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Taxi Driver Two

1987-01-01 en 7m
This revolves around Tim West, an advertising executive who is developing a Channel 4 programme on cooking for terrorists. Disillusioned by the hyper-reality of the media world, he joins Robert de Niro evening classes, but also falls under the pastoral influence of Johnny Morris. From the opening images of night-time, car-ridden streets accompanied by languorous sax on the soundtrack, through to the sub-Chandleresque voice-over narration, Taxi Driver II strikes you with its clever knowingness. But it's more than just a clever nod in the direction of contemporary film noir, just as it's more than an incestuous joke at the expense of the London based media world: it's a telling comment on the contemporary media culture of postmodernism.

Director

George Barber

Editor

George Barber

Writer

George Barber

Producer

Maria C. Dolores

Producer

Peter Fowler

Executive Producer

Colin MacCabe

Status

Released

Countries

  • United Kingdom

Companies

  • BFI
  • Film Four International