Taxi Driver is considered one of the classics of Martin
Scorsese’s filmography, but when that title is mentioned most don’t
think of the film, they recall John Hinckley Jr. and his attempted
assassination of President Ronald Reagan. That association has
undoubtedly been permanently seared into the reputation of Taxi Driver,
but it will never tarnish that picture. Such claims that cinema could
be at fault for the actions of a person with mental illness are odd, but
they pop up just as often as the shootings themselves.
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