Reflections in a Golden Eye vs. Taxi Driver
Everything has been done before and as an artist you are the sum of everything that has come before you. Scorsese was influenced by Brando’s performance in Reflections in a Golden Eye and created one of the most iconic moments in film history.
Robert Deniro in Taxi Driver (1976)
Marlon Brando in Reflections in a Golden Eye (1967)
In the Turner Classic Movies documentary on Marlon Brando, director Martin Scorsese says that the scene in which Brando stands in front of the mirror talking to himself as he inspects his dress uniform inspired the infamous “Are you talkin’ to me?” moment with Robert De Niro for Taxi Driver (1976).
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Travis // 12 July 2008 at 5:21 am
Hey, thats awesome. I never heard of this before. Scorsese loved Brando he copies Brando’s on the water front speech in Raging Bull. I loved Taxi Driver. Is Golden Eye anything similar to Taxi Driver? As a Scorsese fan I can’t wait what he does with Leo Dicaprio. I heard Leo’s going to play Theodore Roosevelt.
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