Apex Mountain on The Rewatchables
80:26 – 86:01… they do it it's just good that mohawk that hair piece is on display at the Museum of the Moving Image in Astoria, New York in case you ever want to go look Apex Mountain it's tough I don't feel like there's I don't feel like this was Apex Mountain for De Niro this is the it was this somebody's career Apex Scorsese no De Niro no you wouldn't say Scorsese for this right Sean what is what is Scorsese's Apex Mountain just out of curiosity Raging Bull or Goodfellas Goodfellas for me okay I think it is too I don't I don't think he's reached it wow I think he's still going Will it be Killers of the Flower I'm …
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does the finger gun to his head for the cops and the blood just kind of pours down his hand it's just it's really it's smart how they do it it's just good that mohawk that hair piece is on display at the Museum of the Moving Image in Astoria, New York in case you ever want to go look Apex Mountain it's tough I don't feel like there's I don't feel like this was Apex Mountain for De Niro this is the it was this somebody's career Apex Scorsese no De Niro no you wouldn't say Scorsese for this right Sean what is what is Scorsese's Apex Mountain just out of curiosity Raging Bull or Goodfellas Goodfellas for me okay I think it is too I don't I don't think he's reached it wow I think he's still going Will it be Killers of the Flower I'm joking I'm joking I'm joking do you think between this movie and Rocky and the Rocky movie this was the Apex for clap push-ups I feel like I don't think they've ever been better than 1976 this is like it for Plyo Plyo push-ups I remember this was the first time I saw anybody working out in a movie with Travis Pickle yeah it's a big workout and also him putting his hand over the burner it's pretty pretty intense this is the Apex Mountain for the disgusting mid-70s New York I feel like I don't think any movie captured it better it's that's the Jackson Brown song yeah yeah that's beautiful the one needle drop in the movie that's super weird Jackson Brown song yeah that wasn't weird that almost could have been in what's age the worst that Jackson Brown song is kind of great it actually there's a shot where it's pushing in on him and the music hits at a certain point it's actually really nice I think the one thing I heard about the editing in it that was funny was that you know the part where he's talking and he's like this is a man who would not stop and he's turning and then it repeats itself he goes this is a man who would not stop this is a man but here's a man you know and it starts over apparently that Scorsese put that in and all the editors hated it and he was like no I want it they all hated it and that's that's De Niro I guess actually fucking up his line it's great it's like you're in his mind you know you're with him as he's writing in his diary and that's the other thing this is a really good movie or a bad movie as it were for writers just about how fucking crazy you go trying to write anything because so much of the movie is just Travis sitting at a desk writing in his journal and slowly losing it I think the best prop in the movie is the the card to his parents a couple of good scouts I think that's the best prop in the movie I like the I like the narration of the family Iris' family thanking him that's kind of super choppy and weird as he's doing it we thank you for coming to I don't know why they made that choice but I always enjoyed it you get why that dude's daughter turned out the way she did he's a fucking bad decision Mr. Steensma yeah he has some problems he's got problems not the apex mountain for taxis I think that happens in the late 70s with the TV show Taxi which was somehow watched by like 15 to 16 million people a week just six six weird kind of bummed out taxi drivers in New York City what about DC Cab I feel like we're looking over DC Cab here Mr. T yeah Mr. T no no okay picking nets my biggest one is just would would Betsy really flirt with Travis how you guys feel about that was that realistic enough for you guys is this somebody well just that she was so gorgeous is this somebody she she had to have been swatting dudes away like this for the last 12 years of her life I think because he comes in and he's like there's something about him that's charming to her and that's not like just a dude picking her up like he has some depth you know and then when they have that dinner together she says or that you know the apple pie and cheese thing that she says you're not like anybody I've ever met you know there's something alluring to him and he feels that and then he's like okay I gotta blow there I gotta blow it up and we see that all the time especially with like athletes and you know what I mean you see like people just like get you know close to it's working and then it's like okay now I'm gonna you know Mike Tyson biting off you know the ear or whatever you know what I mean it's just like it's just interesting self-destructive behavior he's kind of doing the Neil Strauss the game pickup thing a little bit though too you know he's nagging her he's nagging her he's like you're not a happy person you know and he's kind of like tricking her into believing that he's he can make her happy he's stalking her he's a full-on stalker that's why he can say all this shit that's the thing that I like about the movie is that they're like Travis Bickle's not a good dude like there's never a part of this where you should be like yeah and it's like but I'm gonna show you this piece of shit and you're gonna like there might be a part of you that relates to his anger and frustration you know right it's like Alex in Clockwork Orange it's like here's a completely deplorable piece of shit now I'm gonna make you kind of feel for him because he's getting fucked with you know what I mean it's just really bold it's the thing like you were saying earlier like it's a very 70s thing it's a hard thing to pull off you know now you know
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