![]() Overall an excellent film on so many levels, as a story, as a examination of masculinity, as a sports film, as a lesson in direction and editing . Similarly Moriaty, Pesci and Frank Vincent are excellent however they all stand in De Niro's shadow. Boxer Jake LaMotta, whose professional career began in 1941 at the age of 19, was known as an aggressive and calculating fighter who rightfully earned the nicknames 'Bronx Bull' and 'Raging Bull.' In 1949, LaMotta was named the world middleweight champion, a title which he maintained for two years. De Niro is amazing the method stuff alone is great, but his whole performance is intense. ![]() The relationship stuff is also gripping and Scorsese handles he human cost just as well as he shows us the physical beatings. Jake LaMotta, who died earlier this year aged 95, had a headache before New Year's Eve 1952 was over after he was knocked off his feet for the first time in his career. ![]() My favourite effect is the sound editing in the fights where silence and calm seem to descend just before key moments .amazing. The fight scenes are other worldly exaggerated to the extent that it is breathtaking and more shocking than previous boxing scenes in other movies. Scorsese is on top form the use of black and white any have been a quality issue, but he uses it well. Combine this with the gripping boxing tale of ups and downs and you have a film that never outstays it's welcome. The film allows us to watch a man who goes along with all the things he thinks make him a man even when those characteristics and habits begin to destroy everything he has his marriage, his realtionships and his career. The story is fascinating in itself but as an examination of masculinity it excels. This was one of their best to date (and probably for ever). Whether it be media satire (King of Comedy), small time thugs (Mean Streets) or real gangsta s**t (Goodfellas), the two rarely miss. Scorsese and De Niro nobody needs say any more. Jake LaMotta was a former middleweight boxing champion whose life and career is the subject of Martin Scorseses acclaimed film Raging Bull. With Robert De Niro, Cathy Moriarty, Joe Pesci, Frank Vincent. Eredeti neve Giacobe LaMotta, a boxtörténelembe Bronxi Bika néven vonult be. The story of boxer Jake La Motta from his rising star in the 1940's through to his own downfall and his eventual living on the cabaret circuit in the present day. Raging Bull: Directed by Martin Scorsese.
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