


This is the story of the making of Raging Bull. The making of Raging Bull would be a consuming creative journey, the final product a gritty valentine to filmmaking, a clarion call of reinvention. From the editing room to the Oscar® ceremony, the story is told of a director's quest to tell the story of America's most explosive boxer.

After the credits, the second disc 'The Bronx Bull documentary' continues the story of Raging Bull with interviews made especially for this edition and a fascinating and revealing look at the production of the film.Īs part of this unique DVD of Raging Bull, Thelma Schoonmaker - whose editing was responsible for one of the two Oscars® awarded to the film - provides a remarkable scene-by-scene look at the making of this classic production, and in particular the amazing fight scenes that made film history. The vivid, brutal and heartfelt fight scenes are famously realistic.įor this Special Edition, Jake la Motta's tragic closing speech does not mean the end of the story. Ragrng Bull 1s is easily the most brilliant work ever to emerge from the collaboration of Scorsese and DeNiro.ĭeNiro lives amazingly well in the role of a man in whom the beast within him lurks beneath the surface, always ready to erupt.
