![]() The music that was chosen for the film by Scorsese, with the help of Robbie Robertson, just didn’t seem to fit quite right. The screenplay written by Mardik Martin and Paul Schrader didn’t feel like anything to get too excited over. Just grab an almanac.įrom a filmmaking stand point, honestly, that’s all I’ve got. This is all based on factual events that happened literally 71 years ago. The whole clip is below, if you want to watch it. The climactic fight scene shows those techniques the best. Scorsese showed us the 1940s through a 1980s lens, with his quick zooms, slow motion, quick editing, disorienting lighting, and mismatched audio/visual aspects. Let’s talk about the filmmaking aspect of Raging Bull because it is, in fact, very stylistic. ![]() We follow LaMotta through his career lows (there’s a lot of them) and career highs (there’s only one). We follow him through his first major loss against Jimmy Reeves, through he and his brother’s involvement with the mafia, and through meeting and marrying a woman (ahem, child) named Vickie (Moriarty). Here’s where we meet a young Jake LaMotta, portrayed masterfully by Robert De Niro. We then quickly jump from 1964 to 1946 and then another jump to 1941. The film, starring Robert De Niro, Cathy Moriarty, and Joe Pesci, introduces the audience to boxer Jake LaMotta at the near end of his career in the public eye. Directed by Martin Scorsese, Raging Bull oozes a particular brand of masculine energy. Raging Bull is a film that is often synonymous with 1980s American culture. The life of boxer Jake LaMotta, whose violence and temper that led him to the top in the ring destroyed his life outside of it.
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