A Travis Bickle Contact Sheet

There are several reasons why the portion of Hollywood Frame by Frame dedicated to Martin Scorcese’s 1976 drama Taxi Driver jumps out.

1) The featured contact sheet is the work of famed photog Steve Schapiro.

2) The 34 thumbnails abut Robert De Niro’s famous “You talkin’ to me?” speech which, as the New York Daily News was first to reveal a few years ago, was inspired by some Bruce Springsteen concert patter.

3) Yellow marks designate the handful of pictures flagged by Columbia for marketing purposes, allowing the reader to playfully determine whether those are the ones they would have picked.

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