Surviving the Moral Narrative of ‘Taxi Driver’ 40 Years On
"You do a thing and that's what you are." So what does that make us, the voyeurs in Travis Bickle’s world?
Carl Wilson
Carl Wilson is a freelance writer based in Sheffield, UK. He's contributed to over a dozen edited collections on film and TV. Examining a variety of subjects, his work has recently appeared in books on Jane Austen, women screenwriters, world film locations (Havana, Toronto, and Vancouver), four volumes from the Directory of World Cinema series (on American independent and Hollywood cinema), and PopMatters' own book on Joss Whedon: After the Avengers, which you should probably check out now that we're all friends.
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