Raging Bull

MOVIE #1,813 • 🍿🍿🍿🍿🍿🍿🍿🍿🍿 • 07.15.24 𝑀𝒶𝓇𝓉𝓎: A MARTIN SCORSESE DIRECTOR FOCUS 🇮🇹🇺🇸 Easily the most famous Marty movie I haven't seen yet. It's obviously fantastic but I tend to struggle with the decades-spanning biopic, in general. But this transcends that personal apathy to the form and there are so many great scenes, notably every time DeNiro and Pesci are one-on-one (of which there are many). They capture an inextinguishable anger that is rare on-screen in such a compelling, raw and realistic manner. The boxing stuff is much better than what you typically get in a sports movie and it honestly might be Scorsese’s most stylistic film. I also rewatched his next movie The King of Comedy which I originally reviewed ages ago and added a short addendum to that piece here.

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Raging Bull is a 1980 American biographical sports drama film directed by Martin Scorsese and starring Robert De Niro, Joe Pesci, Cathy Moriarty, Theresa Saldana, Frank Vincent, and Nicholas Colasanto in his final film role. The film is an adaptation of former middleweight boxing champion Jake LaMotta's 1970 memoir Raging Bull: My Story. It follows the career of LaMotta, played by De Niro, his rise and fall in the boxing scene, and his turbulent personal life beset by rage and jealousy. It was released on November 14, 1980.