Kyle, Drew, and Phil tackle two giants of cinema in episode 0014. Taxi Driver and Fight Club explore the depths of the mind and its impact on society as a whole. Both films show their respective directors and actors growing into their craft. Hail a cab with the Movie Wars crew as we dissect the layers of morality in Taxi Driver and Fight Club.
Film Summaries:
Taxi Driver
Suffering from insomnia, disturbed loner Travis Bickle (Robert De Niro) 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. When Travis meets pretty campaign worker Betsy (Cybill Shepherd), he becomes obsessed with the idea of saving the world, first plotting to assassinate a presidential candidate, then directing his attentions toward rescuing 12-year-old prostitute Iris (Jodie Foster).
A depressed man (Edward Norton) suffering from insomnia meets a strange soap salesman named Tyler Durden (Brad Pitt) and soon finds himself living in his squalid house after his perfect apartment is destroyed. The two bored men form an underground club with strict rules and fight other men who are fed up with their mundane lives. Their perfect partnership frays when Marla (Helena Bonham Carter), a fellow support group crasher, attracts Tyler's attention.
Genre:
Mystery & Thriller, Drama
Director:
David Fincher
Producer:
Ross Grayson Bell, Ceán Chaffin, Art Linson
Writer:
Chuck Palahniuk, Jim Uhls
Release Date (Theaters):
Oct 15, 1999 Wide
Release Date (Streaming):
Oct 14, 2003
Box Office (Gross USA):
$37.0M
Runtime:
2h 19m
Distributor:
20th Century Fox
Production Co:
Art Linson Productions, Fox 2000 Pictures, Taurus Film, New Regency Pictures
Suffering from insomnia, disturbed loner Travis Bickle (Robert De Niro) 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. When Travis meets pretty campaign worker Betsy (Cybill Shepherd), he becomes obsessed with the idea of saving the world, first plotting to assassinate a presidential candidate, then directing his attentions toward rescuing 12-year-old prostitute Iris (Jodie Foster).
Genre:
Drama
Original Language:
English
Director:
Martin Scorsese
Producer:
Julia Phillips, Michael Phillips
Writer:
Paul Schrader
Release Date (Theaters):
,:
Release Date (Streaming):
,:
Runtime:
1h 53m
Distributor:
Columbia Pictures
(Courtesy of Rotten Tomatoes https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/taxi_driver)
Fight Club
A depressed man (Edward Norton) suffering from insomnia meets a strange soap salesman named Tyler Durden (Brad Pitt) and soon finds himself living in his squalid house after his perfect apartment is destroyed. The two bored men form an underground club with strict rules and fight other men who are fed up with their mundane lives. Their perfect partnership frays when Marla (Helena Bonham Carter), a fellow support group crasher, attracts Tyler's attention.
Genre:
Mystery & Thriller, Drama
Director:
David Fincher
Producer:
Ross Grayson Bell, Ceán Chaffin, Art Linson
Writer:
Chuck Palahniuk, Jim Uhls
Release Date (Theaters):
,:
Release Date (Streaming):
,:
Box Office (Gross USA):
$37.0M
Runtime:
2h 19m
Distributor:
20th Century Fox
Production Co:
Art Linson Productions, Fox:
(Courtesy of Rotten Tomatoes https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/fight_club)
