Taxi

1969
2m

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Set to a song by Claude Léveillée, the life of a Montréal taxi driver and his vehicle is shown, primarily in fast forward mode covering days into night, and one season into the next in just ... Read allSet to a song by Claude Léveillée, the life of a Montréal taxi driver and his vehicle is shown, primarily in fast forward mode covering days into night, and one season into the next in just a few minutes. Much of his life is shown from his own perspective of sitting behind the wh... Read allSet to a song by Claude Léveillée, the life of a Montréal taxi driver and his vehicle is shown, primarily in fast forward mode covering days into night, and one season into the next in just a few minutes. Much of his life is shown from his own perspective of sitting behind the wheel as he navigates Montréal traffic. While most of it is at a frantic pace, there are mom... Read all

Director
- Roland Stutz

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Director
- Roland Stutz

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Trivia
An entry in the National Film Board of Canada's "Contemporary Songs of French-Canada" series of short films.

Soundtracks
Taxi
Music by Claude Léveillée
Lyrics by Claude Léveillée
Performed by Claude Léveillée

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6/10

Interesting

I once had a friend who was a cab driver. I asked him why they always seemed to be driving so fiercely while they had a fare. He told me that it was in order to get that ride over with and get another one.

I thought of this comment while watching this short, as it was run at two variant speeds: slow when the driver didn't have a fare and tres vite when he did.

The French Canadian tune to which it was photographed was, unfortunately, lost on my unilingual self.