Someday a real rain will come and wash all this scum off the streets.

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Someday a real rain will come and wash all this scum off the streets.

Travis Bickle

Taxi Driver · 1976

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Topic

Authoritarianism Decadence

Statement type

Metaphor, analogy and simile

Genre

Neo-noir Crime (film)Crime

Medium

Film

Time

1976

Person

Travis Bickle

Provenance

Citation

Taxi Driver. Directed by Martin Scorsese, Bill/Phillips Productions/Italo/Judeo Productions, 1976.

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