Jake LaMotta finally gets his shot at the championship. Great cinematography and great music from Martin Scorsese's 1980 masterpiece. And of course De Niro and Pesci!
@@trampstamp4548 it’s more focused on Jake’s personality, yeah, but boxing’s a big part of the movie. The fight scenes are these big set pieces that are important for showing this violent side of Jake. A better response would’ve been, “it’s not just about boxing.” Don’t know why you decided to be a dick about it.
All Max is saying is despite this and the movie not being only about boxing, he still fucking nailed the life of a fighter and the little nuances like him warming up and the sparring etc.
Just a fantastic scene. The long-take shot of the walk from the dressing room to the ring just builds to a crescendo. Everything about this scene is just perfect.
Also, Scorcese's use of Mascagni's colossal "Il Sogno di Ratcliff" intermezzo from Guglielmo Ratcliff....Ingenious! Like Barber's Adagio in "Platoon".....Cheers from Mexico City!
When the referee with his unforgettable mug approaches Jake, in slow motion, it's like a memory...like that's the moment your remember...when you first knew...just incredibly shot.
The ref is perfect. How do you cast a movie down to these final details in which a guy who has just a couple seconds on screen -- and yet they are critical seconds -- ends up being perfect for the moment?
I like that Joe Louis (the heavyweight champion at the time) presented Jake with the middleweight title. Jake respected and admired the Brown Bomber, so that must have meant a lot to him.
Greatest scene EVER in my opinion, Robert DiNero nailed it.... his portrayal of former middleweight champ Jake LaMotta 🇮🇹🇺🇸 was so accurate in defeating defending champ Marcel Cerdan🇫🇷. It was a shame that LaMotta had to wait so long for his long overdue title shot.
I actually get tears when i see this seen. I can feel Jake in this seen. His rise from poverty stricken Bronx New York. Im from Brooklyn so i know where he came from. To be Middleweight Champion of the world. What a feat!!! R.I.P. Champion Jake Lamotta!! I read your book so many times. Big Respect!!
Incredible movie, but perhaps you missed the point? Lamotta isn't a man to be respected, the man literally beat his wife. It's a story about how self destructive he is, and the whole theme of the story is that you are your biggest enemy. This is foreshadowed in the movies opening scene, where Jake is shadowboxing himself, with nobody in his corner to help him, because everyone that tries to help him he pushes away. This isn't a story to feel envy for, but rather one to learn from. He is not a respectable man.
This scene made me cry after I became swim champion. Boxing and swimming takes focus and sacrifice. To watch Jake get that belt using his fire spirit that is double edged sword, made me cry because it ain't easy being a angry ghetto man that makes it far in life.
Yeah thats the brilliance if this film his rage and determination got him far in the ring but at the enf of the day he was an angry ghetto man aswell outside the ring and i caused him to destroy his most valued relationships truly a masterpiece
One of the greatest scenes in movie history. In my opinion Robert Deniro was connected to 2 of the 5 greatest acting performances of the 20th century. His portrayal of Jake LaMotta in Raging Bull and then through The Godfather Al Pacino's role of Michael Corleone.. Deniro was in Godfather part 2. Jake LaMotta boxed over a thousand rounds with Deniro to prepare him for the boxing scenes in Raging Bull. He said that Deniro became so good at boxing that he could have been a professional fighter. The legendary boxing traimer Ray Arcel who was a consultant on the film agreed. One of the greatest if not the greatest acting performance in motion picture history.
A miracle of a movie!!!! An artsy film of the highest degree with biggest balls I've ever seen!!! Thank You to everyone that worked on this incredible movie!!!!
Should have been the Best Picture of 1980. "Ordinary People" was a steaming pile of crap. "Raging Bull" is a masterpiece and one of the best movies of the 20th century.
Man that moment when Jake gets to top of the steps and we see the hazy looking ring in the background... and the way the ring announcer is speaking before we actually see him lift his mic. The intro is almost dream like 👌🏽
Also, Scorcese's use of Mascagni's colossal "Il Sogno di Ratcliff" intermezzo from Guglielmo Ratcliff....Ingenious! Like Barber's Adagio in "Platoon".....Cheers from Mexico City!
Prima di quest' anno ignoravo l' esistenza di questo capolavoro e questa è una delle scene che lo rendono indimenticabile. Meraviglioso il "Sogno" di Ratcliff. Sembra quasi di percorrere la strada dagli spogliatoi all' arena insieme a loro.
Also, Scorcese's use of Mascagni's colossal "Il Sogno di Ratcliff" intermezzo from Guglielmo Ratcliff....Ingenious! Like Barber's Adagio in "Platoon".....Cheers from Mexico City!
The movie is pure vision of the inner soul. This whole sequence is like a big dream, yet the fighting sequences were done so realistically. However that's just one of the many things I love about this film. I'm always taken by the girl at 1:14, haha. Somehow Scorsese or someone knew to put her right in that spot. She is so pretty with a big smile, and it takes you off guard at first.....maybe because she's in this sea of men. Just Genius filmmaking.
@@gianandreamajone8238 When Cerdan went down in the 2nd round, he dislocated his shoulder. He went as long as he could until he had to throw in the towel. Heart of lion.
To me, this steady cam shot is better than the COPA inn. Good fellas, you hear the crowd swell. He’s with his brother, which, by the way, there’s a Cain and Abel thing going on in this film as Well, as atonement and sacrifice, Scorsese’s true Magnum opus and I’m surprised by how many people don’t understand it
Everyone at this time agreed Ray Robinson was the best middle weight in the world and most agreed Cerdan was number 2. Early in the fight Jake THREW Cerdan to the canvass and damaged Cerdans shoulder. Cerdan fought brilliantly with one hand the rest of the fight then died shortly after in a plane crash, the experts agreed he would have taken Jake in a rematch. As usual Hollywood gives you its celluloid version of history. Also at this point in his life Lamotta was an animal, you're talking about a guy who beat his pregnant first wife in the stomach until she miscarried, conveniently left out of the movie.
Lamotta had chance. Cerdan made this fight with only 1 arm (look at the fight). He had problem to the other just before fighting. That's why Cerdan stopped the fight. After seeing Cerdan training before second fight . Sugar Ray Robinson told Lamotta "Don't fight this man ! He will kill you !" (that's son Cerdan said). There was never revange because Cerdan's plane crashed during travel Fance to US. Cerdan was very impressive, so gentle out of ring but so dangerous on the ring. People who beated Cerdan 1 time, finished as zombies after second fight. A Cerdan well trained afraid everyone. Look at Cerdan's fight , you will understand. A big champion.
A great film but as a boxing fan as well as a film fan, I have a couple of issues with this scene: 1) LaMotta, as the challenger, would have entered the ring before Cerdan. 2) The fight isn't accurately depicted. Cerdan didn't go down in the first round from a punch. He was literally thrown to the canvas by LaMotta, dislocating his shoulder in the process and having to fight one handed for the remainder of the bout. The film suggests that Cerdan's shoulder problem occurred later on. I know it's a movie and there's always artistic license (as there is to a really excessive degree later on during LaMotta's final fight with Robinson) but it still bugs me a little bit. 3) A lot (if not the vast majority) of people who haven't seen the photo of Joe Louis standing next to LaMotta after he was presented with the championship belt must be wondering 'Who the hell is that guy?' at 3:30 because he doesn't appear at any other stage of the film. It seems a weird thing to include.
@José Batista Neto I disagree that boxing was the *least* of Scorsese's worries. Yes, the film is about rage, anger and self-hate but changing LaMotta's ring entrance and overlooking a major turning point in the Cerdan fight has nothing to do with the themes you mentioned. The film would still be about rage, anger and self-hate if that fight had been portrayed more accurately.
@José Batista Neto Why don't you go back and read my last response and actually do it *properly* this time? I've already addressed the point you're making. I'm not doing it a second time.
It's not supposed to be a documentary. Scorsese was going for a highly stylized depiction of boxing: brutal and yet elegant in a certain way. He was also trying to capture the look and feel of the time period. So, yeah, a lot of poetic license was in play here.
@@MS-xi7zg I didn't say it was a documentary. If Scorsese wanted to capture the look and feel of this particular occasion then he would have done it more effectively if he had depicted the events accurately.
The re-match would have been interesting but Cerdan died in a plane crash. In this fight he slipped, landed on his arm and dislocated his shoulder. He had to quit in the tenth round.
Maybe the only time in the whole movie where Jake seems content in himself. It's his night. He almost luxuriates in the moment, fixing the hood of his robe and rolling his shoulders. That walk to the ring is Jake breaking off the shackles of his own insecurities. Beautiful.
Great scene, I like the the way actor playing Marcel Cerdan who goes down to defeat with class. You win some and lose some. Marcel Cerdan died in a plane crash after this fight going to see his girlfriend Edith Piaf.
What a shame the movie didn't include more things about the boxing world since the main theme is masculinity it would have been great to see how the sport goes with that
I have a question. Is it not correct protocol for the challenger to appear in the ring first? I ask only because Cerdan was waiting for him in this scene.
That man’s name is Coley Wallace he was an amateur fighter who beat Marciano in the amateurs he looks like Joe Louis two and played him in a movie called Joe Louis story
I understand the nitpick if you're a boxing fan. Scorsese didn't make this film to be realistic boxing wise because he isn't a sports fan in general. He made a realistic character study of a film about a extremely jealous/angry man who let those said emotions control and run his life into a chaotic downward spiral. There are tons of little nitpicky things boxing wise that you can spot out if you're really looking. Like how the ring changes size throughout the film. This is one of my favorite sports films and it's not even technical about the boxing stuff but it still has authenticity where it's needed.
@@IamtheDesperadoGood points. Also the boxing in this movie is pretty darn good. The guy that plays Sugar Ray Robinson is just an actor named Johnny Barnes, but he looks like a world class middleweight. Deniro looks pretty good too.
Yes, it is. It's a weird thing to include because there's nothing to suggest that it is Louis (apart from a very, very vague resemblance) and it's the only time he appears in the film.
P puh6tfrz He’s mentioned earlier (De Niro/La Motta complains that his hands are small compared to Louis’ and that he’ll never be a heavyweight) but yeah hard to know unless you’re somewhat knowledgeable in boxing history.
@@danielkriz7533 Exactly. There's a photo of Louis standing beside LaMotta after he had been presented with the title belt. That's all... The scene is clearly intended as a reference to that but I think most viewers wouldn't know it was Louis. I thought the scene where LaMotta talks about fighting Louis was odd as well. The size of his hands isn't what would prevent him being a heavyweight. It's weighing only 160 lbs that's the problem.
