Diner Scene from Taxi Driver

[WittyDroog]

Interesting to note that, once he sits down, the camera only moves when Travis is no longer paying attention. When someone snaps him back to the conversation the camera stops.

[ACAW1968]

Also, people with insomnia develop stomach problems. So, the alka-seltzer is another symptom of his physical decline as he gets mentally worse. At this point he hasn't decided to start buying guns yet.

[5eurocups2005]

R.I.P Peter Boyle

[pigsdontsmell]

look at raymonds dad.... hahhahhahahahhahah!

[StupidFuckingTrolls]

Taxi Drivers has to be the most loneliness people in the country, along with 18 Wheelers.

[VSCreative]

@StupidFuckingTrolls they are trust me i drive a taxi

[Rorschach616]

is the person who dislikes this talking to me?

[DonRMB]

3:07 Deniro is laughing his ass off as he turns around after the guy says "Imma get in my cab and boogie" Hahahaha Gets me everytime..

[pigsdontsmell]

@DonRMB the guy is almost cracking up as he is saying it tho hahahha

[19111249]

2:51

[jasonwheel]

got change for a nickel?

[blinkzone1]

You guys are fucking racist. Just makes me sick.

[sventoby]

1:40 I wish all black people dressed like this

[logcabnnut]

I wish your mama undressed...

[jfmm99]

Great scene, in spite of the GLARING continuity problem! You see it?? Travis has coffee....then he drops the alka seltzer and Whoa....there's a cheeseburger! Where'd that come from????....then the cheeseburger ain't there no more in the next wide shot. Still....haunting glimpse into Travis' mind.

[rapideye97]

I'm just like Travis in this scene... I sit also slightly apart from my co-workers during breaks.

[matteoprez]

@rapideye97 - change job then :)

[niggab00b2007]

...but while what you all seem to be experiencing is "beeing a teenager", Travis here is "psychotic". There's a big difference.

[Pennypal]

"Ask Travis, he's a ladies man"

[xogumbl]

i feel like this everyday in school.

My friends sit there talking about shit that just doesn't matter to me anymore. Shoes, clothes, phones etc...just bullshit that i have no interest in.

I'm slowly loosing the ability to make conversation with anyone, i just have no interest anymore.

[tempac91]

@xogumbl Maybe you should gun them down and put them out of their misery.

[sirlovemehard]

It's his fault he has no friends... Everybodys trying to be friendly to him (except the mau-mau, which he doesn't want anyway)... He feels he "cooler" or "better" than the rest in a sense... He'd just rather not deal with their stupidity (in his opinion)... Wizard:" You know Doughboy, Charlie T.? Travis: (thinks)"Who's this fucker?" Funny shit...

[sirlovemehard]

Damn does he have discontent for pimp-niggers... and niggers in general...

[jesselakerr]

i relate alot with this character that is why i love this movie

[rapideye97]

@jesselakerr  ditto

[tennispro561]

Watching the bubbles fizz up......knowing that it's all so meaningless.....

[MrTentaclerape]

What is that thing the other driver tried to give to Travis?

[NathanBForrest1776]

those black pimps that travis stares at deserve to be dragged out of the diner with a noose around their neck and strung up on a lamp-post .... people who facilitate child trafficking deserve nothing less.

[NaturalSelector68]

I think the alka selzer is because he feels sick after seeing the pimps in the diner.

[enven]

Its more than that, its his pent up frustration. He is a time bomb waiting to go off.

[NathanBForrest1776]

its a "fuckin Mau-Mau land" in there haha

[MrNytn2001]

"killer"

How damn prophetic! Fantastic script.

[baruavice]

"ladies man"

How damn ironic ! Fantastic dialogue

[tapatio56]

what the meaning of the alka selzer in the water?

[JayMalone]

it just shows how uninterested he is in all of the stupid, meaningless talking we do every day.

[tapatio56]

yea that makes sense kinda like zoning out..

[jesselakerr]

@JayMalone ha im the same way

[SomeBoredGuy94]

@JayMalone not uninterested, sickened

[Satchel334]

@JayMalone Yeah, much like myself.

[narcello100]

@JayMalone

you are damn right man meaningless talk  the whole day long....

[IExposeMormonism]

the alka selzer shows Travis is dis associating from those around him. He is silent when walking in and non responsive when spoken to and then says "whats happen" in a clipped defensive manner. Travis is hostile. Mau-Mau land and the glance to the blacks. He has a lot on his mind and time is like the fizz. electric and lost in the noise

[loyaldude10]

@IExposeMormonism ---the fizz and water are symbols of turmoil (harbinger of whatwas to come)

[jasonwheel]

@IExposeMormonism what the hell are you talking about?

[Sand811]

I always thought that it reminded him of Viet Nam, how they always had to put anti-Malaria pills in their drinking water. It's never directly mentioned in the film, but his being in that war would be responsible for a lot of his problems.

[44eelz]

i think its just to give a certain mood

[sherribailey75]

i think it symbolizes the mundane, the everyday and how it fills our world, yet is strangely transfixing.

[CorruptWhiteKid]

Thanks for the upload, love this scene.