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An 8 page research paper that analyzes the film Raging Bull (directed by Martin Scorsese for United Artists), in which actor Robert De Niro gives a stellar performance as Jake La Motta, a middleweight prizefighter (Raging Bull, 1995). Ostensibly, the film is about Jake's boxing career, but a closer examination of this film reveals that the heart of the film focuses on how Jake handles his relationship to his wife, Vickie (Cathy Moriarty) and his brother Joey (Joe Pesci), as well as to the "degradation and defeat" that eventually "spiritually redeem him" (Raging Bull, 1995). In this analysis, the film's character structure, themes, cinematography, sound, image and symbolism and editing style, while also demonstrating how these various aspects of the film combine seamlessly to create an exemplary cinematic experience. Bibliography lists 12 sources.
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boxing career, but a closer examination of this film reveals that the heart of the film focuses on how Jake handles his relationship to his wife, Vickie (Cathy Moriarty) and
his brother Joey (Joe Pesci), as well as to the "degradation and defeat" that eventually "spiritually redeem him" (Raging Bull, 1995). In the following analysis, the films character structure,
themes, cinematography, sound, image and symbolism and editing style, while also demonstrating how these various aspects of the film combine seamlessly to create an exemplary cinematic experience. Character
structure Film critic Roger Ebert points out that, in this film as in several other Scorsese films, the male lead is unable to relate to any woman expect within the
term of two roles, which are "virgin or whole," as there is no room in the mind of this prizefighter that a woman might also be a "friend, a lover
or a partner" (Ebert, 2005). To a certain extent, women in Scorseses films are portrayed through the internalized perception of the lead character, who perceives women in terms of a
good/bad dichotomy (Raymond, 2006). While the repugnance of the lead character put critics off at the time the film premiered, De Niros performance was still acknowledged to be extraordinary,
earning him an Academy Award (Raging Bull, 19950. De Niro made Jakes decline more believable by gaining 60 pounds over the course of the film (Esch, 2006). Jake is self-tortured
throughout the film, he does not begin to feel some surcease from this suffering until he tries to reconcile with his brother and it is at this point that he
can look at himself in his dressing room mirror and "confront his true self" (Blake, 1996). Several themes are explored in regards to the development of Jakes character. In
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