Figured I will repost this here to get the ball rolling.
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As you all know, this is my all time favorite movie. It is the perfect Scorsese movie IMO (no offense Cob
), and Scorsese's masterpiece. I have already gone into this slow burn of a movie. Another fantastic viewing experience. And since I have watched and analyzed it before, this allows me to pay attention to things I have missed in the background. Like how in previous viewing when I first noticed Scorsese is in a Hitchcock like cameo right behind Betsy as she is introduced for the firs time. Or when I first realized that the concession girl at the porn theater Travis tries to get to know was Dianne Abbott (who Bobby would go on to marry in real life). As well as be in The King of Comedy.
Well today was no different. Found a few other interesting things in the background while I was watching this movie.
1. When Travis is driving up and down New York City I always like to take in what places he passes and in particular to see what is playing at the movies at that time. Previous watches I noticed that such listings included the Texas Chainsaw Massacre and when Travis takes Betsy to the porno movie on their date, I knew the movie playing across the street was The Eiger Sanction with Clint Eastwood. What I did NOT notice until now was that Bucktown was also across the street. Meaning there is an indirect (and unintentional) reference to a Fred Williamson and PAM GRIER movie!
2. I have been calling the gun dealer Fast Eddie all these years, when it is actually Easy Andy. How did I mess that up?
3. Travis has a lot of porno mags under his bed. In the scene right after he does the famous "You talking to me?" scene, he is on his bed during the voice over narration, and I see what appear to be porn mags, and one of them is called "Discipline."
Had no clue Travis was THAT kinky...
4. When talking about the commune with Iris and he says "I don't get along with people like that" it finally connected that Travis hates hippies. Just like any good Marine.
5. In the scene where the newspaper clips are being shown, the first clippings are large complete with photos and diagrams of the crime scene. In the clipping where Travis is announced he will recover the clipping is smaller like the first part of an column article. The final clipping saying he was released was very tiny. Just like the sensationalist news media...