12-09-2013, 10:31 PM
Taxi Driver is one of the most famed ultra violent films of the 70s. However, it was nearly rated X in the US for it's violence (technically, the X rating originally meant ANY film that needed to be over 18 to watch due to sex or violence, but it ended up only being used for sex. Go figure.) So, some changes were made to fit into an R rating.
Instead of changing the amount of violence onscreen, however, the blood in the final scene (and the final scene only) was lightened to a pinkish color instead of red. This was apparently good enough, and the film was given an R rating instead. Ok then.
Instead of changing the amount of violence onscreen, however, the blood in the final scene (and the final scene only) was lightened to a pinkish color instead of red. This was apparently good enough, and the film was given an R rating instead. Ok then.