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Raging Bull

M is for Moriarty
Screening on Film
Directed by Martin Scorsese.
With Robert De Niro, Cathy Moriarty, Joe Pesci .
US, 1980, 35mm, color and b&w, 129 min.
Print source: HFA

Based on the life of middleweight boxing champion Jake LaMotta, Martin Scorsese’s searingly gorgeous black-and-white study is an uncomprising, brutal, and emotionally wrenching investigation of violence in the domestic and public arenas. De Niro’s Oscar-winning portrayal of LaMotta brings near-documentary precision to the jealousy-induced rage he dispenses both in the ring and at home. Cathy Moriarty’s masterful embodiment of the wife’s transition from golden-haired teen to world-weary housewife received its own Oscar nomination.

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