That was a great scene, great performances. It still is relevant and shocking. It still conveys the horrible hollowness of the era and the decease (Addiction). Great, great performances. The evasion and the tension at the same time. Really really good scene.
Haven’t watched this film in a long time. I never noticed how awkward Jami Gertz’s voice is in this scene. She’s trying to sound pleased, but make no mistake, she is scared to death. I also think the first third of the film would’ve made more sense if it had been the first time these three had seen each other since graduation. Hadn’t Clay come home only four weeks before for Thanksgiving and caught the other two cheating?
You know Clay should have gotten back on that plane and finished school because his two friends Blair and Jullian were long gone. Nobody couldn't fix Jullian because he was a mess and Blair said that. She was scared and afraid when she saw Clay b/c he didn't know the truth about Jullian and the music is so haunting. Thomas Newman Less Than Zero soundtrack is on ebay now and Amazon.com. I have it. When you look deeper at Blair & Jullian they didn't have anything nothing they had Less Than Zero b/c the title speaks for itself. Robert Downey Jr is a good actor be beat his drug addiction and became an Avenger and Ironman. His career took off and he hasn't stopped since. I am so glad to see Robert Downey Jr play a superhero and he has made it on the right track.
@@Choices2aa same Angel Simone, thank you for coming on the cannel and takking the time to be with us. I like when Clay goes up the stairs (see other video on this site) and has a serious look on his face (he looks pale) because that serious look shows he is serious now about Julian, now that he sees him because I think Jullian has a problem, it's different now, have you seen Jullian? 'I think Jullian is in a lot of trouble', he didn't get back on the plane though then they wouldn't have made the film but I agree with what you say in your comments here ... same
@@ew9433 Less Than Zero is such a different movie from Pretty in Pink ... That movie has lost its appeal for me as I've grown up and realized what it was selling it's audience. Less Than Zero holds up and has a weight about it that John Hughes doesn't achieve with that flick .... Give me Breakfast Club any day over that Pretty in Pink movie. Hell, I like Sixteen Candles better .. has better laughs that's for sure.
It works though. I would say there would have been some far better choices with all the GREAT music in the clubs at the time. But I never here that song by KISS without thinking of LTZ. Not EVER.
It’s remarkable how, when he’s about to leave because he’s not going to white knight Julian for her, that’s when she pours on the “do you think of me” shit ... at least by the end of the movie it’s implied her feelings are genuine, but this is a fairy tale on that level
It was a last ditch effort and she did what she had to do to make him stay. She was very torn in this scene and the complexities of what she was going through were too much.Acting in this movie was quite amazing, still one of my favorite films ever!
Agreed ..I know a lot of people comment on her great acting but she seems very fake in her acting. Like she's seriously struggling to look real. Just my opinion.
Yikes!! The walls have orgy-type patterns on them. Wtf?! This was a great movie, & pretty much realism into the downfall to come, Robert Downey Jr was secretly experiencing. Basically playing himself. How did I never notice those walls, though?
Jami Gertz, I think, is just like she was in this movie. I don't know if she's really a great actress, but she's great on screen.. I mean, she plays this character so well, and I kind of think she's just playing herself, from memory. James Spader is a minor character, and he's so young, but amazing. Robert Downey Jr. is awesome. Maybe too awesome, this movie is his early life. Weekend at Bernies is good. Soundtrack: Rad. Cool J: trad. And I walked away with a bangles CD.
0:02 Is this really what the 80s were like?😂😂 As an 18 year old who grew up indoctrinated in MeToo, your entire life and future would be over so hard just for that touch right there
The acting wasn't great, but the music, and the shots made up for it. Jami has always been a really bad actress in my eyes, but like gaming, a good group can carry you though a dungeon.
The soundtrack score just rips through the soul
Absolutely. I love it so much! Even used some of it for my shortfilm
@@angelicism01 What is the name of this song or the artist?
@@movielove th-cam.com/video/V4MacboAbMw/w-d-xo.html my friend
Agree 100%.......I actually listen to the soundtrack at night on my home from work.
@@movielove Penguin Room off the orchestral film soundtrack by Thomas Newman
I can’t believe nobody was nominated for academy awards w all this incredible acting!! Lolol
Watch the end of the film it's flawless I think they're OK here
Jamie was my total ideal object representation…gorgeous, huge electric brown eyes…
Andrew looks so handsome in this movie. 😍
That was a great scene, great performances. It still is relevant and shocking. It still conveys the horrible hollowness of the era and the decease (Addiction). Great, great performances. The evasion and the tension at the same time. Really really good scene.
I adore this film. It's in my heart even 33 yrs later.
Jami gertz,she is so beautiful...
same
She is also amazing in the lost boys ❤️
@@alexandraa1831 i had forgotten she was in that. i will rewatch. thanks
Jami Gertz is so beautiful she seems to have come from another planet.
very true
The Genius Thomas Newman !
yuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuup
This movie has such an electrifying score, i love it so much.
I feel like growing up in California in the 80s I won the lottery.
This was actually a pretty realistic film, then and today. It's a sad movie though. Don't do drugs, kids!!
Fun fact: Watched this movie the first time I did cocaine. Not sure what to do with that. Still love the movie.
Blair is a nervous anxious coke head in this scene . I thought Jamie Gertz played this scene well , as well as Andrew .
This score is incredible! 💔
And that's when Oswald Cobblepot finally had his revenge.
I just love Blair reaction ❤😢
such an amazing scene.
omg yas
Haven’t watched this film in a long time. I never noticed how awkward Jami Gertz’s voice is in this scene. She’s trying to sound pleased, but make no mistake, she is scared to death. I also think the first third of the film would’ve made more sense if it had been the first time these three had seen each other since graduation. Hadn’t Clay come home only four weeks before for Thanksgiving and caught the other two cheating?
yes it's such a complex scene thank u for your comment i myself still cant even work out all the different things that happening
You know Clay should have gotten back on that plane and finished school because his two friends Blair and Jullian were long gone. Nobody couldn't fix Jullian because he was a mess and Blair said that. She was scared and afraid when she saw Clay b/c he didn't know the truth about Jullian and the music is so haunting. Thomas Newman Less Than Zero soundtrack is on ebay now and Amazon.com. I have it. When you look deeper at Blair & Jullian they didn't have anything nothing they had Less Than Zero b/c the title speaks for itself. Robert Downey Jr is a good actor be beat his drug addiction and became an Avenger and Ironman. His career took off and he hasn't stopped since. I am so glad to see Robert Downey Jr play a superhero and he has made it on the right track.
@@Choices2aa same Angel Simone, thank you for coming on the cannel and takking the time to be with us. I like when Clay goes up the stairs (see other video on this site) and has a serious look on his face (he looks pale) because that serious look shows he is serious now about Julian, now that he sees him because I think Jullian has a problem, it's different now, have you seen Jullian? 'I think Jullian is in a lot of trouble', he didn't get back on the plane though then they wouldn't have made the film but I agree with what you say in your comments here ... same
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@@Choices2aa Beautiful summary. But in the end, I thought Clay DID return to college back East, and he took Blaire with him.
I read Andrew’s biography and he has a low opinion of this film. Hard to believe since it was his best role, IMO.
i did as well actuallyu
I think he it too emotional for the fiction character.
I love him with Molly in Pretty in Pink.
@@ew9433 Less Than Zero is such a different movie from Pretty in Pink ... That movie has lost its appeal for me as I've grown up and realized what it was selling it's audience. Less Than Zero holds up and has a weight about it that John Hughes doesn't achieve with that flick .... Give me Breakfast Club any day over that Pretty in Pink movie. Hell, I like Sixteen Candles better .. has better laughs that's for sure.
To think that today, she owns her own pro-ball team. Now that's bigger than some Hollywood actress.
Wish my boyfriend was affectionate with me like that.
same
@@angelicism01 wish you much love 🙏🏼❤️
@@bergercookie aw same to you >>>>>>> 3
You're a cat tho. Kinda hard to be affectionate that way with a cat.
yeah this is nothing like the book huh
Putting a Kiss song in this scene is antithetical to everything the novel is about!
fair enough john
It works though. I would say there would have been some far better choices with all the GREAT music in the clubs at the time. But I never here that song by KISS without thinking of LTZ. Not EVER.
This was the 80s.
What a movie!!!!
Best druggie movie ever made
I watched it today I’m 39 I remember watching this as a 13 year old way back in the 90s
@@thiagomacedo9126 same
Very before me too era with him grabbing girl's cheek. That wouldn't fly today
now she owns the Atlanta Hawks!!!
It’s remarkable how, when he’s about to leave because he’s not going to white knight Julian for her, that’s when she pours on the “do you think of me” shit ... at least by the end of the movie it’s implied her feelings are genuine, but this is a fairy tale on that level
a triangle, but not.
julian is present in the music, his pain, but also not, because the music is their fairy tale
It was a last ditch effort and she did what she had to do to make him stay. She was very torn in this scene and the complexities of what she was going through were too much.Acting in this movie was quite amazing, still one of my favorite films ever!
I don't like the way she acts but in her prime she was jaw dropping beautiful 😍🔥👌
Agreed ..I know a lot of people comment on her great acting but she seems very fake in her acting. Like she's seriously struggling to look real. Just my opinion.
Pure magic. For a moment, I was. We were,...again.
i totally agree daniel, thank u for commenting
Yikes!! The walls have orgy-type patterns on them. Wtf?! This was a great movie, & pretty much realism into the downfall to come, Robert Downey Jr was secretly experiencing. Basically playing himself. How did I never notice those walls, though?
Usually they like to decorate the backgrounds with typical Freemason Illuminati Shit...
Actress (Blair/Jami Gertz) portraying to be high on Cocaine. Great Scene!!
I had the Less Than Zero videogame for my Commodore 128
Jami Gertz, I think, is just like she was in this movie. I don't know if she's really a great actress, but she's great on screen.. I mean, she plays this character so well, and I kind of think she's just playing herself, from memory.
James Spader is a minor character, and he's so young, but amazing. Robert Downey Jr. is awesome.
Maybe too awesome, this movie is his early life. Weekend at Bernies is good. Soundtrack: Rad. Cool J: trad. And I walked away with a bangles CD.
right. i think everyone was just playing themselves
oh it’s meow wolf
CLAY
What a movie
same
This movie is as good as Leaving Las Vegas and Jami Gertz is gorgeous
I think of this scene, and well, do you still think of me...
I watch this a lot haha
Oh the 80's Beverly hills rich kid set. Not one black, Latin or oriental face anywhere😂😂😂
Just a Rick Astley look-alike.
Jami Gertz looks like Teri Hatcher.
She looks better I think.
@@lisasmith767 You're right she does she's a very underrated actress I remember her on Square pegs and The Facts of Life.
0:02 Is this really what the 80s were like?😂😂
As an 18 year old who grew up indoctrinated in MeToo, your entire life and future would be over so hard just for that touch right there
You feel indcotrianted to get consent? What a weird ass way to tell on yourself bud.
@@pinknosebleed9932 And you sound like one of the indoctrinated this guy is talking about. 😂 ... sad
Take your pick
BLAIR
Definitely pre teeth whitening strips.
I forgot about skinny ties.
I had one
I still wear them lol
The acting wasn't great, but the music, and the shots made up for it. Jami has always been a really bad actress in my eyes, but like gaming, a good group can carry you though a dungeon.
Yes exactly! The music is absolutely brilliant! I also made an edit about the film.
Where is the blu-ray movie? 20 CENTURY FOX
Can you post the full movie please
I will try my friend. I do have the file.
@@angelicism01 please you would do a favor thank you so much
did u get it? i could still get it for u
@@angelicism01 no I couldn't isn't available in my country but thank 3
🦠 0:53 🎄🐣 0:58 😆 🎅 1:02 😮😽📲🍏
Does anybody else think Andrew McCarthy was incredibly miscasted for this role?
He was awesome in this role, who would YOU have cast instead?
@@kyleklmondwa9042 Anyone who can act with some level of coherence
The acting is so bad only RDJ was great
Totally agree...100%
I can't stand andrew macarthy but this is such a good movie