Is Taxi Driver about loneliness?

Travis Bickle says that he's God's Lonely Man. However, instead of using his solitude the way a medieval hermit might've (to empathize more with the suffering of humanity), isolation plunges him into despair and hatred for humanity throughout Taxi Driver.



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Those with schizotypal personality disorder tend to feel uncomfortable and have a difficult time in social circumstances, although they may still be friendly towards others. In the film Taxi Driver, Robert De Niro's character Travis Bickle seems to be suffering from this disorder.

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In this roaming, he observes the streets through the windshield of his taxi. In his viewing, he can only see the degradation of society in the form of humans. As he says in one of his monologues, they are nothing but 'whores, skunk-pussies, buggers, fairies, dopers, junkies', all sick and venal.

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If you look at Travis Bickle through the lens that he's a lonely, depressed, withdrawn social outcast, then yes, he is relatable to those who interpret him in that way. He is the “angry young man” character that is no different from Holden Caulfield or William Foster.

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Through its gritty depiction of the darker side of New York City, Taxi Driver, a haunting character study of Travis Bickle and a fearless examination of societal alienation, has endured the test of time, maintaining its relevance among both audiences and fellow filmmakers.

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Taxi Driver is a classic, but it is quite dark and depressing. The movies revolves around Travis saving a 13 year old girl that is a prostitute from a pimp. Swear words are constant throughout the entire movie.. The F bomb is said dozens of times, the C word is used once or twice.

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Travis Bickle (Robert DeNiro), age 26, is Taxi Driver's lonely, alienated “hero.” Yes, he's a Vietnam War vet, ex-marine, and likely has his share of PTSD. But, his problems stem from something much deeper than war trauma. He must have suffered some kind of childhood trauma, to be sure.

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What does the ending of Taxi Driver mean? One theory argues that the ending reflects Bickle's subjective fantasies rather than objective fact, and even claims he is slowly dying. However, this has been counteracted several times by none other than Shader, De Niro, and even Scorsese himself.

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