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  • It’s been 40 years since “You talkin’ to me?” became a catchphrase and “Taxi Driver” became an instant classic. As the cast reunited at the Tribeca Film Festival, Matt Lauer sat down with director Martin Scorsese and stars Robert De Niro, Jodie Foster, Harvey Keitel and Cybill Shepherd. Asked for a quick pitch of the film, Scorsese replies with a single word: “Loneliness.” He also reveals that “You talkin’ to me?” was an improvised line. “It was like a jazz riff,” Scorsese said.
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    ‘Taxi Driver’ Cast Reunite To Mark 40th Anniversary Of Iconic Film | TODAY

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  • @zachjohnson637
    @zachjohnson637 7 лет назад +3669

    There's so much more to the movie than that overused catchphrase...

    • @SX1995able
      @SX1995able 7 лет назад +122

      I don't understand why everyone loves it. It borders on cringworthy

    • @ryangunnison38
      @ryangunnison38 7 лет назад +339

      I think it's a great quote but I agree it's way over used

    • @Deathlygunn
      @Deathlygunn 7 лет назад +318

      I think it's supposed to be cringeworthy, one of those things people do when there's no one else around that they think makes them look/sound cool but really is a little humiliating.

    • @Kwazkneeack
      @Kwazkneeack 7 лет назад +13

      Not according to these dum dums

    • @drdickphd
      @drdickphd 7 лет назад +14

      The overuse of it grinds my gears so much

  • @flaggerify
    @flaggerify 8 лет назад +2132

    Another important character not in the room is the composer of the music. Long departed, alas.

    • @funkadelicbloodshugah548
      @funkadelicbloodshugah548 8 лет назад +101

      The music was my favorite character.

    • @vova47
      @vova47 8 лет назад +157

      The great Bernard Hermann. Don't be afraid to say his name.

    • @octomonkey1980
      @octomonkey1980 8 лет назад +50

      +vova47 it was indeed Bernard Hermann....his final film score and didn't even live to see the finished movie

    • @robweiss12
      @robweiss12 8 лет назад +29

      yeah Bernard Hermann is great. How about Paul Schrader?

    • @adamgilbert1901
      @adamgilbert1901 8 лет назад +6

      Amen, I almost feel like he deserved to be there instead
      of Cybil Sheppard.

  • @MrBlue3rd
    @MrBlue3rd 6 лет назад +723

    Matt Lauer just got fired today. Seeing this interview now seems all the more disgusting with him asking Jodie Foster about John Hinkley Jr. You can see the whole cast looks equally appalled.

    • @MustangRed1967
      @MustangRed1967 6 лет назад +5

      MrBlue3rd true

    • @tinaloveseddie
      @tinaloveseddie 6 лет назад +4

      MrBlue3rd 💯💯

    • @Greggee100
      @Greggee100 4 года назад +3

      equally appalled to say the least

    • @waynej2608
      @waynej2608 4 года назад +28

      I'm glad that Foster stonewalled him and that De Niro, basically ignored him. 😎👍

    • @ieatyourbrain8478
      @ieatyourbrain8478 3 года назад +6

      What's the story here? I'm not following

  • @RyanInLA
    @RyanInLA 8 лет назад +2286

    thank you Matt for making everyone feel awkward with that pointless John Hinckley question. Just when things are going well you never fail to annoy us.

    • @hippiecheezburger5457
      @hippiecheezburger5457 5 лет назад +106

      RyanInLA glad he’s gone, he ruined it with that question

    • @m.e.d.7997
      @m.e.d.7997 5 лет назад +31

      It needed to be brought up after all this time. Part of the history of the film.

    • @m.e.d.7997
      @m.e.d.7997 5 лет назад +24

      @rudy melgar Of course. Why waste your time on a softball interview? Jodi knew it was coming. After all this time it needed to be asked.

    • @hayleydoesthings
      @hayleydoesthings 4 года назад +23

      Margaret no...no it didn’t...that could’ve and should’ve stayed in the past. Can you imagine if something like that happened to you? How traumatic that would be?

    • @weasley2o13
      @weasley2o13 4 года назад +1

      @rudy melgar how about a spine though...?

  • @Mr_Chris77
    @Mr_Chris77 6 лет назад +373

    The scene where Travis is using the payphone and the camera pans over to an empty hallway. Amazing cinematography.

    • @evanhughes1510
      @evanhughes1510 2 года назад +3

      Debatable. I think the meaning of it is lost on most people though.

    • @jasonsabourin2275
      @jasonsabourin2275 2 года назад +2

      I like the three different phones, one older, or newer than the next.

    • @Fulscript
      @Fulscript 2 года назад +3

      @@evanhughes1510 could you tell me the meaning? not debating, I'm actually curious.

    • @the90z
      @the90z 2 года назад +26

      @@Fulscript it’s meant to imply that that the conversation is so pitiful that even the camera has to look away.

    • @itseveary5756
      @itseveary5756 2 года назад +9

      theres a chance that he wasn't even talking to anyone but simply imagining she was ignoring him to give him a good reason and justify his outburst towards her

  • @dheerajhazarika1836
    @dheerajhazarika1836 4 года назад +343

    Can’t believe Harvey haven’t won an Oscar so far. He has been a part of so many great movies.

    • @waynej2608
      @waynej2608 4 года назад +8

      Very true.

    • @Smudgeroon74
      @Smudgeroon74 3 года назад +5

      You gotta see City of Industry if not seen it already... 1 of Keitels very best performances.

    • @NormAppleton
      @NormAppleton 2 года назад +7

      Walken did. Harry Dean never did. Sam Jackson hasn't. We know who is great without the silly statue.

    • @LusciousTwinkle
      @LusciousTwinkle 2 года назад +1

      F those statues.

    • @TheChance1991
      @TheChance1991 2 года назад +5

      Bad Lieutenant is such a powerhouse performance.

  • @biglsworth567
    @biglsworth567 8 лет назад +384

    what a disgrace. would've loved to just see the actors talk amongst themselves rather than see Lauer ask questions that any fan of the movie knows the answer too.

  • @vincentknight27
    @vincentknight27 8 лет назад +1365

    That question to Jodie Foster about the assassin............ I have no words...... how can you ask such a question...... how can you green-light asking such a question.... she reacted like a pro, which of course she is... but seriously... what were you guys thinking asking that. That really offended me and it is pretty easy to tell that everyone else in the room felt the same way.

    • @FirstHillSeattle
      @FirstHillSeattle 8 лет назад +46

      +Vincent Knight Totally agree. It was smarmy.

    • @vincentknight27
      @vincentknight27 8 лет назад +75

      DamageIncM I think YOU are not completely healthy if that question didn't make you feel uncomfortable.

    • @nonplayerzealot4
      @nonplayerzealot4 8 лет назад +33

      I'm offended for Vincent that you're offended for him being offended at Jode's offense to the question.

    • @vincentknight27
      @vincentknight27 8 лет назад +9

      DamageIncM You don't mind your own business, otherwise you'd shut up about this.

    • @nonplayerzealot4
      @nonplayerzealot4 8 лет назад +17

      Vincent Knight Vincent, I think you would kick DamageInc's ASS in a fight. I got your back, bro. He was TOTALLY out of line.

  • @FemaleDallasTexas
    @FemaleDallasTexas 2 года назад +71

    I love Jodie’s reply to the stalker question. She is a strong woman.

    • @Piece-O-Pie
      @Piece-O-Pie 10 месяцев назад +2

      Seems like she didn't want to talk about it. Or even that she's still not come to terms with that episode in her life.

    • @MundiaKamau
      @MundiaKamau 9 месяцев назад +1

      @@Piece-O-Pie Could actually be both. She did however appear resentful about being "blamed" for the attempt on Ronald Reagan's life, and if she was indeed resentful, I don't blame her.

  • @kamuelalee
    @kamuelalee 5 лет назад +89

    De Niro won't say "the line" because it's been following him around for more than 40 years.

  • @gonzesse1437
    @gonzesse1437 8 лет назад +664

    These guys are legends. We are lucky to have them live among us

    • @RyanInLA
      @RyanInLA 8 лет назад +16

      +Gonzesse except for Matt Lauer. Not a legend. Not lucky to have.

    • @Zabs_Mcgee
      @Zabs_Mcgee 8 лет назад +1

      +Gonzesse i don't live with either of these guys!!!

    • @gonzesse1437
      @gonzesse1437 8 лет назад

      RyanInLA lol!!

    • @0penpress
      @0penpress 8 лет назад +2

      "Among" as in Ahhh nevermind God bless Public school system

    • @datahacker1405
      @datahacker1405 8 лет назад +4

      everyone but cybil shepherd

  • @skar8009
    @skar8009 4 года назад +38

    3:10 De Niro is like that guy who doesn't want his best friend to bring up some old story in public.

    • @2am934
      @2am934 3 года назад +1

      hahahhahah

  • @coreycox2345
    @coreycox2345 7 лет назад +66

    Jodi Foster was twelve and had already put forth a brilliant and funny performance in "Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore." All of these people are so talented.

    • @waynej2608
      @waynej2608 4 года назад +2

      And, The Little Girl, Who Lives Down the Lane, with Martin Sheen. 1975.

  • @kerrycampbell3924
    @kerrycampbell3924 8 лет назад +2166

    Dumb question to Jodie. Matt is a terrible journalist.

    • @jjdvideo
      @jjdvideo 8 лет назад +169

      +kerry campbell And he kept pestering Deniro to say "You talking to Me?"
      Matt doesn't think sometimes.

    • @Sochilinda
      @Sochilinda 8 лет назад +54

      +kerry campbell ML is an anchor but by no means is he a journalist.

    • @SquidkidMega
      @SquidkidMega 8 лет назад +49

      he's also very glib

    • @TheKitchenerLeslie
      @TheKitchenerLeslie 8 лет назад +19

      The real truth of this is that Jodie has been ordered to keep her mouth shut on what she knows because the whole story is false. Hinckley was a friend of the Bush family. That's a fact you can look up. The Jodie Foster angle is a cover story.

    • @Charleybones
      @Charleybones 8 лет назад +18

      That's quite an assertion. Provide some specifics. Simply saying that the Hinkley family knew the Reagans doesn't mean anything. The Hinkley's parents were wealthy and the Reagans travelled in wealthy circles. The fact that their mentally disturbed son would try to kill Reagan out of his delusive infatuation with Joie Foster has no direct link to a conspiracy. Anyone can make up a story. I doubt you can provide details...

  • @siddharthnaagar7028
    @siddharthnaagar7028 3 года назад +114

    No one handles egregious situations with grace like Jodie Foster

    • @missdee4927
      @missdee4927 2 года назад +9

      Facts. True boss.

    • @13letras
      @13letras 11 месяцев назад +3

      As a typical INTP, Jodie knows how to dodge all bullets and takes nothing personally.

    • @terrycraig6386
      @terrycraig6386 11 месяцев назад

      ​@@13letraswhat is that? INTP? Huh?

    • @13letras
      @13letras 11 месяцев назад

      @@terrycraig6386 INTP is Jodie's psychological type: an introspective and reserved person who makes decisions rationally, rarely takes offense, and approaches problems systematically, not personally (among other characteristics)
      To learn more, search for "INTP MBTI"

  • @KOFSOT
    @KOFSOT 8 лет назад +74

    My favorite scenes of this movie is De Niro driving around in his taxi, showing the lights of the city along with the sweet music playing in the backround...

    • @GlennDavey
      @GlennDavey Год назад

      You mean the opening titles?

  • @donmogsleyforever
    @donmogsleyforever 8 лет назад +611

    Why ask the John Hinkley question at all?

    • @littlecasino60
      @littlecasino60 8 лет назад +3

      +Charles Johnson I guess it's really difficult to separate the two. I know with the Linda Blair movie "Born Innocent" they always ask her about the real-life rape that happened after some girls saw that scene in the movie and raped another girl whenever that movie is discussed.

    • @donmogsleyforever
      @donmogsleyforever 8 лет назад +6

      +Lani Moore you're right. It just seemed to detract from the interview.

    • @gregwalker1913
      @gregwalker1913 8 лет назад +31

      +Charles Johnson
      Why indeed. And yet, Jodie handled it like a pro.

    • @gmawneydawgness
      @gmawneydawgness 8 лет назад +33

      Right? She was clearly uncomfortable. As soon as Matt said "Hinckley", she said "ok..." As in here we go again with THIS question that I had no participation in the events of a crazy person

    • @roshiiseneviratne2219
      @roshiiseneviratne2219 8 лет назад +20

      +Charles Johnson I can't believe he asked her that. She is very sensitive to that question and has been known to walk out of interviews, when she was asked about it at that time. That has no relevance to the movie.

  • @ritwikghosh7743
    @ritwikghosh7743 3 года назад +99

    For me, the most significant character of this movie was it's music. The music actually turned this film extraordinary ☺☺☺

    • @LusciousTwinkle
      @LusciousTwinkle 2 года назад +5

      Wasn't it amazing??? Oppressive.... unsettling...yet very stylish.

    • @frwystr
      @frwystr Год назад +4

      it was bernard herrmann’s final score

    • @millsykooksy4863
      @millsykooksy4863 Год назад

      So true

  • @seantripp6028
    @seantripp6028 8 лет назад +2666

    They should make a sequel titled - "The Uber driver"...

  • @MapleSyrupPoet
    @MapleSyrupPoet 5 лет назад +27

    Cybill Shepherd was absolutely mesmerizing as Betsy ...nobody else could have played her 🎥🎬💕...so much intelligence in her eyes 👀

  • @italianstallion9148
    @italianstallion9148 4 года назад +29

    Fun fact: The scene when Martin Scorsese makes a cameo appearance, they actually had to put blankets under him because he was too short. The young Italian director standing at about 5' ft 4 inches

  • @ratnoinamaew7822
    @ratnoinamaew7822 6 лет назад +57

    Unfair how they didn't focus on Harvey's role which he absolutely nailed.

    • @Camothor10
      @Camothor10 2 года назад +6

      Well he is barely in the movie

    • @Brokenface
      @Brokenface 7 месяцев назад +1

      ​@@Camothor10 his acting Is still great despite his little time on screen

  • @brianbozo2447
    @brianbozo2447 4 года назад +26

    For deNiro to improvise the unscripted "you talkin' to me" scene show just how much imagination and capacity to occupy a role show just how much talent deNiro had.

    • @Mickieshelton
      @Mickieshelton 2 года назад +3

      There is no one like De Niro in history.

  • @jamesfeldman4234
    @jamesfeldman4234 4 года назад +12

    I was a freshman at NYU when Taxi Driver was about to be filmed. Cybill Shepard was one of my classmates and we frequently took the same elevator together. Amazingly, even when she looked around the crowded elevator, no one seemed to recognize her, although The Last Picture Show was in release then. I smiled and nodded at Cybill, conveying that I not only recognized her but was impressed with her. She flashed back a dazzling smile at me. Although the thought crossed my mind of asking her if she'd like to have some coffee with me, I wasn't very confident then and, besides, I knew that she was dating Elvis Presley at the time.

  • @carver3419
    @carver3419 8 лет назад +398

    It was crass and tasteless to bring up John Hinkley.

    • @tommyo.7876
      @tommyo.7876 8 лет назад +10

      +carver3419 I totally agree. Jodie handled it well.

    • @m.e.d.7997
      @m.e.d.7997 7 лет назад +2

      She knew the question would be asked. You all look foolish bashing Matt Lauer.

    • @JG-id5vi
      @JG-id5vi 6 лет назад +10

      Margaret How you feel now

    • @gmawneydawgness
      @gmawneydawgness 3 года назад

      Margaret who looks foolish now beeotch?

    • @davecassady7468
      @davecassady7468 3 года назад

      W/ a totally classy response from Jodie.

  • @rulala
    @rulala 3 года назад +33

    I love the jazz in the movie so much, not only the sax, but also the trumpet and drum

  • @bkavanaugh863
    @bkavanaugh863 7 лет назад +135

    You handled it well Jodie. Love you more than ever now.

  • @JustSomeCanadianGuy
    @JustSomeCanadianGuy 6 лет назад +20

    Never figured Harvey Keitel would age better than Cybill Shepherd.

    • @ericdravennevermore2566
      @ericdravennevermore2566 4 года назад +1

      even de niro, men age like wine

    • @waynej2608
      @waynej2608 4 года назад +7

      Ah, c'mon. Ok, Cybill isn't as beautiful as she once was. But, she still looks fine to me. I'd take her to see, Suddenly Sweet Susan. 😃

  • @ericmalone3213
    @ericmalone3213 Год назад +25

    What a great interview this could have been with anyone except Matt Lauer.

  • @sibe6096
    @sibe6096 6 лет назад +191

    Matt talking about the dance scene is very telling of what a sicko he is.

    • @Palendrome
      @Palendrome 4 года назад +25

      What does he mean by touching? I mean Harvey gave a good answer about the actors perspective, but the scene was NOT touching in any way

    • @daisy-zh7gk
      @daisy-zh7gk 4 года назад +20

      and he rlly cut off THE Harvey Keitel who was giving a more interesting answer than any of his questions were provoking

  • @BJ64Th3M0v13f4n
    @BJ64Th3M0v13f4n 4 года назад +59

    Harvey Keitel looks amazing for old age.

    • @suat365
      @suat365 4 года назад +2

      Absolutely. And a great actor

    • @waynej2608
      @waynej2608 4 года назад +2

      @@suat365 Yes, he is. I thought his performance in The Bad Lieutenant, should've got him the Oscar for best actor. The fact that he wasn't even nominated, boggles the mind. Also, great in Clockers, The Piano, Mean Streets, Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore, etc. Terrific actor, and seems undervalued, somehow. One of my favorites, along with De Niro.

    • @deshawnwilliams1149
      @deshawnwilliams1149 3 года назад +3

      Yes he does.. Handsome and ageing like fine wine 😍

    • @lukej452
      @lukej452 6 месяцев назад +1

      some people just look good a bit older, he is one of them

  • @ceevishus4130
    @ceevishus4130 3 года назад +29

    This movie is so important. Every young man needs to see this movie and understand it on all of its levels. You'd be surprised how many men are or become Travis bickle or Tyler Durden.

    • @michalbosiuk
      @michalbosiuk 2 года назад +3

      Tyler Durden does not exist

    • @Mrhostil95
      @Mrhostil95 2 года назад +8

      @@michalbosiuk Tyler Durden represents the epitomy of masculine idealization. He's what every man would want to be if not restrained by social etiquette and standards. So he's very much real in a metaphorical way.

  • @geraldfrank1630
    @geraldfrank1630 6 лет назад +51

    Greatest film composer ever did the best music score ever while dying of cancer & in great pain. Got a standing ovation by musicians b4 even raising his baton to rehearse. Bernard Herman, the Maestro! Scorsese refused to do film without him & waited 6 mons for Hermann to say yes. RIP Oh Great One 🙏

  • @Theomite
    @Theomite 8 лет назад +144

    Come on Lauer. Foster doesn't talk about that event for NUMEROUS reasons, and it's probably the reason for her legendary reclusiveness. It's a horrific event that binds her to history, meaning that she can never get away from it. So she wants as much distance as she can get. It was terribly foolish to believe that you could get an answer out of her. I would bet $500 against Oprah getting it out of her.

  • @GazmoSin1960s
    @GazmoSin1960s 8 лет назад +73

    So great to see them all together 40 years later. What a classic!

  • @whiskyrebel9715
    @whiskyrebel9715 4 года назад +27

    5:30 I wish Deniro hit him with, "ya know I think you're out of line saying that"

    • @waynej2608
      @waynej2608 4 года назад +9

      Lauer- No, I don't think so.
      De Niro- Yeah, you are. A little bit.
      Lauer- I'm not trying to be disrespectful to Ms. Foster
      De Niro- Yes, you are. I think you're disrespecting her, a little bit.
      Enter, Joe Pesci, weilding a baseball bat. He chases Lauer off camera and back stage. De Niro takes off his jacket and follows Pesci.
      *Lights dim

  • @kevtb874
    @kevtb874 8 лет назад +171

    DeNiro didn't repeat the line because he's tired of it after 40 years. Come up with some original questions to ask the dude and stop trying to condense one of the greatest films of all time into a throwaway line.

    • @burlhorse61
      @burlhorse61 3 года назад +2

      every interviewer keeps asking him to say that line-so he always expects it

  • @robertterry7504
    @robertterry7504 8 лет назад +576

    Most inept interview I've ever seen, no exaggeration. Every question idiotic, bordering on offensive.

    • @BackyardPix
      @BackyardPix 8 лет назад +4

      That's kinda fun to watch, though.

    • @robertterry7504
      @robertterry7504 8 лет назад +20

      Right. It's partly context. I've seen very incompetent interviews before. But this is a seasoned TV personality with decades of experience with a very rare opportunity to address a cluster of Oscar Winners about a classic and controversial film. So much potential that was not just squandered, but actually turned into something wavering between utterly useless and downright painful.

    • @puplover7991
      @puplover7991 8 лет назад +4

      Agreed. And his blustering faux intensity as he asked each question was nauseating. How has he had this job for so long?

    • @m.e.d.7997
      @m.e.d.7997 7 лет назад

      What could he have done better?

    • @NextExiter
      @NextExiter 7 лет назад +1

      The whole interview. That was my point. Take everything he asked, throw it out, and then write down new questions.

  • @m.e.d.7997
    @m.e.d.7997 7 лет назад +126

    Jodie looks beautiful. She seems like a really nice person.

    • @bkavanaugh863
      @bkavanaugh863 7 лет назад +23

      Jodie always acted with class but with a slightly elusive quality.

  • @brookehanley3659
    @brookehanley3659 7 лет назад +154

    Jodie Foster is a classy person. She looks great here physically and as a person.

    • @Mickieshelton
      @Mickieshelton 2 года назад +5

      Everyone just loves her

    • @NormAppleton
      @NormAppleton 2 года назад +6

      Jodie is an amazing person. Matt Lauer is a scuzz

    • @vtwillard
      @vtwillard 2 года назад +2

      i liked her when she was in all those walt disney movies. Then she jumps to silence of the lamb - nuts what a jump. Loco.

  • @talhahussain1875
    @talhahussain1875 3 года назад +7

    When Robert de niro told "even tho when you are born in the middle of the city it doesn't mean you cant feel isolated " I felt that !! I have been trying this to explain for a so long time now ,nobody understands it

  • @skyavalanche
    @skyavalanche 5 лет назад +66

    Taxi Driver: Everlasting
    Matt Lauer: A fart in the wind

    • @ThaqtRamone
      @ThaqtRamone 3 года назад +3

      And now, he's really gone like a fart in the wind

  • @Morgan_Au
    @Morgan_Au 8 лет назад +170

    Foster 1 Lauer 0

    • @jessicawalton4690
      @jessicawalton4690 3 года назад +1

      I hope she complained, what a disgusting thing to ask

  • @Linny95
    @Linny95 8 лет назад +35

    Another film that reminds me of Taxi Driver is Chunking Express. It also explores the city, uses it as a metaphor, talks about the loneliness, progression of multiculturalism, the 21st century, tradition vs modernity, time and changing culture in the East.
    Films like these are not made any more lol

  • @merciless41582
    @merciless41582 Год назад +5

    Its time we give Jodie Foster her flowers. She's up there with Meryl Streep, Julia Roberts, and others as far as the greatest actresses of all time.

  • @gmawneydawgness
    @gmawneydawgness 8 лет назад +443

    Matt Lauer HAD to go there with Jodie?! Will she still be asked about Hinckley when she's 105?

    • @gmawneydawgness
      @gmawneydawgness 8 лет назад +4

      +ButtercupsTrueLove right, but how long has Lauer been doing interviews on the Today Show? You'd think he would do his homework

    • @gmawneydawgness
      @gmawneydawgness 8 лет назад +3

      +Brau Caldin not sure what you mean, wouldn't I ask Jodie Foster about it? No, man he was her stalker when she was at Yale, why would I ask her about him?

    • @gmawneydawgness
      @gmawneydawgness 8 лет назад +15

      +Brau Caldin Huh? No, it was inappropriate and Lauer lacked class. Anyone who knows the history knows that she doesn't want to talk about it. Hinckley trespassed on Yale's grounds more than once and somehow got her dorm phone # and repeatedly stalked her. All this before the Reagan shooting. She was only 18 or 19 years old, and she had nothing to do with him. If that happened to me, I wouldn't want to reflect on it.

    • @lynnturman8157
      @lynnturman8157 8 лет назад

      uh...yeah. duh.

    • @loveanimals6981
      @loveanimals6981 8 лет назад +4

      Well, anyone that asks her about it is wasting their time and their breath. She remains to this day so obscure and tight-lipped about it. I would love for her to REALLY give her feelings about it, but alas, it looks like that'll never happen. Any number of people would've spoken in depth about this had they instead had such an experience. She's a very intelligent person, and a talented actress, but she's always been one to hold back about certain aspects of her life (the Reagan shooting, her sexuality). I can only theorize that she's been this way to preserve and protect her career.

  • @robwhitexp
    @robwhitexp 6 лет назад +11

    They're all big time actors, but De Niro is the king of these iconic, memorable characters. Godfather, Goodfellas, Taxi Driver.. Even Meet the Parents

    • @tedl7538
      @tedl7538 2 года назад +2

      My favorite De Niro film....King of Comedy

    • @biggusdickus9000
      @biggusdickus9000 Год назад +3

      De Niro has been in so many masterpieces... Once Upon a Time in America, Mean Streets, Goodfellas, Godfather II, Raging Bull, Casino, King of Comedy, Cape Fear, Taxi Driver, Heat, Deer Hunter...What a living legend

  • @catgardener8587
    @catgardener8587 8 лет назад +494

    I am shocked, disgusted and appalled at Matt Laur's gross unprofessionalism in asking Jodie Foster about the actions of a demented man she never met or ever had anything to do with. How utterly disrespectful and low-class. That was a blind-sided low blow. Any respect I might have ever had for Lauer is now where he has shown himself to be: in the gutter.

    • @DanAzin
      @DanAzin 8 лет назад +13

      +Cat Gardener whats so bad about asking how that affected her? maybe you should reply when your period is done

    • @missdee4927
      @missdee4927 8 лет назад +17

      +Cat Gardener I agree that was such a cheap, low class move. He knows she doesn't like to talk about it. He was trying to get a good moment, but that creep should not be getting any attention. It should be about the movie.

    • @thealeworld
      @thealeworld 8 лет назад

      +DanAzin haha

    • @Fordham1969
      @Fordham1969 8 лет назад +3

      +Cat Gardener Interviewers can often ask overly intrusive questions without any apparent justification but I don't think that's the case here because of the historic significance of the event in question.He didn't ask her to comment on Hinkley per say,just on the impact the event and it's repercussions had on her at the time,in the same way that interviewers would(and did) ask Lennon and Mccartney their opinion of the Manson/Helter Skelter connection.Or in turn,the way I'm sure an interviewer would have no doubt asked Salinger about his thoughts on the Catcher in the Rye/Mark David Chapman connection if they'd had the opportunity.
      Once Foster made it clear here she didn't want to comment(which is of course understandable)he immediately moved on.But I don't think the question as asked was irrelevant or out of bounds,unless she specified beforehand that she didn't want any questions regarding that.

    • @ManUntdForever
      @ManUntdForever 8 лет назад +13

      Matt Lauer is a hack. He's an awful journalist.

  • @giorgigudiashvili4876
    @giorgigudiashvili4876 7 лет назад +8

    Came here to see Cybill Shepherd. What an absolute beauty she was.. And geniusly cast.

    • @m.e.d.7997
      @m.e.d.7997 5 лет назад +2

      They called her modelling agency and asked for a "Cybill Shepherd"
      type and her agent said why not cast the real thing? So yes, she really was cast perfectly. Cybill is mediocre acting wise here IMO, but she fit the bill to a T.

  • @skyjuke2006
    @skyjuke2006 Год назад +3

    I'm 55 from Italy 🇮🇹
    I remember to have seen this movie when I was teen.
    I was very impressed by De Niro character and now after many years I plan to rewatch it for the second time and to see what I feel.
    The music too seems wonderful and the town...wow 😲

  • @user-hv3rh3iw6j
    @user-hv3rh3iw6j 8 лет назад +2

    Love it how Deniro and Foster just weren't playing his silly games haha.

  • @Rhythmicons
    @Rhythmicons 6 лет назад +13

    6:21 "I am not your show pony, Matt Lauer."

  • @neiladlington950
    @neiladlington950 8 лет назад +26

    The seventies was the golden decade and although I lived through it I regret I didn't see more movies than I did. But I did watch more movies in that decade than any other and even the ones that were little known or not as well received were often a pretty good movie experience just the same. Cult classics, the beginning of tent pole movies, the full maturation of movie craft, etc. The seventies was that sweet spot where youth meets experience; craft meets inspiration and money met art and movies like Taxi Driver were the result.

    • @waynej2608
      @waynej2608 4 года назад +1

      Most definitely. The 70s were the best decade for film, period. Sure, there were others, the 40s, the 90s, but the 1970's were the boss. From Mash and The Godfather, thru Dog Day Afternoon and Nashville to The Deer Hunter and Apocalypse Now. It would take too long, to list all of the worthwhile films of that rich decade. The decade of top directors like Scorcese, Altman, Coppola, Ashby, Lumet, Jewison, Nichols et al. Splendid foreign films like Get Carter, Amacord, The Passenger, Swept Away...Last Tango in Paris, etc. Antonioni, Bertolucci, Wertmueller, Felini, Bergman et al.
      The beginning films of Meryl Streep, Diane Keaton, Sally Field...
      Woody Allen came into his own, in the 70s.
      Ok, I could go on, but I think one gets the idea. Fertile ground, wonderful films. The great minds that were brewing in the sixties, started to really percolate. In the 70s, it was fairly standard, for the best acclaimed films, to also be the box office successes. Take a film like Polanski's Chinatown, with Jack Nicholson and Faye Dunaway, 1974. It was hailed by critics and people flocked to see it. If it were released, in the mid 80s, it would still, most likely be praised, but not sure it would do as well, finacially.
      A variety of social, political and cultural reasons may be to blame, but bottom line, public tastes shift, no matter the reason. Anyway, glad I came of age in that era. The films, the music, the books, were just really special, back then.

  • @oldatarigamer
    @oldatarigamer 8 лет назад +143

    Come on, he couldn't have left Jodi alone on the Hinckley question? Sheesh

    • @muchomusiclibre
      @muchomusiclibre 8 лет назад +12

      The burning question is, was she impressed?

    • @TheSololobo
      @TheSololobo 8 лет назад +2

      +muchomusiclibre LFOL.

    • @quietdemon8138
      @quietdemon8138 6 лет назад +1

      oldatarigamer it was a defining feature of the impact of the film but it did indeed form as part of John's fantasy

    • @SpaneenOomlong
      @SpaneenOomlong 5 лет назад +1

      What do I expect from someone from the Today Show? Questions that are (take your pick) inane, attempts at sensationalism, ignorant, ill-informed, foolish trying to sound hip...

  • @caitlinjoy6332
    @caitlinjoy6332 5 лет назад +3

    I just watched this film for my film class. De Niro should have won the Oscar for this role!

  • @BootlegFightVideo
    @BootlegFightVideo 5 лет назад +17

    John Hinckley Jr. is proud you got his name in there Matt. He was everyone's favorite part in the movie.

  • @bigkozlov
    @bigkozlov 5 лет назад +5

    Harvey is a class act. Was hoping he would would get more thoughtful questions.

  • @QueenCelebrationLive
    @QueenCelebrationLive 6 лет назад +342

    Jodie's outfit in the Taxi Driver is quite modest by today's teenagers standards. Conservative even.

  • @biglsworth567
    @biglsworth567 8 лет назад +46

    What a lame interview. Such a waste having all of the lead actors and Scorsese together answering questions with no thought put into them. Cringed on that Jodie question at the end.

  • @mikamee5459
    @mikamee5459 Год назад +1

    This movie was forgotten for a long time. I remember going into video stores in the 80s and half of the clerks didnt know what I was talking about.

  • @chocolatcats
    @chocolatcats 7 лет назад +8

    a real character of the film was THE TAXI itself. I worked once with Cybill and she's magnificent

  • @excrementcranium
    @excrementcranium 7 лет назад +3

    I don't know what it is but I get such a kick out of hearing Scorsese speak. He seems like such a sweet guy. Forever a legend.

  • @sinane.y
    @sinane.y 8 лет назад +19

    How do you make a 40 year anniversary interview for Taxi Driver and not invite Paul Schrader?

  • @mancavehobbies6213
    @mancavehobbies6213 2 года назад +2

    Cybill Shepherd.is still stunning today

  • @davideisen143
    @davideisen143 4 года назад +15

    The story of the actor in Robert De Niro’s cab while he was researching his character...PRICELESS!
    😎

    • @soaringvulture
      @soaringvulture 4 года назад +3

      "My God, is it that hard to get work?" It must have made his blood run cold.

    • @waynej2608
      @waynej2608 4 года назад +3

      Lmao!! I loved that! So, the young actor, knowing De Niro won an Oscar, for Godfather II, and did Mean Streets, sees him driving a hack. That had to be discouraging to the guy. I wonder if De Niro told him, it was for a new part. 😂😂

  • @michellerose7520
    @michellerose7520 4 года назад +13

    Notice that the predator blames the victim for the crime... "It was because of this role John Hinckley became obsessed with you."

  • @quinnmorgendorffer8435
    @quinnmorgendorffer8435 3 года назад +3

    Robert DeNiro is a phenomenal actor. He is in 3 if these 40 plus anniversary interviews. He has had incredible career.

  • @robertpolanco1973
    @robertpolanco1973 8 лет назад +9

    Personally, I enjoyed watching "Taxi Driver" because it me so fond of New York City for a very long time. I even have a CD of the movie's soundtrack that I enjoy listening to because it had a jazzy feel to the city.

    • @BackyardPix
      @BackyardPix 8 лет назад +2

      Haha, kinda odd, since it sure doesn't paint a pretty picture of NYC.

    • @Hardbody94
      @Hardbody94 7 лет назад +2

      Backyard Pix Better NY than now. New York is full of transplants and hipsters right now. Back then it had character. Gentrification sucks.

    • @robertpolanco1973
      @robertpolanco1973 7 лет назад +2

      What's gentrification?

    • @waynej2608
      @waynej2608 4 года назад

      @@Hardbody94 Exactly. NYC had an edge back then, that is woefully missing, now. Well, for the last 20 plus years, I'd say.

  • @Colddeed
    @Colddeed 8 лет назад +6

    When he started talking about the important character that's not in the room with them, I was hoping it was going to be about Wizard/Peter Boyle.

  • @Kbear-xt9mh
    @Kbear-xt9mh 6 лет назад +6

    At 5:38 you can just tell what all of them are thinking by the look on all of their faces, "why would you think it was appropriate to ask her that?!"

  • @789armstrong
    @789armstrong 5 лет назад +10

    one of the greatest films of all time.

  • @anonb4632
    @anonb4632 4 года назад +1

    Foster bodyswerved the Hinckley question.

  • @scottjohnson5303
    @scottjohnson5303 3 года назад +4

    Robert De Niro always looks like he hates this interview BS. Amazing actor

  • @ChubbyChecker182
    @ChubbyChecker182 7 лет назад +3

    just watched this on the big screen in London, always loved the movie, but wow it's amazing in a cinema, that music !

  • @benjaminglover1570
    @benjaminglover1570 Год назад +1

    Bernard Herrmann`s score is the movie`s stand out player.

  • @josecarranza7555
    @josecarranza7555 8 лет назад +14

    One of the greatest movies of all time, a true flawless masterpiece.

  • @yaakd
    @yaakd 4 года назад +7

    Jodi Foster to Lauer: really dude?

  • @siddharthnaagar7028
    @siddharthnaagar7028 4 года назад +8

    Jodie is such a class act

  • @chettee
    @chettee 8 лет назад +2

    Such a timeless movie. You could adapt this story for a remake in every decade.

  • @guileniam
    @guileniam 5 лет назад +9

    Robert De Niro in "Uber Driver"

  • @normlor8109
    @normlor8109 7 лет назад +13

    I just love this iconic film because I can relate to the time when I was Robert's age and just the beauty of the two girls Jodie and Sybill made this so perfect!

  • @bailinnumberguy
    @bailinnumberguy 7 лет назад +31

    Cybill Shepherd played the ultimate icy blonde in that movie.

    • @katkal3
      @katkal3 6 лет назад +15

      she wasn't all that icy till travis got weird. she actually liked him at first.

    • @evanhughes1510
      @evanhughes1510 Год назад

      I heard that DeNiro asked her out during the filming, and she turned him down, and after that he wouldn’t speak to her off set for the rest of the production.

  • @Threesom666
    @Threesom666 2 года назад +1

    Extremely Impressive Interview!
    Thank you Very Much!
    I am surprised you were able to get all of these mega stars in one room!

  • @sabritebourski9486
    @sabritebourski9486 Год назад

    Thank you for this present it's a pleasure to see again the casting of taxi driver

  • @joshuaklein8465
    @joshuaklein8465 4 года назад +8

    We all know how bad Matt Lauer is a hearing the word "no"

  • @professionalkillergk
    @professionalkillergk 6 лет назад +7

    Matt Lauer wants to talk about the dance scene...

  • @jaqmart
    @jaqmart 5 лет назад +1

    what a classic - great performers - love De Niro's accent.

  • @Stayler17
    @Stayler17 Год назад +1

    Just watched Taxi Driver yesterday. What an amazing film.

  • @propjoe1060
    @propjoe1060 3 года назад +4

    Magnificent film. One of the very best.

  • @mikehalpern384
    @mikehalpern384 8 лет назад +3

    Brilliant, one of my top 10 favorite films of all times ! :-)

  • @giopanagiotakis4430
    @giopanagiotakis4430 Год назад +1

    Probably my favorite movie AND instruction manual.

  • @mcgannahanskyjellyfetti6854
    @mcgannahanskyjellyfetti6854 4 года назад +2

    ~RIP Peter Boyle~

  • @Diskoboy1974
    @Diskoboy1974 5 лет назад +3

    1975 through 1977 were the most incredible three years in cinematic history.

  • @Studio-62
    @Studio-62 5 лет назад +20

    Awful interview, poorly edited. Scorsese clearly proud of his work, has it reduced to pop culture references by the interviewer.

  • @oliverham9701
    @oliverham9701 5 лет назад +2

    The guy from reservoir dogs looked like Eddie Van Halen in this movie

  • @julianp2283
    @julianp2283 6 лет назад +1

    I went to NYC back in 99 (I'm from Europe) and the first thing I did when I came back to France was watching this movie to feel the city mood again.

  • @MrEgrisson
    @MrEgrisson 6 лет назад +3

    Since then i love Cybil and Jodie !!!

  • @cybernautadventurer
    @cybernautadventurer 6 лет назад +28

    The interviewer handled Foster's answer to John Hinkley PERFECTLY. She made it clear she didn't want to talk about it, and the interviewer respected that and moved onto the next question.

    • @GlennDavey
      @GlennDavey Год назад +7

      The "interviewer" shouldn't have asked in the first place. This guy was fired for workplace behaviour. Clearly everyone was offended by the question. Nothing he did was perfect.

  • @royphillips7435
    @royphillips7435 Год назад +1

    My favourite film still , the people in it look the parts and say and act the lines written down for them very well 👍

  • @roseflower9794
    @roseflower9794 6 лет назад +2

    OMG what actors..!!!What director..!!!What a movie!!👊