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Taxi Driver: A History of a Film

This week Patrick and an expert panel of film historians, cultural commentators, writers and crit...

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07.40 20 May 2019


Taxi Driver: A History of a Film



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07.40 20 May 2019


This week Patrick and an expert panel of film historians, cultural commentators, writers and critics discuss Martin Scorsese's iconic movie 'Taxi Driver'. Joining Patrick on the panel were Dr Harvey O Brien, author of  'Action Movies: The Cinema of Striking Back' and an assistant professor at the School of English, Drama and Film, UCD, Glenn Kenny, film critic and journalist for the New York Times and the author of 'Robert De Niro: Anatomy of an Actor', Dr Todd Berliner, Professor of Film Studies, University of North Carolina and the author of 'Hollywood Incoherent: Narration in Seventies Cinema', Dr Julie Lobalzo Wright, Fellow in Film and Television Studies, University of Warwick and the author of 'Crossover Stardom: Popular Male Music Stars inAmerican Cinema' and film writer, teacher and cultural critic Dr Jonathan Kuntz,  UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television.

 


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