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Taxi Driver (1976)

Directed by Martin Scorsese · Cinematography by Michael Chapman

R114 min60 frames

CrimeDrama

On every street in every city in this country, there's a nobody who dreams of being somebody. He's a lonely forgotten man desperate to prove that he's alive.

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Taxi Driver (1976) movie still: closeup — A dark movie theater with red seating background illuminated by a flickering screen. A man sits in the dim…Taxi Driver (1976) movie still: closeup — An urban sidewalk during the day features parked cars and graffiti-covered brick walls. A man wearing…Taxi Driver (1976) movie still: wide — A cluttered wooden desk is covered in numerous documents, forms, and administrative stationery items. Two…Taxi Driver (1976) movie still: medium — A cluttered retail environment features shelves stocked with canned goods and product boxes. A man in a…Taxi Driver (1976) movie still: medium — A diner interior with blurred tables and chairs in the background. A young woman wearing bright green…Taxi Driver (1976) movie still: medium — A high-rise apartment overlooks a city waterfront through a large, multi-paned window. Two men stand over a…Taxi Driver (1976) movie still: medium — The interior of a taxi cabin at night is darkened with two men sitting forward. Headlights from the…Taxi Driver (1976) movie still: medium — A grey wooden table holds a collection of handguns and boxes of ammunition. A single hand enters the frame…Taxi Driver (1976) movie still: medium — A campaign office interior filled with political posters and desks for campaign workers. A man in a red…Taxi Driver (1976) movie still: wide — A dark urban street at night features a taxi driving through water spray. A group of people stands on the…Taxi Driver (1976) movie still: medium — A dimly lit narrow doorway contains a metal pull-up bar fixed between wooden frames. A man in a yellow…Taxi Driver (1976) movie still: closeup — A man stands in a dark booth at an indoor target practice facility. He stares ahead while aiming a small…Taxi Driver (1976) movie still: medium — A bustling public sidewalk in New York City with numerous pedestrians moving past. Two men stand in the…Taxi Driver (1976) movie still: closeup — The interior of a moving vehicle at night with a blurred urban backdrop. A young man with dark hair…Taxi Driver (1976) movie still: medium — A 1970s diner booth with wood paneled walls overlooks a busy city street scene. A man and a woman sit…Taxi Driver (1976) movie still: medium — A small residential space featuring a window with venetian blinds and a wall mirror. A shirtless man stands…
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Taxi Driver — official trailer

What is Taxi Driver about?

Suffering from insomnia, disturbed loner Travis Bickle takes a job as a New York City cabbie, haunting the streets nightly, growing increasingly detached from reality as he dreams of cleaning up the filthy city.

Where can you watch Taxi Driver?

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What does the cinematography of Taxi Driver look like?

Sampled across 60 frames, the coverage of Taxi Driver leans on medium shots (55% of the sample) and close-ups (27%). Cinematographer Michael Chapman keeps 62% of it in soft, low-key light. Night and dusk account for 63% of the frames. Vintage glass shapes the frame. Focus stays shallow in 73% of the frames, isolating subjects from their surroundings. The production design places the film in the 1970s.

What is the color palette of Taxi Driver?

The dominant colors across the sampled frames of Taxi Driver (1976) are #342f2b, #0f0c0a, #4a342e, #261916, #f5f4f1, #d1c6ad — measured from the per-frame color data FrameThrower extracts for every film.

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  • #261916
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