice]

Yep. All that Jazz was just horrible when I saw it as a teenager.

[AFreeBird]

Please don’t be humor or sarcasm impaired. It’s the only way we can keep our sanity around here, sometimes.

Beer (or your adult beverage of choice) works too. :-)

[rhoda_penmark]

NYC was so bad they shot a lot of NYC movies in Toronto.

[gr8eman]

Early Clint Eastwoods, The Mechanic (original), Most Coen Brother’s

[PLMerite]

"Yeah, I'm talkin' to YOU...punk."

[rhoda_penmark]

“As long as the actor is good, I ignore his politics. “

It’s hard with the ones who won’t shut up.

[gundog]

Ever seen City by the Sea? One in a long line of movies in which James Franco plays a feckless doper, he plays DeNero's son. In one scene, he looks down, and OMG...he becomes Travis Bickle. Blew me away.

[moehoward]

“DiCaprio trying to play Travis Bickle at any age.”

Word is he’s playing Tony Montana in the Scarface remake.

[Jim W N]

I’ll try not to be.

Humor is basically how I get through life with a smile.

:)

[Big Red Badger]

TRAVIS BICKLE,,,

How could You Not Love the Guy?

[Big Red Badger]

With Those Angry Puppies !?!

[rlmorel]

I try hard to, but I have to draw the line when they get really outspoken. There are some actors I simply won’t watch the movie any more. Samuel L. Jackson is one of them.

[atc23]

What do you consider a great film?

[free-in-nyc]

"I guess it was hard to mask the reality of NYC in the 70s and early 80s."

Mask the reality - they reveled in it! That was one of the knocks against filming in places like Toronto - it wasn't "gritty" enough, and therefore couldn't come across as authentically "New York."

It's hard to overstate what Giuliani accomplished in turning the city around.