We break down Isabelle Huppert's and Robert De Niro's performances in 'The Piano Teacher' and 'Taxi Driver.' We discuss themes, and similarities/differences in character drives. Ryan gets Jungian.

Then we discuss our own trajectories in the industry and in NY, and our lowest points. We get nice and personal :)

And we also briefly debate whether or not everyone under the age of 30 is bisexual. 🤷‍♀️

Time Codes:

3:05 

Isabelle huppert

5:30

Actors not having/or not talking about their process 

7:09

The piano teacher//taxi driver comparison 

8:29

Robert De Niro Submerging technique 

Analysing what he brings role to role and moment to moment 

12:09

What’s driving Travis Bickel 

The theme of Taxi Driver 

16:50 

Watching actors think on screen 

18:50

Surrealism in Taxi Driver

20:00

How deeply Isabelle Huppert feels vs how little her face moves 

20:50

Is the industry over? 

22:00

Why can we all relate to Travis Bickel now? 

23:00 

Jungian analysis of taxi driver and the piano teacher 

Discussion about last scene of taxi driver 

27:30

Ryan and David disagree on humanity or lack thereof in Travis Bickel 

31:25 

Getting into ‘The Piano Teacher’

45:00

‘Power of the Actor’ Book

47:00

Full(ish) story of our trajectories and lowest points in the industry 

1:00:35

The acting scene in Atlanta 

1:08:00

Feelings about career now vs when Ryan got to Ny 

1:14:02

David gets advice from older working actor 

The days of the actors studio is done? 

1:19:00

Ryan does or does not believe in an intelligent universe 

Spirishual talk