Don't get me wrong -- I LOVE the film. It's a classic of the mid-1970s and defined (and capped off) the era of the independent spirit of Hollywood (captured in Peter Biskind's book, EASY RIDERS, RAGING BULLS. Scorsese, Coppola, Bogdanovich, Spielberg, Lukas, Rafaelson, Hal Ashby, Warren Beatty, and even Jack Nicholson brought a European sensibility to Hollywood during the late 60s and early 70s. In some ways, TAXI DRIVER (1976) represented the end of that era, even as JAWS (released the year before) signaled the new direction Hollywood would go in -- and still goes in -- to the great detriment of American film. Thank goodness for the Indies!

My problem with this disk is that, in order to fit the 4K transfer on it, they had to drop all the extras that appear on the "standard" blu-ray of the film. I don't have a 4K television, and I imagine you would only see the difference on a VERY large television or in a theater auditorium. I'd rather have the extras -- even though I'm a perfectionist when it comes to picture and sound. Get the 4K if you have a 4K television and it really makes a difference to you. The extras are pretty good and I'm glad I returned this disk and got the other one (with an almost identical cover).
Don't get me wrong -- I LOVE the film. It's a classic of the mid-1970s and defined (and capped off) the era of the independent spirit of Hollywood (captured in Peter Biskind's book, EASY RIDERS, RAGING BULLS. Scorsese, Coppola, Bogdanovich, Spielberg, Lukas, Rafaelson, Hal Ashby, Warren Beatty, and even Jack Nicholson brought a European sensibility to Hollywood during the late 60s and early 70s. In some ways, TAXI DRIVER (1976) represented the end of that era, even as JAWS (released the year before) signaled the new direction Hollywood would go in -- and still goes in -- to the great detriment of American film. Thank goodness for the Indies! My problem with this disk is that, in order to fit the 4K transfer on it, they had to drop all the extras that appear on the "standard" blu-ray of the film. I don't have a 4K television, and I imagine you would only see the difference on a VERY large television or in a theater auditorium. I'd rather have the extras -- even though I'm a perfectionist when it comes to picture and sound. Get the 4K if you have a 4K television and it really makes a difference to you. The extras are pretty good and I'm glad I returned this disk and got the other one (with an almost identical cover).