... sprayed by open fire hydrants, drives through rainstorms on a seemingly nightly basis, clears his windshield of great sheets of water that obscure his vision. All these elements are part of what Schrader sees in noir as "an almost Freudian attachment to water" (Schrader 46). Although ... response to all these scenes "our nerves our meant to jangle in response to the recreation on screen of the urban angst we are assumed to know so well (Phillips, 512), it seems to me that Scorsese is trying to convince us this view of the city ... are able to disorientate the viewer and, "adhere to the ...

• Word Count: 1980
• Approx Pages: 8
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• Grade Level: Undergraduate