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Of movies being made. and then the dam started breaking open. ♪ >> bonnie and clyde was produced by warren beatty, based on the escapades of gangsters from the 1930s. >> one time i told you i was going to make you somebody. that's what you done for me. you made me somebody they're going to remember. >> beatty was extremely ambitious and very smart. he wanted to work with the best directors in hollywood, and he was already influenced by the fresh new wave in european films. >> i think one of his influences was the feature that godar made a breakthrough with breathless, which is about a crimin...

I think it's inevitable he goes but could be quite long and certainly messy. >> i say a little longer on balance. he has the military still behind him. in some ways the military is leading, not assad. it's not getting rid of one person. this is not the mubarak analogy. the opposition is still relatively inchoate, isn't well armed. domestic opposition and international opposition is separate. the international pressure is huge. the sanctions from the arab league are meaningful and starting to really bite into the syrian economy. i wouldn't be stunned -- i think he's going. i wouldn't be stunned...

Presumption among us in the west that the arab spring means authoritarian regions transitioning to something else. there's an enormous amount of economic pressure on democratic regimes as well. particularly about the periphery, i'm thinking about greece, hungary. those are places we could seed a lot more social discontent, populism that moves them in an authoritarian direction. they shouldn't lose sight and presume arab spring is just about countries we don't like. >> that brings us to europe. easy question, will the euro survive in its current form with all its members in 2012. >> i think the...

Between israel and palestine. i think there's more likelihood of real internal protests within israel. we saw that this summer. i don't see that translating into major movement in any peace process. >> the change would have to come from israel, not just an american election. not going to be a huge amount of external involvement. >> fine on the israeli domestic environment. internationalally it is not a winner in this environment. you talk about presidential elections. you're not going to run on let's keep the peace treaty, run on let's support the arab streak. if that's true in egypt, also pla...

harvard physicist. a look at the way your mind works and doesn't. fascinating conversation with nobel prize winner daniel kahneman. a big birthday but an awkward time to throw a big birthday bash. i'll explain. first my take. it's the start of the new year and we will do predictions on this show. i thought i'd try my own hand at some before asking others to risk their reputations. and in the spirit of keeping myself honest, i'm going to look back at what i said and wrote in "time" magazine at the start of last year and see how i did. it's always risky to stick your neck out and h...