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• The King of Comedy (1983) translates the obsessiveness of Taxi Driver to the world of Robert Pupkin (De Niro), a standup comedian whose desire to appear on a talk show leads him to kidnap the host

• After Hours (1985) black comedy about a night in Manhattan

• The Color of Money (1986) sequel to The Hustler in which aging Fast Eddie Felson (Paul Newman) faces up to his own limitations.

• The Last Temptation of Christ (1988) based on Greek writer Kazantzakis’s novel. For ten years no studio dared touch this humanization of Christ’s final temptation. It became the most controversial film of late 1980s with movie screens slashed and theaters

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