This is maybe the ONLY scene in the entire film where Travis seems like a 95% normal guy. Like, sure, he's still a little bit weird and awkward, but he plays the role of concerned older brother very convincingly. Every other interaction he's had with people throughout the film always had a hint of something darker just under the surface, but this was a surprisingly gentle and touching moment in such a tragic film.
i mean, he’s a bundle of PERSON Types, both noble & deeply flawed • this is largely the point of that kind of outlandishly over dire or mission driven protagonist where they’re still sympathetic, & without even mentioning this largely mysterious figure is SEVERELY p.t.s.d. anyhow, 1 of the all-times, T Y Paul, Marty, R D, J F, & Senator Palantine
Every time I watch this scene I'm just astonished at the sheer skill of Jodie Foster. I mean, she was like, 12 years old here, and her performance is so incredibly natural and understated that she hardly appears to be acting at all. Just brilliant.
This film is about a lonely man who many people would dismiss as a weirdo, which makes it all the more touching that Iris feels comfortable and safe enough around him to want him to go with her.
@@Cyan_NightingaleReading your comment, it's the first time I've made a connection with Travis Bickle and Michael, De Niro's character in The Deer Hunter, who returns home from Vietnam, no longer able to relate to his hometown or its people.
The line You're his little piece of chicken was ad lib. Fosters laugh was genuine because she thought it was funny and it was the first time she experienced a non scripted line. She thought she screwed up the scene, but the word cut never came so she continued after her laugh.
The way De Niro stumbles over his words, whether he's acting or just bad at remembering his lines, it comes out so authentic. And Jodie at just 12-13 carries so much charisma in this scene, I could see grown young women at the time wanting to emulate her mannerisms and personality.
I watched an interview with her on here recently. She says Deniro phoned her and asked her to go into town and hang out so they would be comfortable with each other. They did that several times and she said he was a man of few words and she'd just act like a twelve year old and mess around a bit and chat with strangers etc. Deniro later made her do the scene over and over and throw in a bit of improvisation. He was a good teacher and that all produced this great scene.
70’s 80’s 90’s 00’s had the best movies, now whenever i watch movies from the last 10 years its full of CGI crap. But hey the dweebs probably enjoy it.
That died when people flocked to see Independence Day. Mike from RedLetterMedia was entirely correct in that movie was a watershed for big, stupid blockbusters. It's all been downhill since then.
@@tyronmaysami348 I watched Everything Everywhere All At Once. I am talking about Marvel movies, not other cinemas. My point is because of MCU blockbusters other cinema makers are failing to make money at the box office.
4:00 The only human connection Travis can make is with a 12 year old streetwalker Also, Jodie Foster is actually 12 in this film and she's going toe to toe with Robert DeNiro, one of the finest film actors of the past 50 years, and not only holding her own but stealing the scene.
Foster has always had something about her. I think she's under rated and perhaps the fact she seems pretty reserved and private has denied her some of the much deserved credit.
In this scene, Iris refers to Travis as a scorpion rather than a scorpio, which is an intriguing moment. Scorpions are often associated with concepts such as rage, transformation, and protection, which parallels Travis' journey from a lonely veteran consumed by hatred to a calculated and lethal savior who eventually rescues Iris from her own confines. This reference to Travis as a scorpion also highlights his disconnection from conventional society, as he is portrayed as his own breed of person different from everyone else.
He’s not a hippy, he said he doesn’t get along with those people. At least back then that was a hippy thing. I can relate to him. I’m the same way when people are talking about apps and TikToks.
Saw Jodie Foster in an interview saying that before they filmed, De Niro would take her to lunch and say literally nothing until she got bored and started looking for other things to do. I think that's why she has that genuinely adorable laugh in this clip. She was totally at ease with him by the time they filmed the scene.
He's taken on too many roles that are beneath him imo. Fortunately, unlike popular music stars, the potential for another stunning performance is always there with actors.
Jodie Foster was incredibly charming and cool too,the glasses added style to her character. Amazing performance from a very young age, Jodie was amazing and so perfect for the role.Travis was a good person,a renegade with good intentions to stop that poor teenager from being exploded. It shows some humanity lighting in those dark sick souls nowadays
When she was laughing at the end she reminded me of a young Dakota Fanning at that same age. Blonde, blue eyes, and Dakota was always laughing and giggling in her interviews.
Huge props for DeNiro for being a good mentor to Jodie Foster... her acting talent as a 12-year-old is really amazing and I remember how awkward I am towards everyone at that age
Must be over forty years since I saw this. I see it clearer and it's outstanding what great actors these two were then. It would be good box office to get them together again.
Continuity nit-pick: See how her hair on her right side changes suddenly around - I can't navigate away to get the timestamp because the yt app malfunctions with older phones. Damn, I love these actors' performances. So good.😊
Travis who is depicted as a character that really can’t communicate with the outside world being a Vietnam veteran and trying to escape reality by driving the Cab at night; he sure Can communicate in this scene. Maybe Deniro loved Jodi’s Natural acting and just add libbed most of this.
@@franciscofarias6385 The Witch, The Lighthouse, Ex Machina, Annihilation, Annihilation is probably my favorite movie ever made, not saying it's the best movie ever but it's just my style. To name more: Tangerine, Room, Paddleton, Aposile, I could go on for hours but these are in my list of the top movies of the last decade, sure they are mostly smaller movies but they are there.
@@franciscofarias6385 Nice! I would say my fav's are GoodFellas, Annihilation, Ex Machina and "Crank High Voltage" which has the alternative title of "Schlok Central". And yeah I get that it's not quite "Schlok" but this comment was just a giant excuse to use the word "Schlok". So "Schlok" it!
In this scene you can guess Travis was a normal man, no mental things. But after war he was disturbed with all the horrors and become the man we see in the film.
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@@memehotep2059 by old baggage I mean they dwell a lot in the past and have lots of hate and regrets. And during rough times they take decisions based on emotions
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This is maybe the ONLY scene in the entire film where Travis seems like a 95% normal guy. Like, sure, he's still a little bit weird and awkward, but he plays the role of concerned older brother very convincingly. Every other interaction he's had with people throughout the film always had a hint of something darker just under the surface, but this was a surprisingly gentle and touching moment in such a tragic film.
because next to Iris he seems normal, lol
i mean, he’s a bundle of PERSON Types, both noble & deeply flawed • this is largely the point of that kind of outlandishly over dire or mission driven protagonist where they’re still sympathetic, & without even mentioning this largely mysterious figure is SEVERELY p.t.s.d.
anyhow, 1 of the all-times, T Y Paul, Marty, R D, J F, & Senator Palantine
The way he was telling Iris that she was supposed to live like any normal teenager looked as a concerned father about his daughter
Maybe becouse everybody is like that. But the society imprison
The people that call him an incel are loser feminists who deserve to rot
The sugar on the jelly, the glasses, the horoscopes, the little details scorcese added to emphasize her childishness is great
Older women still use horoscopes.
@@MLedZeppelinZoSoA they stupid
The details is all about the new generation and the modernday life style . Junk food and hippies of the 70s
Is that why i immediately liked her n feel close to her?
Jodi Foster was only 12 or 13 when she played this roll
Every time I watch this scene I'm just astonished at the sheer skill of Jodie Foster. I mean, she was like, 12 years old here, and her performance is so incredibly natural and understated that she hardly appears to be acting at all. Just brilliant.
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@@phil_eggbat 16 actually
@@themacattack6312 22
@@phil_eggbat look at her age on Google, do the math.
@@themacattack6312 I'd say more like 11
"I don't know who's weirder - you or me".
Love that line.
that was one of the many lines they chose for Scorsese's career montage at the AFI awards in 2010.
all the lines are great
This film is about a lonely man who many people would dismiss as a weirdo, which makes it all the more touching that Iris feels comfortable and safe enough around him to want him to go with her.
Weirdo doesn't being to describe him, he's a a disturbed and sick dude with fascist tendencies.
Travis is a nice man had he never spent years in Vietnam War and disconnected from society and has decent education.
@@Cyan_NightingaleReading your comment, it's the first time I've made a connection with Travis Bickle and Michael, De Niro's character in The Deer Hunter, who returns home from Vietnam, no longer able to relate to his hometown or its people.
Travis was one of the few truly good and noble people in the movie. But in that world people thought he was strange because of it.
@@mattheww797 Dude, I think you really missed the point of the movie...
The line You're his little piece of chicken was ad lib. Fosters laugh was genuine because she thought it was funny and it was the first time she experienced a non scripted line. She thought she screwed up the scene, but the word cut never came so she continued after her laugh.
yes, Martin Scorsese liked that line so much that he decided to replace jodie foster with an actual piece of chicken in taxi driver 2
@@alex-dc2zx 😂😂😂😂
Even at that age, she had good instincts.
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1:00 That emotion switch right before and while asking "Who is the killer" is incredible acting on Jodie's part. She was prodigy 100%
The way De Niro stumbles over his words, whether he's acting or just bad at remembering his lines, it comes out so authentic.
And Jodie at just 12-13 carries so much charisma in this scene, I could see grown young women at the time wanting to emulate her mannerisms and personality.
I watched an interview with her on here recently. She says Deniro phoned her and asked her to go into town and hang out so they would be comfortable with each other. They did that several times and she said he was a man of few words and she'd just act like a twelve year old and mess around a bit and chat with strangers etc. Deniro later made her do the scene over and over and throw in a bit of improvisation. He was a good teacher and that all produced this great scene.
God, such a good movie. The 70's really had some gems. They don't make many like this today, sadly.
70’s 80’s 90’s 00’s had the best movies, now whenever i watch movies from the last 10 years its full of CGI crap. But hey the dweebs probably enjoy it.
so-called marvel superheroes are destroying everything about cinema
That died when people flocked to see Independence Day. Mike from RedLetterMedia was entirely correct in that movie was a watershed for big, stupid blockbusters. It's all been downhill since then.
@@sheikhmahfuzurrahman381 someone didn’t watch The Lighthouse or Everything Everywhere All At Once
@@tyronmaysami348 I watched Everything Everywhere All At Once. I am talking about Marvel movies, not other cinemas. My point is because of MCU blockbusters other cinema makers are failing to make money at the box office.
4:00 The only human connection Travis can make is with a 12 year old streetwalker
Also, Jodie Foster is actually 12 in this film and she's going toe to toe with Robert DeNiro, one of the finest film actors of the past 50 years, and not only holding her own but stealing the scene.
Jodie foster was way intelligent beyond her years
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@@vsevolodd391 12
@@larslosh5598no she was born in 62! Well they probably filmed this before 76 of course so she was probably 13..
@@iamBlackGambit Filmed summer of 75. She was born in late 62. So that makes her 12 at the time of filming :)
DeNiro's performance as Travis is one of the greatest on film - but it's startling how fantastic Foster is in this scene, at only 12 years old
Foster has always had something about her. I think she's under rated and perhaps the fact she seems pretty reserved and private has denied her some of the much deserved credit.
she was 14
She already is 100% Jodie Foster. In every single details. Marvelous.
I was trying to think of a way to say what you said here. You stated it perfectly. 100%
@@scottsteel4230 In French we say "Les grands esprits se rencontrent" 😊.
@@melusineshaw 🗼.....👍
She was a 100% Jodie Foster the minute she was born.
How on earth was she this great of an actress at THIS age? Blows my mind.
True.
Blows indeed...
She is a brilliant individual. Look at her career as a director and producer after this. Genius.
Actors of her generation actually have talent
Jacob Tremblay too
In this scene, Iris refers to Travis as a scorpion rather than a scorpio, which is an intriguing moment. Scorpions are often associated with concepts such as rage, transformation, and protection, which parallels Travis' journey from a lonely veteran consumed by hatred to a calculated and lethal savior who eventually rescues Iris from her own confines. This reference to Travis as a scorpion also highlights his disconnection from conventional society, as he is portrayed as his own breed of person different from everyone else.
Or...you know...she's 12 years old and said scorpion instead of scorpio...
Yeah, it's good to look for some meaning below the surface but getting the excavator out and digging is a bit extreme.@@AdrianRaki
Hard to believe this movie is 45 years old
And still relevant
Time flies, man.
yeah, this movie is older than my mom lol
Yeap.
More relevant now
Travis might be a little bit crazy, but he was good guy. He has a good and kind heart at least.
He had moral values
Actually he inhabits a fantasy world where he posts himself as the heroic savior.
@@kensonnezumi Sounds like SJW's. 😉
@@johnharrison6745 whats it like to be deranged, john harrison?
@@kensonnezumi Ask an SJW. 😉
This scene is absolute perfection
The time where she said about horoscope stuff and the fact that travis didnt know about it is hilarious lmao
He’s not a hippy, he said he doesn’t get along with those people. At least back then that was a hippy thing. I can relate to him. I’m the same way when people are talking about apps and TikToks.
She shows her true human nature when she laughs at his narc comment; it's great acting
This is the greatest dialogue ever written for a scene in a movie.
Is it the dialogue or the insanely good acting?
@@elvisleeboy both
This is the greatest... Blabla. How much films you saw? 2?
I dunno, it's no "Hello doggie" or "Oh, hi Mark".
@@magicmirror193 You talking to me?
What an eye-opener. DeNiro & Foster. His first breakout role. Her first recognition as a serious film actress. And the rest, as they say, is history.
Such a compelling scene. I can watch it over and over again.
The genius of Jodie Foster is inexplicable
The raw talent of a 12 year old Jodie Foster is astounding.
Saw Jodie Foster in an interview saying that before they filmed, De Niro would take her to lunch and say literally nothing until she got bored and started looking for other things to do. I think that's why she has that genuinely adorable laugh in this clip. She was totally at ease with him by the time they filmed the scene.
Genius
'he's a libra"! girls and their goddamn horoscope crap even back then lmao
whoreoscope*
@@nyedart6716 dude lmoa
Jodie Foster is a Scorpio in real life.
Amen
Lol, I find astrology and astronomy cool asf
She was 12 and a half. Let that sink in.
The sink is in!
when i first saw the film i thought to myself the actress had to atleast be 17
She was 14.
@@kevinmalone3210 Nope, check when the movie was filmed and her birth date.
@@overtonpendulum2071 dude hes right she was born in 1962 and the film came out in 1976
What a little genius ..jodie foster ...what a great career shes had ..all of them bobby d ...martin Scorsese and all the genius actors in that movie
Now Jodie Foster proved that she was a incredibly talented actress with only 12 YEARS OLD.
Both of them ended up being double oscar winners
To say Robert De Niro is the greatest actor of all time is a HUGE understatement
He's taken on too many roles that are beneath him imo. Fortunately, unlike popular music stars, the potential for another stunning performance is always there with actors.
It is also a HUGE overstatement.
@@Southernguitar74 👍
The change of glasses from little to greater his a great idea.
Everything about this scene is absolutely, thoroughly brilliant.
“You know what he told me about you? He called you names…he called you a little piece of chicken.” LMAOOO!!!
Favorite part😂😂 she laughs
Apparentlythat laugh was real because he was ad libbing with that chicken line.
3:27 Travis was so real for this hahaha
He treated her as a elder brother ♥️
I understand why Clarisse was not afraid of Hannibal Lecter, before becoming Special Agent he met another crazy guy.
@sandir toukaev
The same to you.😙😚
What about me
@@palpatine1715
You are kind🤗🤗
@@anibalcesarnishizk2205 aww shucks
@@palpatine1715
What do you want to be like?.
Messed up what she goes through
Jodie Foster was incredibly charming and cool too,the glasses added style to her character. Amazing performance from a very young age, Jodie was amazing and so perfect for the role.Travis was a good person,a renegade with good intentions to stop that poor teenager from being exploded. It shows some humanity lighting in those dark sick souls nowadays
That's too much sugar
nah its fine
Its salt
Look at her teeth
Actually thats like a 20% of the sugar a soda can has Lmao
"I'm Square,your the one that's Square !
The fact that she mentioned the horoscope makee this scene look so modern
You do know astrology is ancient....right? It isn't anything new, and definitely wasn't invented by the hippies in the 60s.
Two great character method driven actors we have ever seen.
I wonder how many people noticed she put on a second pair of sunglasses.
She reminds me of Chloë Grace Moretz, not only by the acting but also the voice.
When she was laughing at the end she reminded me of a young Dakota Fanning at that same age. Blonde, blue eyes, and Dakota was always laughing and giggling in her interviews.
Huge props for DeNiro for being a good mentor to Jodie Foster... her acting talent as a 12-year-old is really amazing and I remember how awkward I am towards everyone at that age
It's funny in casino Sharon stones character also mentions horoscopes when talking to Nicky lol
I was watching Casino right now and came here because of that
@@ConceivedSorrow yeah it must be bit of a throwback for Scorsese
Deniro looks older but has the same voice even now...Foster got quite a acting education at young age...method acting 101
Damn thats jodie foster..wow
Did she switch her sun glasses?
Yep
I am just thinking what was the reaction of Jodie Foster's parents when he approached them with the role?
Scorpios got roasted for no reason.
In real world , iris would have been ideal victim of Green river killer.
I guess she carries two pairs of sunglasses... who else noticed that error?
Not an error, she just likes her eyewear
It's not an error. It's a Libra thing
I do too, in case I lose a pair.
*jodie foster puts jelly on toast*
Comments- “wow she is such a talented actor”
Must be over forty years since I saw this. I see it clearer and it's outstanding what great actors these two were then. It would be good box office to get them together again.
Continuity nit-pick: See how her hair on her right side changes suddenly around - I can't navigate away to get the timestamp because the yt app malfunctions with older phones.
Damn, I love these actors' performances. So good.😊
I never knew compatible star signs was present during the 70s
The horoscope has been regaining popularity for the past century or so
@@isardprat7900 ik
You serious? Never heard of the age of Aquarius?
@@tvojslauf what is age of Aquarius?
@@Sidk1290 it’s a song made in 1967
This movie nearly cost Reagan his life....... really creepy....
I'm not following, what's happened
@@vickjr98 read about John Hinkley!
@mistermodified1 he watched it like 20 times 😂
Hinkley missed the point of the movie. He's an idiot.
It was John Hinkley who nearly cost Reagan his life.
She would totally listen to me, I'm a libra too. The movie would end so nicely if I was in it.
Would it now? Say, what are your thoughts on Reagan?
Terrific duo 👏
I wonder how iris met "sport"
she ran away from home and he kidnapped her
Sad, sad movie. I'm glad she didn't grow up to be a Lindsay Lohan.
he shoots her again?!?!? Quentin, you're a genious!!!
Sugar sandwiches will make you get a sunglasses fetish !!
Is this cafe the same as the one Travis went with Betsy?
No. That was a more high class joint.
Yes he was like that ..
Nope. Travis took Betsy to Childs Coffee Shop. Well known back in the day.
Por causa da Solidão que ele sente faz com que tenha um carinho paterno por ela.Otimo filme!
E ele parece mesmo um pai pra ela.
God...what a depressing movie. Like the " Deer Hunter", only different. I don't miss the bad parts of the 70s.
I liked the movie. I found it less depressing than what passes for cinema these days.
Plus the finale. Best shootout I've ever seen in a movie.
Why are you watching it then?
Get lost then
Jodie Foster was one beautiful kid. Zero creepiness intended, what a beautiful, beautiful human being.
ayo ?🧐
This is one of those thoughts you should probably keep to yourself lmao
adding "zero creepiness intended" just amplifies the creepiness of that comment.
You’re weird.
Yea this is rough
03:50 you came for this
Jodie fosters accent so different in this movie !!
Iris on that Zoomer grindset.
She’s so cute:)
Goddamn! young Jodie Foster was an Angel
It's sugar or icing sugar ? please help me
Just like in Silence if the lambs Jodie says” look at yourself’
Those glasses
Travis who is depicted as a character that really can’t communicate with the outside world being a Vietnam veteran and trying to escape reality by driving the Cab at night; he sure Can communicate in this scene.
Maybe Deniro loved Jodi’s Natural acting and just add libbed most of this.
good actress
The good news: Hinckley no longer obsessed with Jodie Foster. The bad news? He’s now obsessed with Foster Brooks…
Starling before she joined the fbi and caught buffalo bill
Movies now days suck wtf!!!
Ok grandma let's get you to bed
@Molecule Mind they're not. Haven't you seen the Northman?
@@franciscofarias6385 The Witch, The Lighthouse, Ex Machina, Annihilation, Annihilation is probably my favorite movie ever made, not saying it's the best movie ever but it's just my style. To name more: Tangerine, Room, Paddleton, Aposile, I could go on for hours but these are in my list of the top movies of the last decade, sure they are mostly smaller movies but they are there.
@@Wonkess_Chonkess That's cool, Lighthouse, Ex Machina and Annihilation are among my favorite movies as well
@@franciscofarias6385 Nice! I would say my fav's are GoodFellas, Annihilation, Ex Machina and "Crank High Voltage" which has the alternative title of "Schlok Central". And yeah I get that it's not quite "Schlok" but this comment was just a giant excuse to use the word "Schlok". So "Schlok" it!
漢だな〜。カッコいいよトラヴィス！
I dreamt this scene this night. Vermont.
Amazing acting.
Less to say both became World famos actors... you couldnot say to this time ..actors need good regiseurs
foster / Portman what is in common?
Oof. I know what you mean, but i cant seem to explain it.
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They were both 12 at that time
She look like kristen stewart actually
Lol don't save them they don't wanna be saved
Diabetes on a loaf of bread!!!!
Seeing a 12yr old Jodie foster going toe to toe with a 32 year old method trained Robert De Niro is astonishing. A prodigy.
Southwest corner of E 14th and 3rd Ave.
The whole building is gone, torn down
for something bigger.
And yes, Cancers make the best lovers
travis wants to be a brother father
In this scene you can guess Travis was a normal man, no mental things. But after war he was disturbed with all the horrors and become the man we see in the film.
I guess jodie doesn't appreciated enough in taxidriver as bob was the main character but o boy
Cancers make good lovers but, they carry too much old baggage with them. Women can feel on top of the world with a cancerian, but when rough times come it's hard to deal with a cancerian...
Na bro, I’m a cancer. Old problems, the hell are those. I hugely towards stoicism and philosophy though, so that helps a ton. 😁
I'm not following man. What do you mean? i'm not have or had cancer so i can't relate to that.
@@sdn5682 You won't understand!
I am a Cancer i really want to understand your comment what do mean by old baggage and what are these rough times you are speaking about
@@memehotep2059 by old baggage I mean they dwell a lot in the past and have lots of hate and regrets. And during rough times they take decisions based on emotions
Does she look like Jodie Foster?
Not sure if you're asking this as a joke, but in case you're serious, it *is* Jodie Foster.. She's 12 here.
@@sh0 Oh it's her...I didn't know!! 😅
He's an anti-villin, not a hero
Grown man having breakfast with a child? Creepy.
reminds me of ellie from the last of us lol
Those are really big hands for a young girl...