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Raging Bull (The Criterion Collection) [Blu-ray]
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Genre | Drama, Documentary/Biography |
Format | Blu-ray |
Contributor | Cathy Moriarty-Gentile, Frank Adonis, Robert De Niro, Frank Vincent, Nicholas Colasanto, Joseph Bono, Joe Pesci, Martin Scorsese, Theresa Saldana, Mario Gallo, Frank Topham See more |
Language | English |
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Martin Scorsese’s Oscar-winning portrait of a rising boxer’s furious ambition and self-destructive machismo, starring Robert De Niro
With this stunningly visceral portrait of self-destructive machismo, Martin Scorsese created one of the truly great and visionary works of modern cinema.
Robert De Niro pours his blood, sweat, and brute physicality into the Oscar-winning role of Jake La Motta, the rising middleweight boxer from the Bronx whose furious ambition propels him to success within the ring but whose unbridled paranoia and jealousy tatter his relationships with everyone in his orbit, including his brother and manager (Joe Pesci) and gorgeous, streetwise wife (Cathy Moriarty).
Thelma Schoonmaker’s Oscar-winning editing, Michael Chapman’s extraordinarily tactile black-and-white cinematography, and Frank Warner’s ingenious sound design combine to make Raging Bull a uniquely powerful exploration of violence on multiple levels—physical, emotional, psychic, and spiritual.
Director-Approved Special Edition Features
- New 4K digital master
- New video essays by film critics Geoffrey O’Brien and Sheila O’Malley
- Three audio commentaries featuring Scorsese, cast and crew, and others
- Making-of program featuring Scorsese, cast and crew
- Short programs, archival interviews, and more
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With this stunningly visceral portrait of self-destructive machismo, Martin Scorsese created one of the truly great and visionary works of modern cinema. Robert De Niro pours his blood, sweat, and brute physicality into the Oscar-winning role of Jake La Motta, the rising middleweight boxer from the Bronx whose furious ambition propels him to success within the ring but whose unbridled paranoia and jealousy tatter his relationships with everyone in his orbit, including his brother and manager (Joe Pesci) and gorgeous, streetwise wife (Cathy Moriarty). Thelma Schoonmaker’s Oscar-winning editing, Michael Chapman’s extraordinarily tactile black-and-white cinematography, and Frank Warner’s ingenious sound design combine to make Raging Bull a uniquely powerful exploration of violence on multiple levels—physical, emotional, psychic, and spiritual.
DIRECTOR-APPROVED BLU-RAY SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES
- New 4K digital master, approved by director Martin Scorsese, with 2.0 surround DTS-HD Master Audio soundtrack
- New video essays by film critics Geoffrey O’Brien and Sheila O’Malley on Scorsese’s mastery of formal techniques and the film’s triumvirate of characters
- Three audio commentaries, featuring Scorsese and editor Thelma Schoonmaker; director of photography Michael Chapman, producers Robert Chartoff and Irwin Winkler, casting director Cis Corman, music consultant Robbie Robertson, actors Theresa Saldana and John Turturro, and sound-effects supervising editor Frank Warner; and boxer Jake La Motta and screenwriters Mardik Martin and Paul Schrader
- Fight Night, a making-of program featuring Scorsese and key members of the cast and crew
- Three short programs highlighting the longtime collaboration between Scorsese and actor Robert De Niro
- Television interview from 1981 with actor Cathy Moriarty and the real Vikki La Motta
- Interview with Jake La Motta from 1990
- Program from 2004 featuring veteran boxers reminiscing about La Motta
- Trailer
- English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
- PLUS: Essays by poet Robin Robertson and film critic Glenn Kenny
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- MPAA rating : R (Restricted)
- Package Dimensions : 6.81 x 5.31 x 0.59 inches; 4.97 Ounces
- Director : Martin Scorsese
- Media Format : Blu-ray
- Release date : July 12, 2022
- Actors : Robert De Niro, Cathy Moriarty-Gentile, Joe Pesci, Frank Vincent, Nicholas Colasanto
- Studio : The Criterion Collection
- ASIN : B09YCDHYCW
- Number of discs : 1
- Best Sellers Rank: #15,718 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)
- #1,540 in Drama Blu-ray Discs
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But as electrifying and fierce as his style was in the boxing ring, his personal life was full of jealousy, obsession, anger, ignorance and eventually throwing a boxing match in order to get himself closer to the mafia in order to earn a title match.
Although considered one of the best boxers in the last century, there was more to LaMotta's life which was captured in his 1970 memoir "Raging Bull: My Story".
With the success of "Rocky" in 1976, Americans had an interest in boxing movies and what best than to work on a story that dealt with a real champ who had significant personal issues, a full-length movie adaptation of LaMotta's memoir and who best to direct it than Martin Scorsese, who was riding high from the success of his films "Taxi Driver" (1976) and "New York, New York" (1977) and Scorsese and De Niro worked together on the 1973 film "Mean Streets" (which would be the time when De Niro started to persuade Scorsese in considering "Raging Bull"). The film would be the first for actress Cathy Moriarty and the second for upcoming actor at the time, Joe Pesci.
Although at the time of release, because of its violent boxing content and domestic violence, the film had mixed reviews from critics. It was nominated for eight Academy Awards and won two, Robert De Niro for best actor and "Best Film Editing" by Thelma Schoonmaker.
But overtime, "Raging Bull" is now regarded one of the greatest films ever made by film critics including the American Film Institute, the British Film institute's "Sight and Sound" and various newspaper publications. Gene Siskel has put the film as #1 in his top 10 list, Roger Ebert lists it as his #2 in his top 10 and France's "Cahiers du Cinema" has it listed as their #8 film in their worldwide cinema top 10 film list. Most recently, the American Film Institute has it listed as their #4 "100 Years....100 Movies" list.
The film is so well regarded that in 1990, "Raging Bull" was listed in the National Film Registry during its first year of eligibility.
The film would also be recognized for De Niro's ability of playing a physically fit and toned boxer but then gaining 60 pounds for portrayal of La Motta after his boxing career. As for Scorsese, he had a major hand in the film's editing and mixing as the director thought "Raging Bull" would be the final feature film he would be working on (Scorsese was going through personal challenges and wanted to do documentaries).
VIDEO:
"Raging Bull: 30th Anniversary Edition" is presented primarily in black and white (with only color focused on the montage wedding video clips of Jake and Joey and La Mott). But the picture quality is fantastic!
You can see details of the character, the sweaty hair, the beaten up face, the blood on De Niro's legs, the film looks great!
The black and white footage and the contrast levels are perfect. The blacks are nice and deep, the white and grays look absolutely wonderful! A fine layer of grain can be seen and no DNR or artifacting at all. This is a wonderful presentation of this film and "Raging Bull" looks absolutely wonderful on Blu-ray!
It's important to note that I am aware that "Raging Bull: 30th Anniversary Edition" is the same transfer as the previous 2009 Blu-ray edition of "Raging Bull" and some are able to see a translucent stripe on the right side of the screen (which reviewers mentioned in their 2009 Blu-ray review). I didn't see it but this seems to be a 50/50 case depending on one's hardware it appears or because it shows very few times, people miss it. I didn't catch it at all.
But really, I don't think anyone should complain because the PQ is wonderful!
AUDIO & SUBTITLES:
"Raging Bull: 30th Anniversary Edition" is presented in English 5.1 DTS-HD Master Audio and English Surround Sound. Dialogue coming from the front and center channel is excellent but it's those fight sequences where Scorsese really wanted people to feel and hear the ferocity, the brutality of boxers. From the leather gloves landing on flesh, the fluidity of the punches and hearing classic to modern announcers talking about the fight, hearing the the flash bulbs from the photographers, everything is captured remarkably well and making you feel the action with the use of audio.
And this extends to crowd cheering ambiance as they scream for LaMotta and boo him when he pretty much gives up on a fight. Every cheer and jeer, you hear it through the surround channels but it is important to note that because the film features a lot of dialogue, it's a film that is more center and front channel driven.
Still, audio is crystal clear!
Subtitles are presented in English SDH, Spanish and French.
SPECIAL FEATURES:
"Raging Bull: 30th Anniversary Edition" comes with the following special features:
* Filmmakers Commentary - Director Martin Scorsese and editor Thelma Schoonmaker.
* Cast and Crew Commentary - Featuring audio commentary with cast and crew featuring Irwin Winkler, Robbie Robertson, Robert Chartoff, Theresa Saldana, John Turturro, FrankWerner, Michael Chapman,and Cis Norman.
* Storyteller's Commentary - Featuring audio commentary by Marcik Martin, Paul Schrader, Jason Lustig and Jake La Motta.
* Marin and Bobby - (13:35) A new featurette for this 30th Anniversary Edition, both Martin Scorsese and Robert De Niro talk about their relationship and how they work very well together.
* Filmmakers Reflection "Raging Bull" - (12:15) A new featurette for this 30th Anniversary Edition,Directors Kimberly Peirce (Boy's Don't Cry), Richard Kelly (Donny Darko), Scott Cooper (Crazy Heart) and Neil LaBute (In the Company of Men) talk about why "Raging Bull" is a masterpiece!
* Remembering Jake - (11:04) A new featurette for this 30th Anniversary Edition, members of the Veteran Boxers Association of New York talk about their memories of meeting Jake LaMotta and their experiences with him.
* Marty on Film - (10:30) A new featurette for this 30th Anniversary Edition, Martin Scorsese talks about his passion of cinema and the making of films.
* Cathy Moriarty on the Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson - (6:42) An early interview from 1981 with Cathy Moriarty being interviewed by Johnny Carson about "Raging Bull".
* Raging Bull: Fight Night - (1:22:32) The making of "Raging Bull" from how the book became a film, the making of the film, the fighting sequences, outside of the ring and after the fight. A magnificent making of featurette!
* The Bronx Bull - (27:54) Jake LaMotta, film critics and editor Thelma Schoonmaker talk about how the film's fighting sequences being exact as they were to the real fight footage, shooting in black and white and the great improvisation between De niro and Pesci.
* De Niro vs. La Motta - (3:47) A scene showing how Martin Scorsese made certain fight scenes identical to the actual fight. From the punches, to the falls and more.
* La Motta Defends Title - (1:00) An old MovieTone news clip feat. Jake La Motta.
* Original Theatrical Trailer - (2:09) The original theatrical trailer for "Raging Bull".
EXTRAS:
"Raging Bull: 30th Anniversary Edition" comes with a slipcase cover plus a DVD version of the film. DVD is presented in 1:85:1 widescreen, English 5.1 Dolby Digital, English Dolby Surround, Spanish and French Mono. Subtitles are in English SDH, Spanish and French.
JUDGMENT CALL:
"Raging Bull" is one of Scorsese's masterpiece which may have not done well in the box office because no one knew how to interpret the violence featured in the film but after time, critics and cinema publications worldwide recognize how "Raging Bull" was wonderful cinema.
Where people expected another "Rocky", "Raging Bull" was nothing like that film. Where "Rocky" made viewers sympathetic to a man that one would root for, "Raging Bull" was the opposite. As viewers, we are forced to be sympathetic to a man who is no angel, who had personal issues and really, a guy that had his own personal inner demons. A guy that many people feared and didn't want to get on his bad side.
Jake LaMotta was not a perfect man. Awesome boxer in the '40s with an iron chin and a fighting style that really scared those who were in the ring with him but this is not a film just about boxing, this is a film about man's self-destruction. A man who loses it all by bad decision-making and although the film is loosely based on LaMotta's real life but in reality, as Vikki LaMotta told Jake who was depressed about seeing what kind of man he was, when he asked her was he that bad, her answer was "he was worse".
That's what makes "Raging Bull" so intriguing because for the most part, people never sympathize with a brutal man, an abusive man but through "Raging Bull", it's like watching an intriguing trainwreck of how Jake LaMotta lived his life and how this man had everything from a wonderful boxing career, made great money, had a beautiful wife but it was never enough for him. He wanted more money, he was blinded my jealousy and he lived his life day-by-day and eventually got himself in trouble.
And to accurately show this man's life, it was going to take remarkable dedication.
This was a story that Robert De Niro wanted to be made into a film. He started pitching it to Scorsese back when they were doing "Mean Streets" six years before "Raging Bull" was filmed. He continued to persuade him year after year and even told him that he would do everything necessary to get the physique of a boxer and be toned and then gain 60-pounds to show Jake LaMotta after his prime. That's amazing dedication but for Scorsese, this was a man who was going through personal challenges. He believed he lost his filmmaking mojo and wanted to quite feature films. He was not feeling good about his life and when "Raging Bull" didn't become the box office hit like "Rocky", needless to say, Scorsese wasn't thinking he would have much of a career afterward. Especially from the unfavorable reviews it received from the Hollywood Reporter and Variety Magazine.
Also, professionals advised Scorsese to not use unknowns but he was dedicated in hiring Cathy Moriarty to play Vickie LaMotta and Joe Pesci to play Joey LaMotta and he kept to that decision because the collaboration between De Niro and Pesci would become wonderful as the two were able to improvise and make it feel real and they continued that with "Goodfellas" and "Casino". As for Cathy Moriarty, this person was working at a nightclub in the Bronx with no acting experience but she had that style that complimented Jake's character.
And while the acting was magnificent, it was Scorsese along with editor Thelma Schoonmaker that really made "Raging Bull" literally kick ass!
Scorsese wanted to achieve perfection. He knew very little about boxing but he wanted to emulate it the best that he can but also making sure that every boxing match was different. And while most actors would complain, De Niro was patient. He wanted the role and he has an amazing repertoire with Scorsese and no matter how many takes it took, they got the fighting down with some matches being nearly an exact copy of the actual fight (using classic footage, Scorsese worked up storyboards) and Thelma Schoonmaker is one of the best in the business and knows what Scorsese wants but knowing hot to piece together every punch, capturing the brutality of a boxing match and making the viewer see the pain that LaMotta was inflicting or getting himself.
With "Raging Bull", this is a film that features wonderful filmmaking, top notch screenplay and magnificent acting that everything comes together perfectly.
And as for this Blu-ray release, yes... a 2009 Blu-ray edition with the same PQ and AQ has been released and is available for quite cheap but why upgrade to "Raging Bull: 30th Anniversary Edition"?
For me, if you are a filmmaker who loves Scorsese's work or a cinema fan that admires his oeuvre, these four additional special features show us Scorsese, the filmmaker and Scorsese and De Niro, their awesome collaboration. It also is nice to see filmmakers come together and show their appreciation and explaining why "Raging Bull" was a masterpiece for them and then also hearing from past boxers who have worked or were good friends with Jake LaMotta chiming in.
Now does this justify the upgrade? It depends on you. Are special features meaningful for you? If not, then the 2009 Blu-ray will suffice. Otherwise, if you really love this film and love Scorsese's work and De Niro's work, then yeah... "Raging Bull: 30th Anniversary Edition" is worth it! And if you haven't purchased this film on Blu-ray yet, then this 30th Anniversary Edition is the way to go.
Wonderful PQ, AQ plust three wonderful audio commentaries, a wonderful making of 1.5 hour long featurette and plenty of special features, if you truly enjoy this Scorsese masterpiece, "Raging Bull: 30th Anniversary Edition" is a must-own and a must-buy!
Raging Bull is a 1980 American biographical sports drama film directed by Martin Scorsese, produced by Robert Chartoff and Irwin Winkler and adapted by Paul Schrader and Mardik Martin from Jake LaMotta's 1970 memoir Raging Bull: My Story. The film, distributed by United Artists, stars Robert De Niro as Jake LaMotta, an Italian-American middleweight boxer whose self-destructive and obsessive rage, sexual jealousy, and animalistic appetite destroyed his relationship with his wife and family. Also featured in the film are Joe Pesci as Joey, LaMotta's well-intentioned brother and manager who tries to help Jake battle his inner demons, and Cathy Moriarty as his wife.
As a means of contending with Rocky (1976), the decision was made to make ‘Raging Bull’ a black and white feature; subsequently, a secondary effect of this creative choice is the period authenticity - making this a simply timeless classic. To further separate itself from other biographical sports dramas, cinematographer Michael Chapman decided to film inside of the boxing ring (as opposed to outside of it) and designed these scenes after seeing LaMotta's moves and techniques in person. This allowed every fight - which totals up to approximately 10 minutes of run time - to be choreographed down to the tiniest detail. The same dedication to accuracy is reflected in the only moments where color (Albeit highly desaturated) are present - which are imitations of LaMotta's own videos that he provided to the crew.
For his portrayal of LaMotta, Robert De Niro won an Academy Award for Best Actor. The preparation alone was grueling and tedious - he studied and trained under LaMotta for approximately a year and then entered in 3 genuine Brooklyn boxing matches (and, #fanfact, he won 2). Influenced and inspired by LaMotta’s own fixation with his weight ( a theme repeated throughout ‘Raging Bull’) De Niro then went on to gain approximately 60 pounds despite having artificial measures ( prosthetics, etcetera) made easily and readily accessible to him. Juxtaposed with De Niro’s season aggression and multifaceted performance are Pesci and Shoemaker - unappreciated and inexperienced at the time - who make for interactions intended to illustrate how difficult LaMotta was to mollify painfully relatable.
Outside of the ring LaMotta is arguably not much of a role model; he could have very easily been sanitized as a way of censoring details about his life, but he admitted openly to being physically aggressive with his wives on multiple occasions. Scorsese doesn't make any excuse for this behavior, but instead focuses on the mitigating circumstances and pressures that LaMotta constantly found himself at odds with as a means of making something of himself. As LaMotta's insecurities nullify his yearn for glory there is a sympathy for his journey - and while undeserved in some respects, this results in an exceptionally immersive and endlessly profound character study.
A quick word on the context in which ‘Raging Bull’ was made because I think it's relevant. In 1978, Martin Scorsese nearly died; After having developed a serious addiction to cocaine to combat a lack of confidence in himself he was hospitalized with severe internal bleeding and nearly suffered a brain hemorrhage following an overdose. While in the hospital he was visited by De Niro and told quite simply: if you want to live, make this movie [Raging Bull]. Scorsese obliged tenfold and threw every resource possible at production, because he thought this would be his last American film. Almost 30 years later Scorsese has proved his audience - and, more importantly, himself - wrong in this respect, and he has shown time and again that he knows how to make and break the rules so as to avoid a cookie-cutter like cinematic experience. Through LaMotte and Scorsese himself it's clear that the way in which one rises to the top takes a back seat to the tenacity in which it is coordinated. Sometimes we crawl. Sometimes we climb. And sometimes we float.
Whatever the manner - there's always a fight. A lingering and painstaking desire to get back up. A risk of getting knocked out. A Risk of getting knocked down. But there’s always a fight.
Fight with everything you have. Fight like you have something to lose. Fight like the depth of your longevity depends on it.
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Die Zugänglichkeit bleibt alleine schon durch den Protagonisten aus. De Niro portraitiert den New Yorker Mittelgewicht-Boxer Jake LaMotta, der in den 40er- und 50er Jahren auf hohem Niveau um Titel geboxt hat und später u.a. als Barbesitzer, Stand-Up-Komiker und Schauspieler unterwegs war. Der Film ist eine eigentlich klassische Aufstieg und Fall-Geschichte, wobei LaMottas tumultartiges privates Leben im Vordergrund steht. Hier kommt besonders seine selbstzerstörerische, von zunehmend wahnhafter Eifersucht und Paranoia geprägte Persönlichkeit zum Vorschein, die schließlich zur Entfremdung von all seinen Freunden und Verwandten führt. Dies ist keineswegs ein sympathischer Charakter, sondern ein scheinbar von inneren Dämonen zerfressener, arroganter, egoistischer und brutaler Mensch, der seine Frau Vikki (Cathy Moriarty) schlägt, ihr untreu ist, aber gleichzeitig beim kleinsten Anlass gewalttätig ausrastet. Jedoch kommt auch selten eine zarte, liebevolle Seite zum Vorschein, wodurch man durchaus von bipolaren Charakterzügen sprechen kann.
Robert De Niro spielt dieses Monster mit einer ehrfurchtgebietenden Hingabe, die seine Performance zu den ikonischen Darstellungen der Filmgeschichte werden ließ. Als typischer Method Actor hat De Niro nicht nur eine bemerkenswerte physische Präsenz als Boxer aufgebaut, sondern auch 27 kg für den späteren Lebensabschnitt LaMottas zugelegt. De Niro lebt den Charakter in jeder Hinsicht, ihm gelingt die absolute Verwandlung in Jake LaMotta. De Niro stellt alle erdenklichen menschlichen Facetten mit einer beispiellos brodelnden, fast schon furchterregenden Intensität dar. Sein tief empfundener Schmerz kommt immer wieder eindrucksvoll zum Vorschein, sodass der Film vor aufgeladener Energie zu bersten droht. Eine zutiefst beeindruckende Leistung, die wunderbar von dem wandelnden Energiebündel Joe Pesci, der LaMottas Bruder Joey spielt, kontrastiert wird. Da es nur schwer ist, sich mit dem Charakter zu identifizieren, kann einen der Film durchaus kalt lassen.
"Wie ein wilder Stier" ist kein Film, der den Zuschauer versucht emotional zu manipulieren, es ist ein überaus wahrhaftiger Film, den man eher bewundern als lieben kann. Das ist alles völlig unsentimental und kühl inszeniert, ein kathartischer, erlösender Moment bleibt aus. Man kann Scorseses Schmerz regelrecht spüren: Er musste erst von De Niro jahrelang von dem Projekt überzeugt werden, da er mit dem Boxsport nichts anfangen konnte und zudem nach dem Misserfolg von "New York, New York" in einer tiefen Depression und bereits lebensgefährlicher Kokain-Abhängigkeit steckte. "Wie ein wilder Stier" ist ein monumentales Dokument von Scorseses Vitalität und seiner kompromisslosen Hingabe gegenüber der Filmkunst. Mit diesem Film wurde Scorsese wiedergeboren.
Während LaMottas privates Leben oft mit einem nahezu dokumentarisch wirkenden Realismus inszeniert ist, sind die einmaligen Kampfszenen einfach überwältigend kraftvoll und visuell meisterhaft umgesetzt. Hier ist jede Einstellung, jeder Schnitt bis ins kleinste Detail bis zur Perfektion konzipiert und umgesetzt. Bemerkenswert ist die sehr subjektive Inszenierung, bei der jeder Kampf das Innenleben von La Motta über Kameraführung, Perspektive, Licht, Schnitt, Atmosphäre und sogar Sets widerspiegelt. So variiert z.B. die Ringgröße oder es wird eine höllenartige, dampfig-flimmernde Umgebung erschaffen, die von der gedämpft-verzerrten, mit Tierlauten angereicherten Soundkulisse unterstützt wird.
Scorsese inszeniert das alles überaus ästhetisiert und ist nicht an Sportfilm-Realismus gebunden. Seine wunderbaren Schwarzweiß-Bilder brennen sich mit ihrer traumartig-fiebrig aufgeladenen Intensität ins Gedächtnis. Hier wird jedenfalls aus dem Vollen geschöpft und die Inszenierung der Boxkämpfe gehört wirklich zum Besten, was jemals auf Zelluloid gebannt wurde.
Von was der Film in thematischer Hinsicht handelt, muss jeder für sich entscheiden, jedoch sind Begriffe wie Schuld, Sühne, Vergebung und Erlösung durchaus angebracht. Auch die für Scorsese typische religiöse Ikonografie ist nicht von der Hand zu weisen. Wie üblich buhlt Scorsese nicht um die Sympathie des Zuschauers. Er portraitiert einfach die Charaktere auf ehrlichste, direkteste, aufrichtigste und letztlich menschlichste Weise. Der Film ist langsam erzählt und hat auch nicht die frenetische Energie, die viele seiner anderen Filme ausmacht, was den Zugang weiter erschwert. Da es nur schwer ist, sich mit dem Charakter zu identifizieren, kann einen der Film auch durchaus kalt lassen. "Wie ein wilder Stier" will keine offensichtliche Message ausdrücken oder eine Story in den Vordergrund stellen, der Zuschauer wird so auch nicht an die Hand genommen. Welche Schlüsse man daraus zieht, wird einem mehr oder weniger selbst überlassen. Gerade das macht den Film so stark und wahrhaftig, jedoch aber auch sehr anspruchsvoll und deprimierend, sodass sich die Qualität des Films vielleicht erst nach mehrmaligem Ansehen erschließt.
BILD:
Hier wurde sehr gute Arbeit geleistet. Das wunderschöne Schwarzweiß-Bild (1,85:1, 1920x1080) ist (in Anbetracht des Alters) enorm kontrastreich und scharf, das charakteristische, teils recht grobe Filmkorn wurde erhalten und nicht glattgebügelt. Das gefällt vielleicht manchem HD-Anhänger nicht so gut, aber als Filmpurist bekommt man hier ein exzellentes Bild. Hin und wieder gibt es auch ganz kleine Bildunreinheiten, was aber auch irgendwie dazu gehört. Der Film kommt einfach wahnsinnig gut zur Geltung und sieht definitiv so aus, wie er auch aussehen soll.
TON:
Der DTS Digital 5.1-Ton kommt sowohl in deutsch als auch in englisch etwas gedämpft daher. Die Stimmen sind vor allem im Original nicht immer sehr gut verständlich, dafür aber natürlich bedeutend authentischer. Raumklang gibt es selten, eigentlich nur bei den Boxkämpfen, bei denen über die Surroundkanäle eine gute Atmosphäre geschaffen wird. Die Schläge ertönen nicht ganz so kraftvoll über den Sub wie man es erwarten würde, dennoch erzielt der Ton seine gewünschte Wirkung.
EXTRAS:
Das Bonumaterial (leider nur in SD) ist sehr umfangreich. Hier kommt fast jeder der Beteiligten zu Wort und es wird überaus ehrlich über die faszinierende Entstehungsgeschichte geredet. Es wird auch sehr genau auf die Feinheiten der filmischen Inszenierung eingegangen, also bietet sich hier auch eine perfekte Mini-Filmschule.
- Kommentar von Martin Scorsese und Cutterin Thelma Schoonmaker
- Kommentar von Cast und Crew, leider ohne De Niro und Pesci
- Kommentar von Mardik Martin, Paul Schrader, Jason Lustig und Jake LaMotta
- Vor dem Kampf (26:01 Min.)
- Im Ring (14:45 Minuten):
- Nach dem Kampf (15:22 Min.): Hauptsächlich über die großartige Soundgestaltung, aber auch die Musikwahl, generelle Postproduction und Reaktionen auf den Film
- Making-Of: Der Bulle aus der Bronx (27:54 Min.): Eine lohnenswerte Retrospektive, bei der einige Filmkritiker und Beteiligte (auch Jake LaMotta) über die nachhaltige Bedeutung des Films reden
- De Niro vs. LaMotta (03:47 Min.): Kurzer Vergleich des echten LaMotta mit der Filmversion mit Originalmaterial von den tatsächlichen Kämpfen
- LaMotta verteidigt den Titel (01:00): Original-TV-Beitrag vom Kampf gegen Dathouille
- Original-Kinotrailer (02:09)
Als kleiner Wermutstropfen liegt kein Wendecover vor. Dafür ist das Artwork aber recht gut gelungen.