robinson, apparently tired, punched fairly well and rocked jake right to his heels. come on, ray. a director and actor finds a story at the right time and the right place. and out comes this amazing combination of cinematic virility and absolute fear. it s like watching an animal. i think raging bull is a great title. and the film fulfills the promise. the reality of the boxing and the great slow motion, all of the black-and-white gore, the violence of the flash bulbs going off. when he designed the movie, marty, he purposefully didn t put a clutch on the film. there s no clutch. hey, ray, you never went down, ray. you never got me down, ray. raging bull is a boxing movie for people who don t like boxing movies, but it s really not about that. it s about this man, jake, based on a real person, who s really at war with himself. come on. harder. harder. i didn t really understand boxing, but the character was interesting. he was just so contr
And a film noir. they knew that would be a great calling card. people would pay attention if they had enough scares. they make intensely cool and creative films. it always feels like they have adapted a book no one has heard of. every shot has been thought about. every note of music. the dialogue. and it is shocking. all the time this shock ins their movies. visceral shocks. and then, moments of great humor. turn to the right. what s the matter, ed? my fiance left me. they had just finished writing raising arizona and they asked me to read it and i thought it was amazing. so funny. raising arizona as far as i m concerned is a masterpiece. the idea of taking that 100