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...films are disappointingly cursory. Daniels’ violent tendencies lead only to a brief meditation—“God loves violence…it’s what we are,” declares the hospital Warden, musing on humanity—a mere shadow of Jake LaMotta??s trials in “Raging Bull.” Scorsese dabbles with a few bigger ideas, but never latches onto something really worth saying...
...prison, and stand-up comedy. In honor of this occasion, the Brattle Theater is celebrating with a week of Raging Bull, which won Oscars both for leading actor DeNiro and for best editing. The black and white film is notoriously hard-hitting for its portrayal of LaMotta??s abusive relationships with his wife, played by Cathy Moriarty, and his brother, played by Joe Pesci. Raging Bull also marked the return of star, director, and screenwriter Paul Schrader from Taxi Driver, and shares much of that film’s deep exploration of the coincidences of power, sex, violence...
...true story of mid-20th century boxer Jake LaMotta, Raging Bull seeks to do more than simply recount events and re-interpret them; instead, it is rich with artistic adornments such as beautiful cinematography (especially in its stunningly real and yet eerily surreal depictions of boxing) and metaphor, as LaMotta??s almost masochistic willingness to take abuse in the ring in many ways reflects his self-destructive behavior in his real-life interpersonal relationships...
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