Any photo of Robert Pattinson is embraced by the Internet, so this week's brand new Cosmopolis stills featuring the Twilight heartthrob were a welcome Web treat. But one of the photos struck me as eerily reminiscent of a classic image from Taxi Driver, which got me thinking about the similarities between Pattinson's upcoming David Cronenberg-directed project and Martin Scorsese's famous De Niro vehicle. Can you spot the likenesses?
I'll start you off...
· Both dramas feature the above still of their main characters pointing a gun to the upper left corner of the frame. (Obviously.)
· Both Cosmopolis and Taxi Driver chronicle the lives of two Manhattan-ites who spend the majority of their screen time driving around New York City in a car.
· Both films' protagonists need a haircut. This is not just a tongue-in-cheek observation. Cosmopolis actually centers on a 28-year-old billionaire traversing the Big Apple in search of a haircut. Taxi Driver features a violent, insomniac Vietnam vet whose long hours, proclivity for seedy porn theaters and his depression keep him away from the barbershop.
Do you see any other similarities?
· Robert Pattinson Traverses Manhattan in 'Cosmopolis' [THR]