Taxi Driver

Taxi Driver

Language : English
Year : 1976
Medical Theme : Depression/ Insomnia/ Manic depression
Actors : Robert De Niro, Jodie Foster, Albert Brooks, Cybill Shepherd
Storyline : The film Taxi Driver has Travis Bickle, a highly depressed man, as its central character. Travis is a taxi driver and he prefers night shifts because he has problems sleeping at night. While driving his taxi at nights, he is often disgusted with what he comes across and comes to a conclusion that the society has become a filthy place to live in. He becomes increasingly depressed and after a point he decides to cleanse the society himself. Travis buys a few guns and starts to express his anger by shooting at people whom he believes are unfit to live