Other mistake: When Travis is negotiating with Sport for Iris' services, an off-screen crew member can be heard saying, "but no rough stuff" just before Sport says it. (01:17:00)
Taxi Driver (1976)
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Directed by: Martin Scorsese
Starring: Robert De Niro, Harvey Keitel, Jodie Foster, Peter Boyle, Albert Brooks, Cybill Shepherd
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Travis Bickle: Loneliness has followed me my whole life, everywhere. In bars, in cars, sidewalks, stores, everywhere. There's no escape. I'm God's lonely man.
Trivia: The assassination scene in this movie is said to have inspired John Hinckley Jr. to attempt to kill President Reagan. He did it to get Jodie Foster's attention.
Question: When Travis goes into his fitness phase, it shows him hovering his fist over the stove fire. Why is he doing this? What does that achieve?
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Answer: It helps him create a tolerance for pain. As we see, he certainly gets a lot of that dished out to him.