Food in Taxi Driver

Like and subscribe if you’d like to see more video essays about movies. Support me on Patreon! Benefits include early access, exclusive vlogs, and more: Listen to Cinema in Seconds wherever you get podcasts. An under-discussed aspect of Martin Scorsese’s Taxi Driver is the role food plays within the film, and as a means to express the character of Travis Bickle. Though a small aspect of the film, food plays a pivotal role in informing the narrative, themes, and tragic nature of Travis’s character. Filmography: Works Cited: Cinema in Seconds Episode 66: Food on Film. 2022. David Marshall. “Food as Ritual, Routine, or Convention.“ Consumption, Markets and Culture. 2000. Mimi Sheraton. “Food Builds Character, Movie Makers Discover.“ The New York Times, 1981. Music Featured: The Six Realms by I Think I Can Help You A Gradual Descent into the Chamber of Darkness by Scott Lawlor Dream Escape by The Tides Love Him by Loyalty Freak Music Marxist Arrow by Twin Musicom More Eyebrow Cinema: