egon1982
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Post by egon1982 on Jan 23, 2020 13:11:58 GMT
As someone who loves the film for 25 years since i was 13, i always wondered is Travis an idiot?
I mean he's so stupid that he took his date Betsy to go see a porn movie.
Talk about bad move you know.
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Post by movielover on Jan 23, 2020 15:28:02 GMT
Travis has no idea how inappropriate it is. He's back from Vietnam and not up to date on anything.
He has no knowledge of politics ("I don't follow political issues much.") or culture ("I don't follow music much. I'd like to though.")
Travis can't sleep at night, and in the 70s, porn theaters were the only places open at night, so that's the only recreational activity he knows. When he takes Betsy to one, he tells her that many couples go there, so he believes it's socially acceptable.
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Post by koskiewicz on Jan 23, 2020 17:37:48 GMT
He's a PTSD victim because of Vietnam. I know. I been there.
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Post by Archelaus on Jan 23, 2020 17:38:58 GMT
Travis has no social skills and is psychologically scarred by his experience in the Vietnam War.
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Post by shannondegroot on Jan 23, 2020 17:40:09 GMT
You talking to me?
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Post by egon1982 on Jan 23, 2020 18:47:05 GMT
Travis has no social skills and is psychologically scarred by his experience in the Vietnam War. And that's why he goes to porn theaters and not to actual movies like seeing comedies and all?
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Post by onethreetwo on Jan 23, 2020 18:49:15 GMT
The porn's not his biggest problem. He suffers from delusions and has a hero complex. He's a guy that needed a lot of mental health help and didn't get any.
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Post by movielover on Jan 23, 2020 19:04:06 GMT
Travis has no social skills and is psychologically scarred by his experience in the Vietnam War. And that's why he goes to porn theaters and not to actual movies like seeing comedies and all? In the 70s, porn theaters were the only places open at night, so that's the only recreational activity Travis knows. (He couldn't sleep at night, so that's when he went out.)
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Post by ck100 on Jan 23, 2020 19:10:17 GMT
He's just socially inept.
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Post by bd74 on Jan 23, 2020 19:21:56 GMT
He's the type of person that would be described in everyday life as just plain crazy. I'd say that the purpose of that scene was to show just how unstable he really is.
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Post by Power Ranger on Jan 23, 2020 22:05:31 GMT
Yes, he’s rather simple.
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Post by Prime etc. on Jan 23, 2020 22:15:06 GMT
It's not Bertrand Russell. But what do you want? I'm a cabbie. What do I know? I don't even know what the fuck you're talking about.
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Post by moviebuffbrad on Jan 23, 2020 22:40:54 GMT
A part of me wonders if he subconsciously did it on purpose. The same way he takes a job prowling the streets at night, surrounding himself with "the filth". He could have been happy with Betsy, so he sabotaged it.
Or he's just that socially unaware.
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Post by theravenking on Jan 23, 2020 22:49:51 GMT
Paul Schrader explained this once: Apparently the reason he takes his date to a porn movie is, because he wants her to realize what a dirty mind he has. It's his way of saying: "Look at me how ugly I am! Do you still like me?"
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Post by Geddy on Jan 23, 2020 22:53:23 GMT
Betsy's character is a snob and a prude, thats why he took her there. In real life, DeNiro I heard hated working with Shepperd.
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Post by hi224 on Jan 24, 2020 0:16:14 GMT
As someone who loves the film for 25 years since i was 13, i always wondered is Travis an idiot? I mean he's so stupid that he took his date Betsy to go see a porn movie. Talk about bad move you know. it also plays into Travis' own idea perhaps that no matter what maybe he doesn't deserve to be happy at al;l.
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Post by lowtacks86 on Jan 24, 2020 0:55:40 GMT
No, what's wrong with taking a date to a porno theater?
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Post by wolf359 on Jan 24, 2020 7:59:07 GMT
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egon1982
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Post by egon1982 on Jan 24, 2020 19:58:39 GMT
No, what's wrong with taking a date to a porno theater? Not all ladies are into that you know
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Post by Prime etc. on Jan 24, 2020 20:09:53 GMT
Funny how normal Travis seems when Martin Scorsese is the passenger in the backseat.
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