La Haine: Taxi Driver Scene

Question 1

Hollywood influences

Answer 1

Reference to Hollywood as Vince reenacts a scene from Taxi Driver
- familiar to viewers due to familiarity with Hollywood cinema and the Taxi Driver

Question 2

Taxi Driver impersonation

Answer 2

Vince pretends to shoot at the mirror like Travis does

• you hear the water drain down the plug and then a bang and the screen fades out
• plug draining being spectators back to reality that Vince isn’t a tough gangster guy like he’s pretending to be

Question 3

Vince during reenactment

Answer 3

Scratches his nose during monologue

- not tough like travis

Question 4

Vince pretending to be a gangster

Answer 4

Reality is that he isn’t the crime lord he says he is and is actually pathetic and disgusting

Question 5

Vince as a character

Answer 5

He masks his insecurities with the facade of manliness and bravery

Question 6

Vince’s home

Answer 6

Vince living with his grandma and loads of other relatives shows poverty
- a cramped society