Tag Archives: Peter Boyle
‘Taxi Driver’ at 35
The viewer sees Travis Bickle, the loner, coping with his diffused rage as he drives a taxi cab in New York City. His life is utterly bleak. Travis, as the narrator, reads from a diary he keeps in a school … Continue reading
What to Watch When You’re Watching At Home: The Friends of Eddie Coyle
Weary. That’s how I would describe Robert Mitchum. Even when he was a maniacal beast, as in Night of the Hunter or Cape Fear, he appeared to be carrying the weight of the world on those massive shoulders of his. … Continue reading
Five Film Favorites: Crazy Protagonists
For this week’s list of five favorite films, the common denominator is craziness. In each of the movies on the list below, the main character is as nutty as a fruitcake. In each that character’s madness is what drives the … Continue reading
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Tagged Aguirre the Wrath of God, Brad Dourif, Catherine Deneuve, Cybill Shepherd, Del Negro, Faye Dunaway, Five Film Favorites, Flannery O'Conner, Harry Dean Stanton, Helena Rojo, Ian Hendry, John Fraser, John Huston, Klaus Kinski, Martin Scorsese, Network, Peter Boyle, Peter Finch, Repulsion, Sidney Lumet, Taxi Driver, Werner Herzog, William Holden, Wise Blood
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