In a rare 2023 interview with Cahiers du Cinéma (buried in the print-only edition), Clémence said: “ Taxi Driver is a masterpiece of male loneliness. But what about female loneliness within that masterpiece? Iris isn’t a victim. She’s a survivor who used Travis as much as he used her. I wanted to freeze that ambiguity.”
The screening lasted exactly 1 hour and 54 minutes – the same runtime as the original Taxi Driver . But this was not Scorsese’s film. Instead, Clémence Audiard presented a titled Taxi Driver XX: A Freeze Frame . The “freeze” in the title refers to a single, 11-minute unbroken take (take 23, of 24 attempted takes – hence “23 11 24”) that replaces the famous “you talkin’ to me?” mirror scene. freeze 23 11 24 clemence audiard taxi driver xx exclusive
– A cryptic code has been making the rounds in private film industry databases and encrypted Telegram channels since early November 2024: "Freeze 23 11 24 Clemence Audiard Taxi Driver XX Exclusive." After weeks of silence, sources close to the Audiard family have confirmed to Cinema Chronicles that this string refers to a top-secret, one-night-only screening event scheduled for November 23, 2024 (written 23/11/24 in European format) – a “freeze frame” on a new work by Clémence Audiard , daughter of legendary French director Jacques Audiard ( A Prophet, Dheepan, Emilia Pérez ). In a rare 2023 interview with Cahiers du