Martin Scorsese set to stir Cannes again, 47 years after ‘Taxi Driver’

When Martin Scorsese premieres his latest film, “Killers of the Flower Moon,” at the Cannes Film Festival on May 20th, it will return Scorsese to a festival where he remains a key part of its fabled history. Scorsese premiered his masterpiece of urban alienation, “Taxi Driver,” in Cannes in 1976. Its debut was one of the most fevered in Cannes history, drawing boos and some walkouts for the violence in Scorsese’s tale of the disillusioned New York cab driver Travis Bickle (Robert De Niro).

tips

set to：即将做某事

stir：鼓动，搅动（和 storm 同源，翻转，暴风雨造成的气流翻滚）

premiere：首次公演（区别 premier 没有 e，总理，首相）

fabled：a. 寓言的；神话的；传奇（fable n. 寓言；神话）

urban：都市的

alienation：疏远（alienate 使疏远；离间）

debut：初次登台；开张

fevered：发烧的；激动的（fever 发烧；发热）

walkout：罢工；退席

boo：嘘声

violence：暴力

tale：故事；陈述

disillusioned：觉醒；幻灭（dis 否 + illusion 幻想 => 幻想破灭）