Taxi Driver and Paris, Texas: Navigation Through an Isolated World

[Written by Josh Ilan] Martin Scorsese’s Taxi Driver and Wim Wenders’ Paris, Texas depict their characters as isolated and insular figures navigating a lonely world, using the road as a metaphor for their internal turmoil. An extreme close-up shot opens Taxi Driver, being centred on Travis Bickle’s eyes. The next image displays New York City…

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