Taxi Driver Two

Overview

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.

Details

Status

Released

Release date

January 1, 1987

Original language

English

Production

Film4 Productions,BFI

Cast

Nathan Aris,Roderick Coyne,Richard Edwards,Dominic Hawksley,Johnny Morris,Steve O'Dowell,Neil Packham,Nick Teare,Baz Van Dam

Director

George Barber

Writer

George Barber

Producer

Maria C. Dolores,Peter Fowler,Colin MacCabe

Budget

Not recorded

Revenue

Not recorded

IMDb

tt35126932