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Robert De Niro as Travis Bickle in Martin Scorsese’s 1976 film, Taxi Driver. Still from Taxi Driver, 1976

VIDEO: The five greatest Scorsese scenes – episode #3 Taxi Driver

Martin Scorsese is widely considered to be one of the best living film directors. As a major retrospective of his work opens at ACMI, film scholar Bruce Isaacs dissects five classic Scorsese scenes.

In episode three, Isaacs looks at Taxi Driver, and the iconic “You talkin’ to me?” scene.

Taxi Driver, 1976.

View episode one: Who’s That Knocking At My Door?

View episode two: Mean Streets

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