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A friend of mine periodically checks to see what's leaving Netflix in the next few weeks, and recently saw that Taxi Driver will be going away at the end of the month. I figured, well, it's supposed to be a seminal cinematic work, right? Might as well watch it just to say that I did. I knew maybe two things about the movie before starting. One, the 'you talkin' to me?' scene with the mirror, and two, it's the movie that supposedly convinced John Hinckley Jr. that the best way to impress Jodie Foster would be to shoot President Reagan. ( I'm about half an hour into it thus far. Spoilers and disquiet for what I've seen ahead. )