欧美电影简介：《出租车司机》

特拉维斯（罗伯特·德尼罗 Robert De Niro 饰）从越战中退伍回来后一直在纽约以开出租车为生。战争后的他多少有些失落，加上开出租车目睹了纽约夜幕下的种种罪恶，令他变得愤世嫉俗、痛恨社会。在追求总统候选人帕兰坦竞选办公室的秘书贝西失败后，特拉维斯决定去刺杀帕兰坦 以证明自己。 

　　在准备刺杀行动的过程中，特拉维斯遇上了被逼卖淫的雏妓艾瑞斯。在企图救艾瑞斯出火坑未果后，特拉维斯手持武器闯进淫窝，将里面的一干人等通通干掉了！本以为即将收到法律的惩罚，然而媒体却将特拉维斯描述成了一个拯救少女的英雄…

 

Taxi Driver is a 1976 American psychological thriller¹ film directed by Martin Scorsese and written by Paul Schrader. The film is set in New York City, soon after the Vietnam War. The film stars Robert De Niro and features Jodie Foster and Harvey Keitel. It was nominated for four Academy Awards, including Best Picture, and won the Palme d'Or at the 1976 Cannes Film Festival. The American Film Institute ranked Taxi Driver as the 52nd greatest American film on their AFI's 100 Years…100 Movies list. In 1994, it was preserved in the National Film Registry. It was also a great financial success. Filmed on a budget of $1.3 million, Taxi Driver earned over $28 million in the United States alone.

 

The film was controversial at the time. Some critics expressed concern over 13-year-old Jodie Foster's presence during the shoot-out at the end. However, rather than being upset or traumatized, Foster said, she was fascinated and entertained by the behind-the-scenes preparation that went into the scene. She had psychological testing to ensure that she would not be emotionally scarred by her role. Movie critic Roger Ebert instantly praised the movie as one of the greatest films he'd ever seen, claiming: "Taxi Driver" is a hell, from the opening shot of a cab emerging from…clouds of steam to the climactic killing² scene." The film was chosen by "Time" magazine as one of the 100 best films of all time.

 

 

1 thriller   

n.惊险片，恐怖片

参考例句：

• He began by writing a thriller.That book sold a million copies.他是写惊险小说起家的。那本书卖了一百万册。
• I always take a thriller to read on the train.我乘火车时，总带一本惊险小说看。

2 killing   

n.巨额利润；突然赚大钱，发大财

参考例句：

• Investors are set to make a killing from the sell-off.投资者准备清仓以便大赚一笔。
• Last week my brother made a killing on Wall Street.上个周我兄弟在华尔街赚了一大笔。