One imagines that Travis Bickle didnt have much of a celebration with friends for his 40th.

But were not going to be so anti-social about his movie.

The story is a deep dive into the alienation of what was then and still is modern society.

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Screenwriter Paul Schrader wrote the film during a suicidal period in his life.

How much times have (obviously not) changed.

The comparison between the two movies dont stop there.

(And neither do, by extension, the comparisons between theScorsese masterpiece and USAsMr.