Wednesday, April 13, 2011

Raging Bull (1980), Martin Scorsese.


Wow.  I have no explanation as to why I had never seen this until the other day.  Joe Pesci as the normal one?  Languorous shot lengths perfectly communicating lazy summer days?  Incredible!  I would argue that by making all the domestic scenes generally chaotic and abrasive (and depicting this as stereotypically Italian-American), De Niro's dangerousness was made less emphatic.  I am still dumbfounded by his performance.  It took me several minutes to be convinced it was actually Robert De Niro!   


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