Taxi Driver
Drawing primarily from our 35mm collection, we are presenting an exquisite spring bouquet of Palme d’or winners to coincide with the can’t-miss Cannes Film Festival.
Winner of the Palme d'or, 1976 Cannes Film Festival
A Vietnam War veteran, Travis Bickle is a stranger in a New York City overrun by the forces of the night. He wanders through this urban hell until he spots Iris, a young prostitute, who will bring him redemption.
Martin Scorsese
Martin Scorsese is an American filmmaker, actor, screenwriter, and producer. His body of work explores themes such as Italian-American identity, Catholic concepts of good and evil, guilt, redemption, faith, machismo, nihilism, crime, perdition, and violence. A major figure of the New Hollywood era, Scorsese is widely regarded as one of the greatest and most influential American filmmakers of his generation, thanks to classics such as Mean Streets, Taxi Driver, Raging Bull, Goodfellas, Casino, Gangs of New York, The Wolf of Wall Street, and many more. He is the founder of the World Cinema Foundation and the president of the Film Foundation, a nonprofit organization dedicated to preserving film heritage and preventing the deterioration of film stock.
