2006-11-23 04:37:28 · 1 answers · asked by Clarkie 6 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Movies
It isn't in his mind, it is real. However it is certainly not a "happy ending".
Travis is only a hero in his own mind. There is no hero in this movie. It does not have a happy ending. Travis continues to justify his own behavior and viewpoint to the last, and grants himself a kind of sainthood -- beatified by the press, Iris' parents, and Betsy's acquiescence.
The tragedy of the movie is deepend by this reading of its end. To my mind, this also makes the movie more coherent, since it's main theme is the psychological isolation of Travis Bickle. The end consumates his separateness. Others will never connect to his vision of himself as a master (rather than a victim) of circumstance, a protector of innocence, a scourge of evildoers, an instrument of God's judgement.
2006-11-23 04:40:42 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋