Hi I'm an actor interested in all arts movements - film, theatre, music, art - I also write often on...
Hi I'm an actor interested in all arts movements - film, theatre, music, art - I also write often on the empireonline forum where many of my reviews have been previously published.
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Reviews:18
This film is hailed as a modern classic and rightly so. It's an unashamedly brutal no-holds-barred study of a vicious foul-tempered, arrogant man. Yet through Scorsese and De Niro's masterful balance we see just a truly lost individual. There is no attempt at making LaMotta likeable or even apologetic for his actions. Just pitifully human. De Niro is exceptionally good and the film was clearly a labour of love for the actor. Giving the opportunity to exude such a complex character, De Niro drives the entire film with a fearless, risk taking performance. Be it the professional standard he reached as a boxer himself in training to the mass of weight he piled on for the latter scenes. De Niro at this stage in his career certainly never took the easy way out and the film benefits from having one of cinema's greatest actors at the top of his game. This is not to say that the film is all DeNiro, Cathy Moriarty is beautifully restrained as LaMotta's long suffering wife and Joe Pesci adds zests of humour and pathos as the brother who puts up with more than he should. Then there's Scorsese, a true master of cinema - he fills every scene with a claustrophobic unease that mimics the psyche of the main character. And no one has filmed boxing scenes the way Scorsese has, if boxing was as beautifully shot as this in real life then I may very well be a fan! Meanwhile the loyal Thelma Schoonmaker also deserves a shout out as the film is clearly a masterpiece in editing technique. Its a hard-hitting drama, not an easy one to watch at times but no one does juxtaposition better than Scorsese and here is one of the most beautifully brutal movies of all time.
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gives an amazing portrayal of a man whose animal side lurks just beneath the surface ever ready to erupt. Vivid and unremitting in its uncompromising brutality ...
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gives an amazing portrayal of a man whose animal side lurks just beneath the surface, every ready to erupt. Vivid and unremitting in its uncompromising brutality...
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