


Every day on the shoot was like, 'This is the last one, and we're going for it. In a way, it wiped me out, meaning that whole style of filmmaking. For me, it was a culmination of everything I desired to do, and I made it as if it was pretty much the end of my life… suicide film. Raging Bull (1980) Directed by Martin Scorsese Genres - Drama, Romance, Sports & Recreation Sub-Genres - Biopic feature, Sports Drama Release Date - (USA - Rerelease) Run Time - 129 min. "It wasn't even good or bad - it was experienced. It just could not not be because of everything we put into it." "We didn't know how well it was going to do, but we knew it would be special," said De Niro. However, while making the movie, both he and Scorsese were unsure if it would be a success. Raging Bull: an undisputed historical heavyweight Martin Scorseses 1980 masterpiece squeezes in the brilliance, the charisma and the paranoia of Jake LaMotta without chaining itself to. Everett Collection Martin Scorsese and Robert De Niro filming 'Raging Bull'ĭe Niro, who took a gastronomical tour of France and Italy to gain 60 pounds to play an older LaMotta, would go on to win an Academy Award for Best Actor for his performance as the troubled boxer.
