Scorsese's dark vision of human alienation in an urban wasteland captures the seaminess of pre-Giuliani Manhattan, and DeNiro's career-making performance as Bickle is truly haunting, recalling those real-life outcasts who have used violent crime to tell an oblivious world: "I was here!" Stunningly directed and acted, this picture is every bit as disturbing now as when first released. It's brilliant work, but not for the faint of heart. (Look for Scorsese himself in a cameo as an angry passenger).