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Article: It's one of the most iconic scenes in movie history: the moment in Taxi Driver when sociopathic Vietnam veteran Travis Bickle stands in front of a mirror, talking to himself.
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- Irish Independent (Dublin, Republic of Ireland)
- Article date:
- October 3, 2009
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It's one of the most iconic scenes in movie history: the moment in Taxi Driver when sociopathic Vietnam veteran Travis Bickle stands in front of a mirror, talking to himself. He's about to liberate his damsel in distress by storming a seedy Manhattan brothel, and to work himself up repeats again and again to his reflection, "Are you talkin' to me?" It's one of Robert De Niro and director Martin Scorsese's finest moments, but like many great movie scenes it involved a touch of luck.
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