![]() ![]() However, despite similarities between Taxi Driver and the vigilante films of the 1970s, the film has also been explicitly distinguished as not being a vigilante film or not belonging to the 1970s vigilante film wave. Writer Paul Schrader confirms this in his commentary on the 30th-anniversary DVD, stating that Travis 'is not cured by the movie's end', and that 'he's not going to be a hero next time.' When asked on the website about the film's ending, Schrader said that it was not to be taken as a dream sequence, but that he envisioned it as returning to the beginning of the film-as if the last frame 'could be spliced to the first frame, and the movie started all over again.' The film has also been connected with the 1970s wave of and has been noted as a more respectable counterpart to the numerous vigilante films of the decade. ![]() He admits that the last scene of Bickle glancing at an unseen object implies that Bickle might fall into rage and recklessness in the future, and he is like 'a ticking time bomb'.
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