Travis Bickle has been an interesting character throughout the film to follow. He has involved from a mere nobody to a killer. His mental instability is what make his actions so unpredictable.
He does try to fit in but even though he is still never able to because he is so disconnected; he's an insomniac, he takes pills, drinks, spends his time watching porn films when he is off and even the time he meets his fellow taxi drivers he is not involved in the conversation, disconnected and easily distracted. Mise en scene is important in this scene in order to portray the flaw in his character.
Travis then walks into the office in order to ask Betty out and create a romantic relationship with a girl but decides to take her into a porn film where she gets uncomfortable, gets in a taxi and leaves him at the theater. Then we see a shift in his character as he tries to get her back, sends her flowers, and calls her. His mental illness is revealed here where he becomes obsessive and violent; further drives him to hysteria. The rejection caused him to deceive himself into killing Palentine and when he fails in his attempt he kills everyone in Iris' building and dies himself.
The montage at the end was interesting to me and i'm interested to see where it leads... What do you think the point in adding another scene to the film is when your main character is dead?
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