Travis Bickle shows us how to give the perfect job interview. Cockiness, vagueness and a willingness to take the job on any terms are the right combination.
Back when job interviewers asked you real simple questions and didn’t need a fucking college degree or years of experience just to have a low paying job
My friend told me this really funny joke. So his grandfather was applying for a diaper collecting job, back when they rinsed and returned them. To every question, the grandpa responds "money." Gets the job. I will add the marine connection is a big part of breaking down the barriers in this interaction presented in this scene.
What the heck? He didn't ask him his greatest weakness? Or about a time when he had a disagreement and how he resolved it?? How can you just hire someone without knowing where they see themselves in five years? 😤
Why are looking for this job?? Why did you leave previous job?? And of someone asks what's all this have to do with the role? It's all the lame "Human mindset" reason
In my first job site, I just said anytime anywhere and they accepted me, since records, etc are fulfilling. In low paying jobs some people prioritize availability and flexibility over qualification and experience
An excellent character introduction. Tells us exactly what we need to know. Travis is a Marine Corps Vietnam veteran who apparently has PTSD, suffers from insomnia, is socially inept and can't fit in. He doesn't have much education.
@@jimmybags6598 I think since Travis saw combat in Vietnam he was making a crack about that, and the war was not viewed very favorably by most Americans by then
In Scarface 83, the woman playing Pacino's mother was only 7 yrs older than Pacino himself. I know they get started young in Latin countries, especially in past decades, but I don't even think they get started THAT young.
Pesci starts off at Henjry's age and when they move fwd to 1963, he aged about 50 yrs. The mob ages you exponentially, I guess, kinda like being the President.
@@killingmewillnotbringbacky9177 They are going to remake "A Bronx Tale" with De Niro playing the role of the dad, the role of Sonny, AND the role of C.
17 years driving. My interview went like this. "Who the f are you? You got your chauffeur's license and paperwork? Yes. Do you know the town.? No. Ever drive cab before? No. Get in the cab you'll do fine
If he was around today I'd love to see the Travis Bickle linked in account. Travis would drive where no other Uber or Lyft drivers would go and as a matter of fact he'd insist on it
Richard Santanna No kidding, if you want a job with a living wage nowadays you’ll spend at least half an hour with excrucitaingly long questions unless you’re an Uber or Lyft driver.
Marines connection got him in. Take not of the repeated phrases, "anytime, anywhere"..thatvwas a common statement from SOF/Gun for hires back in the day. They didn't give a Sheet and were numb from whatever made them that way.
Joe spinelli ( sp?) Is such a good character actor & in some great films. Rocky gf1 & gf2 & taxi driver. That's some resume & he is memorable in everything. He was such a great friend to rocky, always there for him cheering him on at his matches & wanted him out of the old smelly gym to work at least on the docks to get fresh air. I also loved here right away when he related to travis he was also in the marines he instantly wants to give him a job & make sure hes taken care of. I love in gf2 when frankie says " cich abort"
Jesus Christ man, I was fifteen watching tv after midnight, hoping for this movie to start because Scorsese and DeNiro and their reputations were so good, and almost 5 or 7 years later I can say this movie blowed my mind and I couldn't watch a movie the same way I use to do it ever again.
To both of you fkn morons... IN THE CONTEXT OF THE MOVIE and his personality it’s a red flag...ITS A FKN MOVIE... and I’m not some kid with”an edgy comment “ .I’m 49 years old and am one the most sought after custom car painters in the southeast.I can’t believe anyone who has seen the movie needs this explained.. now who’s pathetic?
@@thedirtiestbradfordbradfor6181 did a democrat piss in your cereal? Jesus H Christ dude he just asked a question and you showed a dozen or so red flags. Get a grip.
Joe Spinell Always like this unlikeable guy. He was Gazzo in Rocky and had parts in The Godfather. Died a sad death after a sad life. Reminded me of a boss when I was young. Who also came across as a wise guy hood, but basically a good guy. Good actor.
I saw this movie as kid. Skipped a day of school and went to the cinema. We sneaked in. We were age 15. Went with my best friend who is now dead. He was burnt to death in warehouse fire. I'll be 60 this year.
Remember when job interviews were like that? Today in England you need a CITB cert then you need a CSCS card and that's before you even get fuckin near to the job. It's all hoop jumpin bullshit.
OMG did Scorsese write this ? When I was a kid back in 75 There was a kid name Bickle l called him pickle . Good thing I moved before he seen this flick . Let me just speak on Fate for a minute. Bickel got his revenge Twenty years later my wife left me and moved into the trailer park were Bickle and I lived . No bullshit.
Back when job interviewers asked you real simple questions and didn’t need a fucking college degree or years of experience just to have a low paying job
Truth.
if travis narration wasnt lying, he did make good money. 350 (in 1976) in a week.
No credit check, no references, no going online to apply and have to make a damn password and username for each job you apply for. Yes. Good days.
My friend told me this really funny joke. So his grandfather was applying for a diaper collecting job, back when they rinsed and returned them. To every question, the grandpa responds "money." Gets the job. I will add the marine connection is a big part of breaking down the barriers in this interaction presented in this scene.
Managers are power hungry sycophants
What the heck? He didn't ask him his greatest weakness? Or about a time when he had a disagreement and how he resolved it?? How can you just hire someone without knowing where they see themselves in five years? 😤
Or “why do you think you’ll be a good fit for this company?”
"What makes you want to work here?" "Oh you know because I'd rather not fucking starve to death"
Damn that shows everyone gets asked the same bs questions lol
Why are looking for this job??
Why did you leave previous job??
And of someone asks what's all this have to do with the role? It's all the lame "Human mindset" reason
In my first job site, I just said anytime anywhere and they accepted me, since records, etc are fulfilling. In low paying jobs some people prioritize availability and flexibility over qualification and experience
An excellent character introduction. Tells us exactly what we need to know. Travis is a Marine Corps Vietnam veteran who apparently has PTSD, suffers from insomnia, is socially inept and can't fit in. He doesn't have much education.
And he hates pimps.
you really like to pigeonhole people, don't ya pal?
Perfect Exposition.
You talking about me? Talkin to me? About me?
@jim well i dont see anybody else...
Me at an interview
"I oversleep all that time.. anytime anywhere"
what a boss
👍🏿
Based
The moment he said he was a marine he got the job
I had that feeling. Up to that point the interviewer seemed to think he was trying to be funny.
this scene is real clean, like my conscience
What, you gonna break my chops with this comment?
@@tylerrobinson5490Sorry, sir. He didn't mean that.
Driving record clean. like his conscience. hahahaha--too funny, although the interviewer wasn't amused.
Why did he get mad about that?
@@jimmybags6598 I think since Travis saw combat in Vietnam he was making a crack about that, and the war was not viewed very favorably by most Americans by then
@@jimmybags6598 Because it was a job interview not chatting up a hooker.
Love movies. Here he's about 32 or 33 playing a 26. In Goodfellas, he's 47 playing a 28. And that Goodfellas scene still worked.
and in the irishman he's like 80 but he's playing like 21. It totally worked and it definitely did not look ridiculous.
In Scarface 83, the woman playing Pacino's mother was only 7 yrs older than Pacino himself. I know they get started young in Latin countries, especially in past decades, but I don't even think they get started THAT young.
Pesci starts off at Henjry's age and when they move fwd to 1963, he aged about 50 yrs. The mob ages you exponentially, I guess, kinda like being the President.
@@killingmewillnotbringbacky9177 They are going to remake "A Bronx Tale" with De Niro playing the role of the dad, the role of Sonny, AND the role of C.
So when do men stop aging?
The feds really took care of Willie Cicci didn't they? Got him a gig running a cab stand right on Corleone turf.
he didn't know that Travis was gonna push a button
@@harveyd3175 A lot of buffers in NY in those days
"Will you work on Jewish holidays?" 😆🤣😂
Job Interviews were much more simple in the mid 70s
@@RobotMillionaire what was the exchange like?
We didn't have an HR dept filled with overentitled diversity hires gatekeeping back then.
Now in 2022....."what's a job interview?"
You also could afford a house and a car with greater ease than you can today.
@@gammadionThe cost of living is absolutely ridiculous now thanks to flat out capitalism & crazy inflation + extreme greed
Those 2 guys in the background are having a hell of a back&forth, Love the details in a Scorcese film
Scorsese is master movie maker!👍☝️👀🇺🇸🇮🇹
17 years driving. My interview went like this. "Who the f are you? You got your chauffeur's license and paperwork? Yes. Do you know the town.? No. Ever drive cab before? No. Get in the cab you'll do fine
"Bust my chops" "Take it on the arches" Yeah, 23 skidoo, Mack!
Lol
If he was around today I'd love to see the Travis Bickle linked in account. Travis would drive where no other Uber or Lyft drivers would go and as a matter of fact he'd insist on it
Would actually be interesting to see a modern Travis as a uber/lyft driver and having to deal with all the bullshit modern society has to offer.
Bickle was 26 in this film. I'd be surprised if he lived to see 29.
Anytime, anywhere
Marines looking out for each oyher
This scene and the "No country for Old Men" border scene.
@@jakep1979 hospital scene A+, So what & the mental FU.
Always keep a pack of crayons on hand
oyher ahoy
@@TheMasterTelevision what lol
Quickest job interview ever.
I wish they were all like this
As soon as he heard he was a fellow marine it was over
My first job interview consisted of "You lookin' for a job?" when the manager saw I had a application in my hand.
Richard Santanna No kidding, if you want a job with a living wage nowadays you’ll spend at least half an hour with excrucitaingly long questions unless you’re an Uber or Lyft driver.
I’ve had some that took about 2 minutes, he asked me when I could work and if I graduated then offered the job. It was at a car wash in 1977
Lol imagine Travis turning up to interview at your work place 🤣
“I just wanna work long hours.” That line stuck with me.
“There’s porno theaters for that”... Funny! Ironically, Joe Spinell was married to a porn star in real life.
Can't believe Joe Spinell was there and he was in Rocky, Godfather 1 and 2 and Maniac
"I told youse to break the guy's thumb. Next time I tell you to do something, you do it!"
Spinnel was a close friend of Spielberg
Hey Rock Renember that guy!!😉😆👍🤘🇺🇸🇮🇹
Spinell was Gazo mafioso in Rocky! " You should fight again Rock"!!💪🥊🥊🇺🇸🇮🇹
Gazzo from Rocky 😊😊😊😉
Was wondering where that face was from!
And Willie Cicci in the Godfather I and II.
@@Arbatov "We had a lot of buffers."
The late great Joe Spinell. He was also good in the extremely disturbing slasher movie Maniac (1980).
Holy shit, I've seen this movie and The Godfather Trilogies a billion times and never realized this is Willie Cici!!!
A man so alieneted and down on his luck.
"What's moonlighting?"
Mac Urban it's working a second job
What your mom does when you're asleep.
It's a quote from the clip you dunce.
An awful show with Bruce Willis and Cybill Shepard, who was in this movie weirdly enough.
Joe Spinell always seemed to find himself getting small parts in great movies (Taxi Driver, Rocky, The Godfather, Brubaker, and Cruising).
Nighthawks as well
@@methus57 Paradise Alley too, very underrated IMO.
did he play a gangster in rocky for whom balboa collected money ?
@@vijayiyer8518 Yes, he played "Gazzo". Spinell was a great character actor who unfortunately died at the relatively young age of 52.
@@jamesh2711 thanks a lot for your response
Anytime anywhere
What about Jewish holidays?
0:00... - Is he coming up from the depths of hell?
Rayoscope nice one
New York streets, close enough
Hahahaha good one
On the commentary Martin Scorsese said that’s exactly what it’s supposed to look like. Travis coming out of hell
Dude who interviews him played in Godfather 1 and 2 and was in the first 3 Rockys as Stallones friend.
Marines connection got him in. Take not of the repeated phrases, "anytime, anywhere"..thatvwas a common statement from SOF/Gun for hires back in the day. They didn't give a Sheet and were numb from whatever made them that way.
In this interview you get to know about Travis. Great intro to the character. This movie may be the greatest movie ever .
Aha! I see what happened there: ‘moonlighting’…’Cybil Sheppard’….
Fate lends a hand.
Just fill out these forms and check back for now when your shift comes..........Send Rocky in on your way out I want to talk to him for a few seconds.
The guy interviewing Bickle was the same guy who paid Rocky Balboa to break thumbs. He was the one who was moonlighting 😂
Joe spinelli ( sp?) Is such a good character actor & in some great films. Rocky gf1 & gf2 & taxi driver. That's some resume & he is memorable in everything. He was such a great friend to rocky, always there for him cheering him on at his matches & wanted him out of the old smelly gym to work at least on the docks to get fresh air. I also loved here right away when he related to travis he was also in the marines he instantly wants to give him a job & make sure hes taken care of. I love in gf2 when frankie says " cich abort"
Jesus Christ man, I was fifteen watching tv after midnight, hoping for this movie to start because Scorsese and DeNiro and their reputations were so good, and almost 5 or 7 years later I can say this movie blowed my mind and I couldn't watch a movie the same way I use to do it ever again.
He could have been a good fighter, instead he became a leg-breaker for some two-bit taxi boss. It's a waste of life.
It's a livin
Oh shit that's Willie Cici!
Cici the door!
The good old days, when there were no "tell us about a time you promoted diversity" questions.
yup now it's all about the vibe bro......
It's hilarious to me that you would talk about "Taxi Driver" and call it 'the good old days' 😆
@@andrewgray8991
Not for New York at the time.
@@andrewgray8991 The worst dystopia of the last century is better than our greatest utopia of the 21st century
@@gammadionlel, spoken like a true 21st century westerner
Go ahead and say that to a Cambodian (assuming you even know what that is lol)
Look ah, just fill out these forms and check back in tomorrow when the shift breaks. You’ll be training with Easy Andy.
Aint that a little honey?
If you don’t upvote this comment then you can just take it on the arches.
Take it on the arches 😄
What a bright, enterprising young man you are. You're hired!
1:52 - It's a hit TV show your co-star Cybill Shepherd will be the star of in about ten years.
Nailed it
Willie Cheech
I was just gonna ask that question!
Willi Cicci*
"I wanna work long hours"...RED FLAG!!
Could you tell me why?
To both of you fkn morons... IN THE CONTEXT OF THE MOVIE and his personality it’s a red flag...ITS A FKN MOVIE... and I’m not some kid with”an edgy comment “ .I’m 49 years old and am one the most sought after custom car painters in the southeast.I can’t believe anyone who has seen the movie needs this explained.. now who’s pathetic?
@Chad Chesterfield you absolutely have to be a Democrat.Only a Democrat could be offended by something that is so obvious to people with common sense.
Honestly now I just feel sorry for you.I didn’t know you were special needs.Sorry.There was no way I could know.
@@thedirtiestbradfordbradfor6181 did a democrat piss in your cereal? Jesus H Christ dude he just asked a question and you showed a dozen or so red flags.
Get a grip.
Joe Spinell
Always like this unlikeable guy. He was Gazzo in Rocky and had parts in The Godfather. Died a sad death after a sad life. Reminded me of a boss when I was young. Who also came across as a wise guy hood, but basically a good guy. Good actor.
The family had lots of buffers
Lol very good.
I saw this movie as kid. Skipped a day of school and went to the cinema. We sneaked in. We were age 15. Went with my best friend who is now dead. He was burnt to death in warehouse fire. I'll be 60 this year.
bru
r.i.p. your friend
That was an utterly pointless comment.
@@Nicole19989 no it isn't.
Sorry about your friend but I couldn't help but laugh about the way you explained how he died, that seemed sonewhat unnecessary 😂
Woah, whats Cicci doin 'ere?
Yo ... there is Gazo from Rocky 🙋
Remember when job interviews were like that?
Today in England you need a CITB cert then you need a CSCS card and that's before you even get fuckin near to the job.
It's all hoop jumpin bullshit.
am I the only one interested in what the two guys in the back were arguing about?
dark wader
No. You're not. Stop trying to be 'original.'
So...why is the sign in the background backwards like it is being read from a mirror?
this clip is mirrored to avoid copyright takedowns
The man interviewing him is not smoking! When did you ever see Willie Cicci without a cigarette?
I'm really really drunk and I'm really really old.....Don Corleone! Cicci, the door!
You gonna mirror my chops?
That guy played Cicci in The Godfather 1 & 2.
Its weird seeing this flipped
take it on the arches... heh
He was gorgeous.
That's Joe Spinel, Rocky and the Godfather. "Na, na, na, it whatn't no heart attack."
Maniac too
Algorythm read my mind. I was thinking about watching this scene.
Anytime
Anywhere
Moonlighting as what? What is his first job/occupation?
For some reason this print is reversed. All the images are backwards like in a mirror. Great scene never the less.
Great into to his character. Tells us so much quickly.
“Anytime anywhere”
Is tht willy cicci from godfather 2
26 yo? dude... im feeling old
Yea what is moonlighting
Willie Cicci goes legit
anytime anywhere
I just watch this scene for the guys cake 😳😳😳😳
anytime anywhere
Is that Ed Kemper?
It’s Robert De Niro
Good he got the job or they would have had to call the film panic streets !
What's the patch on Bickel's right sleeve?
It’s the insignia for the King King Company, a fictional Vietnam War company Travis likely served in
Ringo star
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Willie Cicci
What does he mean by Hack?
It's just a slang word that means to drive a taxi. I think it might have started in Hackney/London in the UK. The taxis were called a hackney carriage
OMG did Scorsese write this ?
When I was a kid
back in 75 There was a kid name Bickle
l called him pickle . Good thing I moved before he seen this flick .
Let me just speak on Fate for a minute.
Bickel got his revenge Twenty years later my wife left me and moved into the trailer park were Bickle and I lived . No bullshit.
scorsese directed this movie, but didn't write it
Will you work Jewish holidays? - What is Jewish holiday?
Anytime anywhere
Its clean real clean like my conscience
oldest looking "26" yr old ive ever seen
People aged worse back then