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

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

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.

Not according to these dum dums

The overuse of it grinds my gears so much

The music was my favorite character.

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

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

yeah Bernard Hermann is great. How about Paul Schrader?

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

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

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

@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.

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?

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

MrBlue3rd true

MrBlue3rd 💯💯

equally appalled to say the least

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

RyanInLA lol!!

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

everyone but cybil shepherd

Very true.

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

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

F those statues.

Bad Lieutenant is such a powerhouse performance.

+Vincent Knight Totally agree. It was smarmy.

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

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

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

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.

Exactly! Any reasonable fan of this knew all the answers to those insipid questions.

Grow a pair you wuss.

Lol

It's his job what you gonna do about it?

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.

@@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.

You mean the opening titles?

+Sean Tripp ugh

People like you are destroying the world.

Or Just: uber

HEY THAT'S PRETTY GOOD

Sean Tripp How about.. Taxi driver x 2 : regeneration and revenge

Facts. True boss.

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

​@@13letraswhat is that? INTP? Huh?

@@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"

hahahhahah

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

it was bernard herrmann’s final score

So true

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

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

he's also very glib

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.

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...

Well he is barely in the movie

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

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

Absolutely. And a great actor

@@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.

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

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

+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.

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

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

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

+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.

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

+carver3419 I totally agree. Jodie handled it well.

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

Margaret How you feel now

Margaret who looks foolish now beeotch?

W/ a totally classy response from Jodie.

What a competitor you'd have had , if you had asked her out. :D

True.

There is no one like De Niro in history.

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

Everyone just loves her

Jodie is an amazing person. Matt Lauer is a scuzz

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.

Tyler Durden does not exist

@@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.

I hope she complained, what a disgusting thing to ask

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

That's kinda fun to watch, though.

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.

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

What could he have done better?

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

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

+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.

+DanAzin haha

+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.

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

even de niro, men age like wine

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. 😃

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

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

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

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

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.

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

+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?

+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.

uh...yeah. duh.

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.

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

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.

The burning question is, was she impressed?

+muchomusiclibre LFOL.

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

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...

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

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

What's gentrification?

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

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

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. 😂😂

Queen Extravaganza Live she wasn't even a teenager

Bitopan Talukdar she definitely was

she was 12

@@punisher00109 her character was 12, she was 16

She was 12

Free food afterwards

Good question.

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

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.