Martin Scorsese set to stir Cannes again, 47 years after ‘Taxi Driver’
When Martin Scorsese premieres
his latest film, “Killers of the Flower Moon,” at the Cannes Film Festival on May 20th, it will return Scorsese to a festival where he remains a key part of its fabled
history. Scorsese premiered his masterpiece of urban
alienation
, “Taxi Driver,” in Cannes in 1976. Its debut
was one of the most fevered
in Cannes history, drawing boos
and some walkouts
for the violence
in Scorsese’s tale
of the disillusioned
New York cab driver Travis Bickle (Robert De Niro).
tips
set to:即将做某事
stir:鼓动,搅动(和 storm 同源,翻转,暴风雨造成的气流翻滚)
premiere:首次公演(区别 premier 没有 e,总理,首相)
fabled:a. 寓言的;神话的;传奇(fable n. 寓言;神话)
urban:都市的
alienation:疏远(alienate 使疏远;离间)
debut:初次登台;开张
fevered:发烧的;激动的(fever 发烧;发热)
walkout:罢工;退席
boo:嘘声
violence:暴力
tale:故事;陈述
disillusioned:觉醒;幻灭(dis 否 + illusion 幻想 => 幻想破灭)