Editing Taxi Driver (section)

=== MPAA rating ===
The climactic shootout was considered intensely graphic by some critics, who considered giving the film an [[X rating]].<ref>{{Cite book |title=Taxi Driver |last=Taubin |first=Amy |date=March 28, 2000 |publisher=British Film Institute |isbn=0-85170-393-3 }}</ref> The film was booed at the [[Cannes Film Festival]] for its graphic violence.<ref>{{cite web|title=At Cannes, Le Booing Isn't Just Reserved for Bad Films|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/17/movies/cannes-film-festival-2017-boos-bad-films.html|work=[[The New York Times]]|date=August 17, 2017|access-date=January 6, 2020|archive-date=December 6, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191206082821/https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/17/movies/cannes-film-festival-2017-boos-bad-films.html|url-status=live}}</ref> To obtain an [[R rating (Motion Picture Association of America)|R rating]], Scorsese had the [[Color motion picture film|colors desaturated]], making the brightly colored blood less prominent. In subsequent interviews, Scorsese commented that he was pleased by the color change, and considered it an improvement on the original scene.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/features/taxi-driver-oral-history-de-881032 |title='Taxi Driver' Oral History: De Niro, Scorsese, Foster, Schrader Spill All on 40th Anniversary |website=[[The Hollywood Reporter]] |date=April 7, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181130022513/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/features/taxi-driver-oral-history-de-881032|archive-date=November 30, 2018|url-status=live}}</ref> However, in the special-edition [[DVD-Video|DVD]], Michael Chapman, the film's cinematographer, expresses regret about the decision and the fact that no print with the unmuted colors exists anymore, as the originals have since deteriorated.