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Rob Kelly
10/03/05
Raging Bull
Raging Bull is based upon the real life tale of former middleweight boxing champion, Jake La Motta. The ups and down's of the legendary boxer are well documented and were brought to an intense light in Scorcese's 1980 epic starring Robert De Niro as La Motta and Joe Pesci as La Motta's brother, Joey who was also his long-time trainer. From his rise as Middleweight champion to his downfall, Scorcese captures everything in black and white from his boxing triumphs to his marital chaos. Throughout the movie, La Motta seems not only to spar with opponents in the ring but mainly with himself and his demons of paranoia and quick-tempered outbursts. The scene I chose however is La Motta past his boxer's prime and freshly released from serving a jail term.
The film's final scene returns to the film's opening scene where La Motta is alone in the room by himself. The camera zooms in focusing on many objects within the confides of the room including a dangling bare bulb light, a wall light switch, liquor bottles, an empty coat hanger, and a telephone perched upon the wall. La Motta sits with a cocky stare upon his face smoking a cigar eyeing his own reflection in a mirror. The idea of Jake being at war with himself is clearly reflected upon the use of the mirror. What's even more ironic is the fact that Jake is reciting lines from the Marlon Brando classic "On The Waterfront". "I could've been a contender", Jake says which more then clearly embellishes the fact of his own personal hardships in life and his past regrets his rants off with little emotion back into the mirror. A stagehand then enters and informs Jake that he has five minutes before he takes the stage. Jake then begins shadowboxing revving himself up with lines a trainer might feed a young fighter before his fight. "I'm the boss, I'm the boss" he repeats as the camera pans away from Jake and into the eventual end which graces...
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