Cab Driver (2005)

There are a number of different settings in the film. The main setting is the city of Los Angeles, a bustling, teeming metropolis of diverse cultures and ethnicities. Los Angeles is an important setting with respect to the filmÆs theme. This is because Los Angeles represents the land of milk and honey with respect to opportunities, Hollywood movie stars, and ideal weather and locales. However, it is also a city where many come in search of success and end up finding failure instead. Likewise, th

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as no face. This passenger hits Kamal hard emotionally. When he is done taking the passenger to the train station, he must exit his cab to sit and collect his emotions on the edge of a water fountain. When he gets back in the cab to leave, the film ends, but not before we see that Kamal is beginning to lose hope in succeeding in his dreams in the U.S. We see this when he rips up a Lottery ticket he thought would help him win the money to send for his wife and daughter. As such, we see his taxi pull away as his hope begins to diminish. Visual Style There are a number of elements that contribute to an overall unique visual style in Cab Driver. These include the unique use of color, line, space, shape, movement and rhythm. The film uses color in an effective manner, from the title of the film being in yellow like the taxi-cab which the cab driver operates to numerous shots of brightly colored foliage and greenery. The color is crisp and clean, with stunning visuals even in KamalÆs apartment. His drably colored apartment is in stark contrast to the bright colors in the costumes worn by his wife and daughter and their brightly colored home in the videotape. Likewise, when he visits MulayÆs convenience store, everything is i
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Approximate Word count = 2092
Approximate Pages = 8 (250 words per page)