Comparing city settings in the films: "La Haine" and "Taxi Driver".

Both of the cities presented in the two films are very glamorous (Paris and New York) although in the films they are shown as being very gritty, disgusting and horrible places. Both of the films are from the characters point of view and also La Haine is set in one of the main parts of France but the suburbs where as Taxi Driver is actually the main part of New York but the main character is an outsider on the town looking in with his views and opinions.

In the film La Haine the characters are actually part of the problem and causing the issue what is wrong with the city where as in the film Taxi Driver the main character thinks that he is the solution and everything else is whats wrong and he is going to clean up the city.

Both of the main characters in the films (Vinz and Travis) are very similar characters and have the same sort of opinions and both want to do right in their own ways, although both appear to have some underline mental issue and negative views upon society.