@@aestheticaltwat Yeah, I was the quite kid in school and noticed how the loud one are the ones getting in fights and acting like psychos. I talked about my love of guns and military stuff a lot in school and would have full conversations with teachers and other students about how they work and who made what and why, I live in Missouri USA though so the community might just be more open that others here.
I'm noticing that Andy's sales pitch is done extremely well here. Travis comes in and asks for an expensive gun that is extreme overkill for his needs. Andy just shows him the gun before subtly saying that it's extremely impractical, at which point he nudges Travis towards the .38, acknowledging that it's a way more practical gun. At this point, he suggests two automatics that Travis doesn't really need but buys anyway (gun collecting is like that), and then tacks on a required accessory in the shoulder holster. He turned a one-gun sale into a four-gun sale with an accessory. Used car salesmen have nothing on Andy.
I mean hes def not wrong about the 44. For personal defense for a cab driver its WAY too big. I think I saw a browning hi power. That wouldve been my top choice with the walther right behind it.
@@Solid_Snake88 good gun but no part of the selection offered in the film that we can see. Besides as mentioned baretta 92 only began production in the same year this film was released so it may not have technically existed yet when they were filming the movie originally
What a HELL of a salesman. Knows how to qualify his customer. Builds trust by suggesting something less than the customer first asked for. Total knowledge of product. No rushing, lets customer try at leisure. Subtlety makes an add-on accessory sale. Closes out with offers for additional future business. Just a wonderful sales performance.
@@peternagy-im4beA salesman never misses the opportunity to upsale. Yeah, he already sold him some stuff, but anything else he might agree to meant even more business so he was throwing whatever he could out there.
The deep web isn't much of a deep web, either. I saw it. Crawling with cops and FBI, no doubt. Great way to get yourself set up by a criminal or cop if you buy anything.
Would you look at dat!? Would you look at dat..just look at it!" Lol can't remember who the guys name that makes the youtube videos, but it's hilarious
Travis wound up using all those guns in a span of 5 minutes. Like a true soldier he prepared for the unexpected. Somehow he knew he might not have time to reload.
I'd be more comfortable having two pistols (in case of some catastrophic failure) of same caliber and just loads of mags in 1 location. 4 pistols is too much multitasking for my brain, i'd likely end up pulling out the 1st empty one after the 2nd goes click.
@@myway7367true- But in a Fire fight you’re NOT gonna Shoot then Put the gun back in your pocket/holster THEN reach for another weapon on you. It would be easier just to drop whatever weapon you’re holding at the moment once you hear 👂 *Click* so you have no chance of reaching for a Dead Weapon. And ONLY have Ready to loaded ready to fire- No Single action’s Whatso ever so you don’t have to worry about adding another action To the mix- Just only have to worry about trigger pull. Two’s plenty YES- But Two Different type’s of weapons for different situations- Perhaps one on the hip and one on under the shoulder- Say if you can’t reach for one- You can reach for the other. 😅 🤷 just my two cent-
Some of these scenes are like toys... that scene, you go out and hammer nails with her all day, come back and it'll cut dead center on target every time...it's got a really nice action to it and a heck of a wallop
I somewhat admire Andy’s sales tactics. Like someone here said, not only did he turn a one gun sale into a four gun sale plus an accessory thrown in, but he tells Travis the reasons why he shouldn’t get the .44, thus sealing the deal that he gets it. He lists the impractical reasons for getting it and that just makes Travis want it more. Damn, if I could sell something like that, I’d never go poor...
I always found it interesting how Easy Andy sounds really professional when he is selling Travis guns then as soon as he starts to tell him about other stuff he can sell him he comes across as sleazy. It’s almost like Travis is so enamoured by the guns that anything Andy says sounds good then as soon as he’s finished talking about guns we see the real Andy.
Awesome analysis, i hadn't considered that at all. Perhaps Easy Andy is an amazing salesman but after the sale he lets loose because he's already made the sale.
@@EGarrett01 travis is actually not a psychopath and that is the real problem. if he where he would not be affected as much as he is by his life situation and would not spiral into the abyss. a psychopath would kill anyone yes, if it woudl serve him for apurpose of some sort. but they dont drift into this mental gruesome state of depression and recentment of the world
I love how Easy Andy is tryin to sound like an absolute *expert* with firearms, but because it’s NY, and living in the city makes it super hard to own a gun legally, he doesn’t really know what hell he’s talkin’ about. Like all the info he has came from reading an operator’s manual for the weapons right before he met Travis lol
@@alonenjersey he calls the pistol magazines clips, it can be easily overlooked but a real clip is for example a 5 round stripper you insert into a bolt action rifle. A 44 magnum, although a powerful round, can't go through an engine block in most cases, because of the density and the complex nature. Maybe it can go through the thin parts, but not the centre. A 38 revolver was standard issue for US police up to the 1990s, but it wasn't known for being a powerful round. Kevlar armour, which was being developed around the 1970s, could stop these rounds, and these vests protected officers from handgun threats like the snub nose or 9mm. It would have made sense if Easy Andy referenced the magnum by quoting it would stop anything that moves, but he was talking about the 38 instead. As with the Walther PP, it actually came before the P38 in the 1920s, while the latter emerged in 1938. It was issued to officers and the Luftwaffe, but it was also a popular choice among German police at the time. Edit: The Walther PP is not an authentic model but an Astra (Spanish) pistol, and the .25 colt is actually a .22 S&W. I stole that from some other comment I know i sound really nerdy, but i thought it was cool to share
@@vksasdgaming9472 Also, I'm sure Travis inquired about a 44 Magnum in the first place only because of the first two ''Dirty Harry'' films, which were already out a few years even before Taxi Driver was filmed.
I like how children's noises are audible, coming from the other apartments, while these two are doing a transaction on guns. Really adds the unsettling effect.
Just to recap... .44 Magnum = A beauty .38 snub-nose = Beautiful little gun, a fine gun Colt .25 automatic = Nice little gun, beautiful little gun 380 Walther = Nice gun, beautiful little gun, a little honey
Fun fact: the “Walther PPK” is actually a Astra Constable II. It’s a Spainish PPK clone that’s actually better/equal quality of a PPK at half the price.
@@niklashenritzi2084 so you have any actual linkable proof? Or are you just regurgitating something that you think to be true. Cause as far as I’m concerned I’ve been handling this thing as a CCW for a couple months now and am very happy with it
@@_Dogberry_ i know some engineers from walther and sig and we spoke about machining, alloys, tolerances etc . not saying yours isnt a good gun just saying that pre ww2 gun production was through the roof, almost too good. have a good one
@@niklashenritzi2084 oh yeah dude I get ya. My grandmas mother’s friends dog nephews cousins 3rd roommate worked at ASTRA and I know the dude personally after all this time and he said “ Yeah sure”
@@_Dogberry_ i have a degree in weapons engineering and i was talking about alloys and tolerances while you are talking about your grandmas friends dog cousin. you clearly convinced me with your superior reasoning
Christpher R Fritz i saw a documentary he killed a Mexican guy who attacked him at a gas station ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-o_M8YaozPDE.html
@@cafenightster4548 I bought a Walther PPK in the early seventies, mil-surp. $60.00. The .44 took me a couple of years to get, because nobody could keep them in stock due to the Dirty Harry movie, but I paid about $200 for the 8 & 3/4" Model 10, brand new, in 1975.
Robot Lover I can relate to that. I like this same scene in God Bless America. It's pretty heavily based on this scene, including trying to sell drugs at the end.
@@ThatGuy-te9wh The newer S&W revolvers are not built to nearly the same quality, fit and finish as the older ones. A Dash-1, 2 or 3 S&W Model 29 could easily bring over $1,000 today.
Easy Andy is Travis's Mephistopheles. This is primo ASMR material. I used to watch this scene over and over on my family's VHS when I was a kid and go into a deep, fuzzy Trance.
+ Geoffrey Zoref Absolutely! It's like his manager calls him and goes "Bob, we have a real shitty script here, but it pays some millions" and Robert just goes "Yeah, whatever. It's not much, but it's honest work".
I love so many scenes in this movie. I can really see the influence Scorcese had on Tarantino. They both take you on an underground journey. Places we never get to see.
Jose Salazar Can only speak for people I've actually known, but they tended to be fair-weather friends. Oh, they were REALLY good at getting THEMSELVES out of trouble, but everyone else was up shit creek
+Jose Salazar I've known guy like that since High School (i live in Serbia), though we kinda lost contact but i still hear of him from time to time. When he was 15, he could get you some fake doctors papers if needed to evade school for a day, or fake prescriptions for medications... soon he could get you weed or mdma, for prom he offered us cocaine and when i was 20, last time i personally saw him, he blatantly and out of blue offered me a TT-30 gun for 100 euros ''just in case if i need it'' (i had absolutely zero need for it)...Now 2 years later i bet he could get you practically anything you want, but where or how he gets all that i have no idea.
Notice how smooth this guy is at selling things. He's not trying to NOT sell the 44.Magnum buy telling Travis not to buy it. He's telling him just how impractical it is and that its better off to get a smaller gun too. Hence, selling more guns. Plus, he is being honest in what he does. "The magnum, they use that in Africa for killing elephants." In a way, he's making you want the gun more buy selling its positives like a negative. Example "The Ferrari, they use that for racing, it can do 240 miles in the street for god's sake. What you need is a Mustang." BOOM, he sells two cars.
FWIW, it's a reference to a cheaply made gun (Raven Arms, I'm looking right at you) with no drop-safety mechanism to prevent a loaded chamber from firing without a trigger pull.
Shows how little the salesman knows about guns. He also incorrectly names the Walther PPK (not a Walther PPK) and the Colt .25 (Not a Colt .25) So i hope you’re not applauding him for his silly statement…
@@tomaspabon2484 Probably for the same reason that people today happily (and rightfully) purchase a Smith & Wesson J-frame or Ruger LCR. I'm sure that the Escort was not the best in the S&W product line, but it certainly was no Raven Arms!
Funny how as soon as the gun transaction is over, Andy stops coming across as a smooth salesman. He starts to seem sleazy and a little like a junky as he tries to sell Travis cars and drugs. I think this is because, from Travis' perspective, the guns have a wonderful mystique and thus Andy has a bigger sway over him.
Good analysis. I was thinking that Travis NEEDED him, to get the guns. So, his mind temporarily elevates the sleazy dealer, in order to justify Travis doing business with him. Once his needs are met he starts to see him for what he actually is.
that's the whole point of the film every character is the same seems genuine but then when you delve a little deeper there not that's the whole point of iris in that movie she breaks the mould even though shes involved in that world if you look at the looking at me scene and travis is preparing for war you can hear a school playground sound in the distance of school children playing the whole film is represented by monster moments of perversion but subtle hints of normality going through travises mind that's what makes this film genius and makes travis go to war
I never claimed to be, it's just my name. You don't see me going around saying you aren't a Stephen do I? You should have gone with Douchey McBlueface.
There aren't many small, seemingly incidental scenes that make big impressions but this is definitely one of them. A couple off the top of my head is the scene in The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly where Tuco meets his brother and the scene in True Grit(2010) where Maddie deals with the pony salesman. Great, very memorable scenes.
Funny how at 2:13 Andy says "it can stop anything that moves". Nevertheless, when Travis tries to save Iris, Sport gets shot by Travis with that gun. A few minutes later, he manages to stand up and shoot Travis inside the building...
"How about this? Check this out (points outside and down to the street). That's a Soviet SS-20 intercontinental ballistic missile. 3-stage, 5 warheads, otherwise it's the same as an American Pershing-2. Yeah that's a great missile look at that. Over in Europe this missile is the backbone of the Warsaw Pact's nuclear strike capacities. It can be launched from a ground base or mobile silo, and pack a heck of a wallop."
+huntsab1 It means that the revolver is dead-accurate, always works and doesn't break easily. That is a quality that revolvers have, except knocking on the cylinder can screw up the timing on it, so it's only partially true that you can abuse it and still make it work well
VIncent Very true, this is why I always prefer revolvers. My friends always give me shit about it, they are all into semi's. But I still have my grandpa's S/W .38 Special snub nose revolver..and it hits dead on every time, no jams, etc..and it's well over 40 years old now!
Easy Andy wasn’t kidding when he said those guns were expensive. Adjusted for inflation Travis spent over 4,000 dollars on guns and he didn’t even get any ammunition
I didn't realize this before but him tracking that gun out the window and pointing it at a random couple says everything you need to know about Travis.
Trivia: the actor playing Easy Andy, Steven Prince, is a former heroin addict. In a documentary Scorsese made about Prince's life, Prince tells a story about reviving a woman having an overdose with an adrenaline injection into her heart with the help of a long needle and a black magic marker. This story was later adapted and incorporated in Pulp Fiction by Tarantino.
@Jim Taylor Tarantino is a stylistic thief, but his dialog is his one trademark. You can tell because no matter what character it is that goes on a rant, it always sounds like Tarantino: partly true insight and mostly full of shit. The guy does know movies, and he does have a knack for cool sounding monologs (Jules in Pulp Fiction is full of them), but his dialog between men and women is notoriously fake sounding.
@Eamonn Wright I disagree. The symbolism of the heart is too deep. Also the humor of stabbing her three times bit was needed to break the tension slightly. Really that was an incredible scene in every way. It also outlined that Vega was ultimately more worried about himself than about Mia and he met with cosmic justice in the end.
@Eamonn Wright There is another famous scene in Die Hard 2 when McClane spouts off some bullshit about a 'Glock 7' that is made of porcelain and can't be picked up by xrays. All of it is utter nonsense, from the xrays to the fictional gun details. It's an example of horrible writing and why Die Hard 2 isn't the classic that the first one was. Ironically the film contributed to the myths around the Glock brand and helped it become dominant.
"You interested in a non-ballistic weapon? Here, check this out (buzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz) Sith light-saber, this was from a galaxy far far away from a long time ago. Red blade, otherwise it's the same as a Jedi saber. That's a nice weapon, that's a beautiful weapon look at that. During the Clone Wars, a Sith lord named Sidious used this saber to take out 3 Jedi masters in like 7 seconds when they tried to apprehend him. Yeah that was a bad day for those 3. I could sell this to some sand-dude on Tattoine for 500 empire credits."
Look at all these creeps, who are they foolin'? You need ya a _nice_ profile pic like mine, my friend. It's fantastic. Look at it, it's hilarious! Everybody'll think it's hysterical, you'll be the life of the party. I'll give it to ya for two fifty.
I like how Easy Andy is not trying to sell his most expensive gun. He is doing what all good sales men should do. Sell the customer what he needs, not what he wants. At least in two instances does he tell Travis how impractical the 44. is. Makes me want to buy it even more.
"This might be a little too small for practical purposes. In which case for you, I'd recommend the M134 minigun. Look at this. Electrically powered, rotating barrel, beautiful little thing. Look at that."
In today's inflation, Travis paid the equivalency of $3,499.38 in 1980; that's serious dough. The 44 mag would've been $1,318.13, the snub nose $999.82, the 25 $470.76, and the Walther $564.91.
I really like Easy Andy's banter. His rap was nice, smooth and calm. The actor was REALLY GOOD. I really loved his manner of speaking, how calm and detached he was. I also noticed the little 'bits here and there' about how nice or cool or pretty something was. It was excellent salesmanship :)
I'm with the rest of ya. GREAT scene. The actor playing Easy Andy fucking nailed it. And the guy didn't do shit with acting afterwards. Did 4 movies (last one in 2009) after Taxi Driver.
