One of the best opening sequences to a film ever. Film: Raging Bull (1980) Director: Martin Scorsese Based on the book by Jake LaMotta. Copyright: 1980 MGM All Rights Reserved.
Martin Scorsese on Stanley Kubrick: "Watching a Kubrick film is like gazing up at a mountaintop. You look up and wonder, how could anyone have climbed that high?"
"There is always somebody better and higher than you no matter if your the absolute world's greatest, you can still get that butt out done!!!! Scorsese My all time fav director though!!!! I like Brian DePalma and any body that's great, no matter what color!!!!! De Niro is a great, but Al Pacino is the best non black actor I have ever witnessed!!!!! Denzel is the best actor period..... GOAT!!!!! √Fye O aka Knowledge Peeper√
This scene foreshadows the entire movie if you think about it. LaMotta's perception of the whole world outside the ring doesn't change. He always feels that he has to fight the world on his own with no one in his corner. And anyone who tries to help is pushed away. And Lamotta goes on to punish himself.
+Nameless Paladin It really is one of my absolute favorite intros. Beyond your incredibly insightful comment on the nature of the man depicted and what we can expect of him, its also reflective of the films form. The piece of the music playing is the Intermezzo from the Cavelleria Rusticana, a folk opera from the late 1800s. Intermezzos of any opera are played at the midpoint of the opera (think intermediate), and at the pivot of action, the make or break moments. Appropriately, we begin this story at the midpoint of Jake La Motta's life which for a boxer is perhaps the most dramatic. This will be a story in the operatic tradition of carrying the view to emotional heights through the combination of both the traditional music of opera (those choice cuts on the ost), as well as the truly brilliant editing of the film, to reflect the range of feelings felt by a man who could only best express himself physically to his detriment. This is bolstered by where La Motta is. Notice the composition and framing of the shot? La Motta behind all of those ropes? Doesn't it look almost like a bouncing musical note on a time signature? La Motta himself is the main music of the piece to come. Scorsese found his life, while no Don Giovanni, to be a real folk opera. Incredible stuff, and thank you for your comment.
1970s: Taxi Driver 1980s: Raging Bull 1990s: GoodFellas 2000s: The Departed 2010s: The Wolf of Wall Street 2020s: The Irishmen (Or is that a 2019 feature?)
I'm 30 years old and watched this movie for the very first time last night. I was anxious to watch it becuase I often find classic films fail to live up to the hype. As soon as this opening sequence hit I knew I was watching a masterpiece. The music, De Niro on his own in the ring, the black and white. Simply genius film making.
Was the opposite for me. I like many of the classics i watch and understand what made them classics in the first place. Raging bull didn´t really do it for me. I liked the performances and was at least partly invested in the story but i hate to say it was just fucking boring.
Ha no shit, same here, 30 year old first time seeing it last night, can't stop thinking about it. What a movie. Best thing I've seen in months. Brilliant and tragic
Jamshaid Ali Look, Ma! I’m cussing on the Internet for attention because I can’t properly express myself originally except to verbally abuse strangers who live on a horse farm I wish I did!
@@corey-bird3489 I thank every night my lucky star that I wasn't born an idiot liek Corey Massick and I'm able to enjoy films regardless of them swearing or not.
Corey Messick No one cares about what you would or wouldn’t call it. It’s consistently and widely opined that Raging Bull is one of the greatest films of all time. You don’t have to like it, but the rest of us do. How about you go find another someone else’s parade to rain on, hmmm? 😉
@@corey-bird3489 You're no Gene Siskel or Roger Ebert. Hell you're not even Richard Roeper. Take your elitist attitude and shove it right up your poop chute. This movie will be praised for how gritty and realistic it has been (it's based on an autobiography, you reprobate) and it will be cherished dearly on this decade alone than you'll ever be loved by your family your entire life. Grab a tub of Vaseline and fornicate yourself. Anally.
I read when it was released it wasn’t too much in the hollywood light that time, now it’s become popular over the years now preserved in the National Film Registry
I'm a 74 year old woman and have seen countless movies. Raging Bull remains my all time favorite. I had to be dragged to see it assuming a movie about boxing would be of no interest. I left realizing that I had just seen an acting performance the likes of which I would never see again. Brilliant actor as was Just about everyone else involved in the movie, especially Joe Pesci.
Awesome for sure. Check out the famous opening sequence of Leone's masterpiece "Once Upon A Time In The West" as well. Probably the most epic opening intro ever, and you won't be able to get Ennio's music out of your head for weeks afterwards. That's what the top composers do, turn a good movie into a great movie, and turn a great movie into a work of art...
I have an unhealthy obsession with this movie. There is seriously not a shot, scene, line, sequence that I would change. I think it's one of the most flawless pieces of art ever created. I put it up there with Beethoven's 5th, Las Meninas, whatever you want. It's just monolithic, from its performances, to the camera work, the writing, production. It completely captures the essence of humanity; Its struggles, temptations, and ultimately its will to succeed.
There's a Letterman interview with DeNiro and Dustin Hoffman as guests where Hoffman talks about seeing this film in the movie theatre. Should definitely watch that.
*This is a mesmerizing scene. One of the best opening scene in the history of world cinematography. The intermezzo of Cavalleria Rusticana crowns the scene. DeNiro feinting in the ring and Scorcese directing.*
The whole film was made with such care. This music was adjusted in volume and slightly abbreviated from its actual composition to better fit the mood of the opening credits and scene introducing a dramatic tale of personal battle. triumphs and defeats. I first heard and was stunned by this music when I saw the movie 35 years ago , and now after all those years I get to play this music in one of my orchestras hopefully as a reflection of what COVID has been and how we can emerge from it scarred but not defeated.
The way I see this film so many years after first watching it is the end of the Italian-American as a person or concept. People like Sinatra, LaMotta, Scorsese (those who are possibly 2nd or 3rd generation) now they are gone or are passing on mark the end of a huge cultural impact on America. We should mourn them of course because of what they contributed to the country, but also not shy away from some of their negative impact (those like Capone, Luciano, Genovese) - at one point they were the trend setters, the underclass and the scary outsider all at once. Incredible.
Such a beautiful entrance. The main point from this movie is "the one that can truly hold you back is only yourself". Probably in the top 4 best films of all time.
That music makes you remember and reflect: childhood, your family, loss, grief, good days, bad days, the passage of time, impending mortality... I love the line in this film where the announcer or commentator says: 'and I think you know the two boys'.
I'm so glad Scorsese is still making films. I wasn't alive in 1980, but I would have loved to see this opening sequence on the big screen. Man what a sight that must have been.
One of the greatest movies of all time One of the greatest opening's of all time One of the greatest directors of all time One of the greatest performences of all time
I get goosebumps every time I hear Mascagni’s Intermezzo from Cavalleria Rusticana, and immediately think of this movie. Scorsese will most likely be remembered for Goodfellas, but Raging Bull is his masterpiece.
This movie is my all time favorite and I'm very old. I spent months trying to find out the name of the music played here and finally found that it is Cavalleria Rusticana (Intermezzo). Beautiful.
+Asa Fisher It is one of the most influential films if you look up film-makers AND critics top lists, it is one of the most frequent to be mentioned. Only "Citizen Kane" got more mentions I think.
i watched this movie many years ago, i may not remember every detail in this movie, but i always remember this opening, the moment i saw this opening, i know this movie was going to be a masterpiece
deniro has raging bull, goodfellas, taxi driver, godfather 2, deer hunter, heat, mean streets... my god, what a career. when he passes he'll live on forever.
Scorsese thought it was his final Hollywood film so much, with United Artists falling into pieces before they ended up being part of MGM, that he was exacting in the process of editing and mixing the film! This is one of the four ultimate examples of fighting tooth-and-nail to get the film completed no matter what, anyhow. 1) The Godfather, dir: Coppola, 2) Star Wars, dir. Lucas, 3) Apocalypse Now, dir: Coppola, 4) Raging Bull, dir: Scorsese.
But an artist doesn't realize that a film that the filmmaker fought tooth and nail to complete properly is a masterpiece until after the reviews and box office and critics enter the game only afterwards. And 7): "Brazil," dir. Terry Gilliam. (he's, this time, going to make a film he attempted to make since 2000, "The Man Who Killed Don Quixote." But this time, Terry will do it right and finish the fucking story!) And, uh, finally... 8): "Schindler's List," director Steven Spielberg's brilliant Rossellini-like but heartbreaking Holocaust epic, which he did properly with a labor of love, as he finished "Jurassic Park." "Schindler's List," definitely EARNED the Academy Awards, especially for Best Director and Best Picture
One of best movie openings I have ever seen and heard. I used to intimate Jake training while listening this. A very beautitful piece of music. Another reason why the movie was such a success.
I had the privilege a few months ago to see this film where editor Thelma Schoonmaker introduced the film and held a brief Q&A about editing this film. The whole auditorium cheered when her name came up on the credits. It was amazing.
I think Godfather 2 is excellent. I've seen the first one far more times and get more nostalgic about it, thinking of watching it with my father, but the parallel narratives of 2 go so well together. Really a great cinematic achievement.
If you haven't already had the chance to watch it in theaters, I hope you watch The Irishman the day it comes out my friend. So poignant and haunting. Cinema indeed
Every time I hear those opening notes coming in quietly of Intermezzo the hair stands up on the back of my neck. Probably the greatest film ever made. Scorsese is a genius.
Classic movie. The best boxing movie ever without a doubt and the soundtrack is so classy makes me cry listening to it. A masterpiece omg deniro is an artist
He had been a piece of shit the entire film but in the end of it we mostly feel pity maybe cause we see a little bit of ourselves in Jake he was filled with uncontrollable anger and jealousy he was human like all of us but he couldn’t control it the reason if cause he suffers from the Madonna whore complex he thought that since Vicky would sleep with him that she would sleep with anybody else
This movie was one of the reasons why I became interested in boxing. And through this movie I've come to know the story of this man, 'The Raging Bull' whose days now have come to an end. May he rest in peace.
idk, but i just thought of it. This begining scene is peaceful, all while in the ring. Then later its all violent outside the ring. Maybe im just making english teacher connections, but just a thought.
No, that makes sense. The way I look at it is that the ring is the only place he and his personality fitted. It's where he belonged. Like an animal in the wild. Take him out of his habitat and all hell breaks lose.
The absolute isolation of this scene informs the character unlike many a lesser piece will. To prepare alone, in solitude, waiting an affirmation (or truth). Whatever that will be, will test him. Hope and will, and all the things awaiting him, as well as all the pains that are made manifest by his wants. Hopefully he gets what he needs and not what he wants. .
Este arranque de película es genial. A mi modo de ver es el mejor homenaje que se puede hacer a la música. Se ve perfectamente las cinco cuerdas del ring a modo de pentagrama y a la izquierda la clave de sol que es la clave de la película, el propio boxeador. Los títulos perfectamente pueden pasar por notas.
I saw recently Raging Bull in a Rome's cinema, I was glad there were many young people in the room, despite it being a movie released in 1980, this to say that the masterpieces don't have epoch, they remain intact in the time.
Brian depalma once said in an interview "Once i saw the opening to raging bull in the theater, i said Scorsese just took the best director away from me after 2 minutes of the movie. Meaning he was talking about scarface and just got beat by martin. Something like that, and he was right. Scorsese won or at least nominated for best director.
When this movie premiered back in 1980, Jake La Motta''s ex-wife Vickie (they were apparently on speaking terms by that point) attended the screening. After the movie was over, Jake asked Vickie, "Was I really that bad?" She replied. "No. You were worse."
Something I noticed, he is shadow boxing every name that comes up for the credits, with La Motta to the left and the credit roll to the right. Not only is this a beautiful opening just visually, but it also demonstrates that Jake is fighting everyone, not just in the ring. He’s fighting people trying to help, people trying to hurt, and ultimately the shot fixes on him alone in the ring, fighting his greatest enemy in himself. I don’t know art, I never studied at school like some genius. But if this doesn’t fall under the category of “Masterpiece” then I don’t know what does.
Raging Bull Airplane Caddyshack Superman 2 Friday The 13th The Shinning and of course The Empire Strikes Back all from that amazing year of movies 1980
+kickodude pff... the Oscars... Remember that The Empire Strikes back lost the Oscar for Best Original Soundtrack against Fame. What the hell happened that year?
Don't you see? There's nobody else inside of the ring; he's fighting himself.
He's warming himself up.
Wow
He is his greatest opponent
Damn these all great comments. Made me look at it in a different light
Dan Sutherland he is warming up genius
Brian Depalma on Martin Scorsese: "No matter how hard you try. No matter how good you are. There is always Martin Scorsese."
Martin Scorsese on Stanley Kubrick: "Watching a Kubrick film is like gazing up at a mountaintop. You look up and wonder, how could anyone have climbed that high?"
Read by QT
"There is always somebody better and higher than you no matter if your the absolute world's greatest, you can still get that butt out done!!!! Scorsese My all time fav director though!!!! I like Brian DePalma and any body that's great, no matter what color!!!!! De Niro is a great, but Al Pacino is the best non black actor I have ever witnessed!!!!! Denzel is the best actor period..... GOAT!!!!! √Fye O aka Knowledge Peeper√
Joey Very true and he should be viewed the same way
@@earnestinecole3553 Denzel isn't even in the Top 10...
This scene foreshadows the entire movie if you think about it. LaMotta's perception of the whole world outside the ring doesn't change. He always feels that he has to fight the world on his own with no one in his corner. And anyone who tries to help is pushed away. And Lamotta goes on to punish himself.
this is actually a brilliant comment that really made me understand the movie better.
Thanks!
+Nameless Paladin It really is one of my absolute favorite intros. Beyond your incredibly insightful comment on the nature of the man depicted and what we can expect of him, its also reflective of the films form. The piece of the music playing is the Intermezzo from the Cavelleria Rusticana, a folk opera from the late 1800s.
Intermezzos of any opera are played at the midpoint of the opera (think intermediate), and at the pivot of action, the make or break moments. Appropriately, we begin this story at the midpoint of Jake La Motta's life which for a boxer is perhaps the most dramatic. This will be a story in the operatic tradition of carrying the view to emotional heights through the combination of both the traditional music of opera (those choice cuts on the ost), as well as the truly brilliant editing of the film, to reflect the range of feelings felt by a man who could only best express himself physically to his detriment. This is bolstered by where La Motta is. Notice the composition and framing of the shot? La Motta behind all of those ropes? Doesn't it look almost like a bouncing musical note on a time signature? La Motta himself is the main music of the piece to come. Scorsese found his life, while no Don Giovanni, to be a real folk opera. Incredible stuff, and thank you for your comment.
Brilliant way of looking at this.
+Nameless Paladin Good Analysis ^^ very interesting..
Taxi Driver, Raging Bull, Goodfellas.
All high points to the career of a masterful director.
And masterful acting. I don't think the two are exclusive.
Casino ?
@@willmunro4385My thoughts exactly
1970s: Taxi Driver
1980s: Raging Bull
1990s: GoodFellas
2000s: The Departed
2010s: The Wolf of Wall Street
2020s: The Irishmen (Or is that a 2019 feature?)
@@BreakingBadFan2008 I personally think "Silence" was a better movie than WOWS
I'm 30 years old and watched this movie for the very first time last night. I was anxious to watch it becuase I often find classic films fail to live up to the hype. As soon as this opening sequence hit I knew I was watching a masterpiece. The music, De Niro on his own in the ring, the black and white. Simply genius film making.
This Movie Has Me So Moved Whenever I Watch It at Times and My Personal Favorite Sports Movie at #1!
You have good taste Owen !!
That's what true fighters do you thick bitch it's called a tormented mind
Was the opposite for me. I like many of the classics i watch and understand what made them classics in the first place. Raging bull didn´t really do it for me. I liked the performances and was at least partly invested in the story but i hate to say it was just fucking boring.
Ha no shit, same here, 30 year old first time seeing it last night, can't stop thinking about it. What a movie. Best thing I've seen in months. Brilliant and tragic
crazy how the opening credits of a film can end up being one of the greatest movie scenes ever produced
Yup and I Love Raging Bull My Most Personal Favorite Sports Movie Ever!
Yes. I concur. On par with another sports cinema cinema classic, BULL DURHAM.
You know a movie is going to be a masterpiece when its opening sequence takes your breath away.
Matthew Alexander Lemma I don’t call films with profanity every other sentence a masterpiece.
Jamshaid Ali Look, Ma! I’m cussing on the Internet for attention because I can’t properly express myself originally except to verbally abuse strangers who live on a horse farm I wish I did!
@@corey-bird3489 I thank every night my lucky star that I wasn't born an idiot liek Corey Massick and I'm able to enjoy films regardless of them swearing or not.
Corey Messick No one cares about what you would or wouldn’t call it. It’s consistently and widely opined that Raging Bull is one of the greatest films of all time. You don’t have to like it, but the rest of us do. How about you go find another someone else’s parade to rain on, hmmm? 😉
@@corey-bird3489 You're no Gene Siskel or Roger Ebert. Hell you're not even Richard Roeper. Take your elitist attitude and shove it right up your poop chute. This movie will be praised for how gritty and realistic it has been (it's based on an autobiography, you reprobate) and it will be cherished dearly on this decade alone than you'll ever be loved by your family your entire life.
Grab a tub of Vaseline and fornicate yourself. Anally.
Hey, Ray. I never went down, Ray. You never got me down, Ray.
Jake never said that after the fight . He was led to his corner and sat on his stool for over 20 minutes.
No matter how great you are - there’s always Scorsese.
The fact that scorsese didnt win an oscar for this is a stain in the academy reputation
The same year of Elephant Man by Lynch.
This year was just too good
That’s why I don’t give a fuk about oscars
I read when it was released it wasn’t too much in the hollywood light that time, now it’s become popular over the years now preserved in the National Film Registry
Yeah I stopped listening to the Oscars when they said bubsy 3D was bad
This scene alone has me in tears. This film is so beautiful it hurts.
The music here is so beautiful when I hear it, it often brings me to tears.
One of the greatest films ever made.
Rly better then heat casino insomnia. Gladiator wtf
Undoubtedly.
mv0921_ _ are you serious? Have you even watched citizen Kane?
Absolutely. One of the best of Scorsese also
Amen 🙏🏼
I'm a 74 year old woman and have seen countless movies. Raging Bull remains my all time favorite. I had to be dragged to see it assuming a movie about boxing would be of no interest. I left realizing that I had just seen an acting performance the likes of which I would never see again. Brilliant actor as was Just about everyone else involved in the movie, especially Joe Pesci.
my mother felt the same about rocky
great movie
Classic comment.
Bernadette Elliott the perfect movie i adore every minute of it....i watch it as much as i can
A 74 year old woman who doesn't know how to spell 'favourite'.
Not exaggerating here, this is the GREATEST opening scene of all time!
True and One of My Favorite Sports Movies at #1!
Awesome for sure. Check out the famous opening sequence of Leone's masterpiece "Once Upon A Time In The West" as well. Probably the most epic opening intro ever, and you won't be able to get Ennio's music out of your head for weeks afterwards. That's what the top composers do, turn a good movie into a great movie, and turn a great movie into a work of art...
Nah
I think only the Lord Of War opening scene reaches a level higher than this one
And an honorable mention to Reservoir Dogs, and Tarantino’s movies in general
Anyone else got goosebumps?
every time
Saul, i need a good lawyer
Me
Every time , with tears. THIS IS CINEMA
@@adammohamed.. Yes, exactly.
I have an unhealthy obsession with this movie. There is seriously not a shot, scene, line, sequence that I would change. I think it's one of the most flawless pieces of art ever created. I put it up there with Beethoven's 5th, Las Meninas, whatever you want. It's just monolithic, from its performances, to the camera work, the writing, production. It completely captures the essence of humanity; Its struggles, temptations, and ultimately its will to succeed.
Absolutely. It’s the absolute greatest thing ever. This opening is probably my favorite one ever. Art at it’s finest.
Same i have a mad obsession with this movie
There's a Letterman interview with DeNiro and Dustin Hoffman as guests where Hoffman talks about seeing this film in the movie theatre. Should definitely watch that.
So you wouldn’t change f bombs every sentence huh?
It’s got bad audio sometimes tho
*This is a mesmerizing scene. One of the best opening scene in the history of world cinematography. The intermezzo of Cavalleria Rusticana crowns the scene. DeNiro feinting in the ring and Scorcese directing.*
"Cavalleria Rusticana" : The most melancholic music ever. The best opening of a move ever.
The whole film was made with such care. This music was adjusted in volume and slightly abbreviated from its actual composition to better fit the mood of the opening credits and scene introducing a dramatic tale of personal battle. triumphs and defeats. I first heard and was stunned by this music when I saw the movie 35 years ago , and now after all those years I get to play this music in one of my orchestras hopefully as a reflection of what COVID has been and how we can emerge from it scarred but not defeated.
I’m just gonna say Requiem is undefeated in terms of melancholy
The way I see this film so many years after first watching it is the end of the Italian-American as a person or concept. People like Sinatra, LaMotta, Scorsese (those who are possibly 2nd or 3rd generation) now they are gone or are passing on mark the end of a huge cultural impact on America. We should mourn them of course because of what they contributed to the country, but also not shy away from some of their negative impact (those like Capone, Luciano, Genovese) - at one point they were the trend setters, the underclass and the scary outsider all at once. Incredible.
Such a beautiful entrance. The main point from this movie is "the one that can truly hold you back is only yourself". Probably in the top 4 best films of all time.
The other 3?
@@Dravianpn02 According to AFI, it would be Citizen Kane, The Godfather and Casablanca.
@@dominicvincentcamacho5279 Godfather isn't as great as they make out, it's very slow. Personally I always felt Goodfellas was far better
@@Facelessman254 I'll have to disagree on this one
@@Facelessman254 the godfather is better than any movie, and by the looks of it, the greatest movie that will ever be made
You know why I love this movie so much?......"I GOT NO CHOICE....I GOT NO CHOICE!!!!
Fucking awesome lol
+Sergio Lobato I wish I can like this comment ten times. Haha
That music makes you remember and reflect: childhood, your family, loss, grief, good days, bad days, the passage of time, impending mortality...
I love the line in this film where the announcer or commentator says: 'and I think you know the two boys'.
The cameras' flashes are so poetic...What a beauty this sequence is...
Man's own worst enemy, himself.
Rip champ. Lived till 96 years old. Tough as they get. Don't make them like they use to anymore
I'm so glad Scorsese is still making films. I wasn't alive in 1980, but I would have loved to see this opening sequence on the big screen. Man what a sight that must have been.
It's like the Citizen Kane of movies.
It's like the 'everyone poops' of novels.
Yoou caan wаaаatch Raging Bull hеre twitter.com/4a655a93c9d859ca5/status/795842365428678656 Raging Bull Opеning Seequenccceеe HD
That would be Citizen Kane XDD I love you
Then what does that make Citizen Kane?
What an underrated comment. Have a like.
Scorcese was really able to capture the beauty behind the rage
this always makes me so emotional. no better metaphor for fighting your demons
One of the greatest movies of all time
One of the greatest opening's of all time
One of the greatest directors of all time
One of the greatest performences of all time
One of the best comments of all time 😂😂
@@ianhoward4246 seriously?
THE greatest director of all time. THE greatest actor of all time.
@@amjh4lah809 One of
One of the greatest film editors of all time
One of the few films that I can truly call flawless.
kickodude Swearing every other sentence isn’t flawless
@@corey-bird3489 who gives a fuck if they are swearing
RIP Jake Lamotta.
I get goosebumps every time I hear Mascagni’s Intermezzo from Cavalleria Rusticana, and immediately think of this movie. Scorsese will most likely be remembered for Goodfellas, but Raging Bull is his masterpiece.
Probably my favorite opening scene ever. I watch it again and again and I am still captivated by its obvious beauty.
One of My Top Favorite Opening Scenes As Well and Even Though I'm Not a Boxing Fan But This is One of My Personal Sports Movies!
@@vinceniederman We agree.
@@CarolineLECROC Nice and Wish We Had More Boxing Sports Movies Nowadays!
This movie is my all time favorite and I'm very old. I spent months trying to find out the name of the music played here and finally found that it is Cavalleria Rusticana (Intermezzo). Beautiful.
Give me chills every time
Me Too And Raging Bull is My Most Personal Favorite Sports Movie!
Absolutely iconic
Agreed and Raging Bull is My #1 Favorite Sports Movie Even Though I’m Not a Boxing Fan!
the film that made it to #1 on both Gene Siskel's and Roger Ebert's list of the best films of the 1980s
+Asa Fisher It is one of the most influential films if you look up film-makers AND critics top lists, it is one of the most frequent to be mentioned. Only "Citizen Kane" got more mentions I think.
+Lewis C Nice to know
The opening of this movie is the best title sequence ever made and it always will be
He could everone, but not himself.
This opening scene is absolutely gorgeous.
It's a piece of charcoal bring it ova here!
"Don't over cook it. You over cook it, it's no good. It defeats its own purpose."
I GOT NO CHOICE! I GOT NO CHOICE!
"Botherin' me about a steak, huh?"
Made myself watch this movie. Not gonna lie, the second I saw this opening sequence, I knew I was in for a ride. And what a ride it was. Masterpiece.
The Opening For Raging Bull is Without Question Fantastic For a Sports Movie!
One of the greatest opening sequences to a movie in cinematic history.
I can’t see the words “A Martin Scorsese Picture” without hearing Martin Scorsese saying “A Martin Scorsese Picture” in my head.
"what are you trying to prove?"
+Brandon Eme You never got me down Ray
mtoh wrong response lmao
YOU BOTHER ME ABOUT A STEAK?!!
*whats there to prove*
leaving shoes like mirrors
Pure art
george guja F bombs every other sentence isn’t
What a movie. Still in my top ten...
Celalettin Kart Profanity every other sentence makes a movie in your top ten?
@@corey-bird3489 commenting on every other comment makes you on the top ten creepiest creeps list, and he didnt even use profanity lol
Michael McCarthy Having manners and my brain not wired to use it should inspire you to think for yourself than sounding like everyone else, then.
@@corey-bird3489 well any of my braincells left are officially depleted after trying to make sence of your comment
one of the best movies ever! Not just one of the best boxing movies. But one of the movies...ever.
i watched this movie many years ago, i may not remember every detail in this movie, but i always remember this opening, the moment i saw this opening, i know this movie was going to be a masterpiece
deniro has raging bull, goodfellas, taxi driver, godfather 2, deer hunter, heat, mean streets... my god, what a career. when he passes he'll live on forever.
Scorsese thought it was his final Hollywood film so much, with United Artists falling into pieces before they ended up being part of MGM, that he was exacting in the process of editing and mixing the film! This is one of the four ultimate examples of fighting tooth-and-nail to get the film completed no matter what, anyhow.
1) The Godfather, dir: Coppola, 2) Star Wars, dir. Lucas, 3) Apocalypse Now, dir: Coppola, 4) Raging Bull, dir: Scorsese.
i know this is late but 5) jaws dir. Spielberg
+Hendrik Albert 6) scarface brian de palma
But an artist doesn't realize that a film that the filmmaker fought tooth and nail to complete properly is a masterpiece until after the reviews and box office and critics enter the game only afterwards.
And 7): "Brazil," dir. Terry Gilliam.
(he's, this time, going to make a film he attempted to make since 2000, "The Man Who Killed Don Quixote." But this time, Terry will do it right and finish the fucking story!)
And, uh, finally...
8): "Schindler's List," director Steven Spielberg's brilliant Rossellini-like but heartbreaking Holocaust epic, which he did properly with a labor of love, as he finished "Jurassic Park."
"Schindler's List," definitely EARNED the Academy Awards, especially for Best Director and Best Picture
Kagemusha and Ran : Kurosawa And also the tragedy with Dodeskaden
One of best movie openings I have ever seen and heard. I used to intimate Jake training while listening this. A very beautitful piece of music. Another reason why the movie was such a success.
I had the privilege a few months ago to see this film where editor Thelma Schoonmaker introduced the film and held a brief Q&A about editing this film. The whole auditorium cheered when her name came up on the credits. It was amazing.
i just realized this is the same exact song as the ending of the godfather part 3. holy crap mind blown!!!
Godfather 3 was dumb though. Raging Bull, Godfather 1 & 2 ... these are legendary films.
+13 Tooth godfather 3 was made better by Andy garcia imo
+13 Tooth godfather 3 was made better by Andy garcia imo
Godfather 2 is good, but overrated as well.
I think Godfather 2 is excellent. I've seen the first one far more times and get more nostalgic about it, thinking of watching it with my father, but the parallel narratives of 2 go so well together. Really a great cinematic achievement.
As good as it gets. THIS IS CINEMA
If you haven't already had the chance to watch it in theaters, I hope you watch The Irishman the day it comes out my friend. So poignant and haunting. Cinema indeed
BEST INTRO EVER
Banzai Jogger USE YOUR INSIDE VOICE
@@corey-bird3489 And you shut the hell up.
Every time I hear those opening notes coming in quietly of Intermezzo the hair stands up on the back of my neck. Probably the greatest film ever made. Scorsese is a genius.
45 years making high-level movies, this is definitely the best director in history.
He's one of them
Classic movie. The best boxing movie ever without a doubt and the soundtrack is so classy makes me cry listening to it. A masterpiece omg deniro is an artist
Hairs up on the back of my neck watching this opening. Outstanding film making.
Тhis moviе is noоow avаilаblе to watсh hеre => twitter.com/19683a8c7720f22f5/status/822781553080037377 Rаging Bull Оpрening Sequеncеe HD
I love the sudden abrupt crescendo of the violins.
I cried hard at the part when he was put in prison and had the breakdown.
He had been a piece of shit the entire film but in the end of it we mostly feel pity maybe cause we see a little bit of ourselves in Jake he was filled with uncontrollable anger and jealousy he was human like all of us but he couldn’t control it the reason if cause he suffers from the Madonna whore complex he thought that since Vicky would sleep with him that she would sleep with anybody else
This movie was one of the reasons why I became interested in boxing. And through this movie I've come to know the story of this man, 'The Raging Bull' whose days now have come to an end. May he rest in peace.
One of My Favorite Sports Movies at #1 Raging Bull is a Classic Film and The Opening Credits With The Music is Awesome!
Its not a sports movie thats just the backdrop of the movie
Mascagni's intermezzo, the masterpiece!
Masterpiece.
andreas harlin F this, f that for 3 hours
@@corey-bird3489 Go cry to your mom.
The ring ropes make it look like he's in a cage, trapped.
I remember watching this opening for the first time when I was 17. I was completely mesmerised.
Beautifully captures the pathos in this movie. Sets the tone perfectly.
shoutout to this person for uploading this in 1080p with 2010 internet
idk, but i just thought of it. This begining scene is peaceful, all while in the ring. Then later its all violent outside the ring. Maybe im just making english teacher connections, but just a thought.
No, that makes sense. The way I look at it is that the ring is the only place he and his personality fitted. It's where he belonged. Like an animal in the wild. Take him out of his habitat and all hell breaks lose.
The absolute isolation of this scene informs the character unlike many a lesser piece will. To prepare alone, in solitude, waiting an affirmation (or truth). Whatever that will be, will test him. Hope and will, and all the things awaiting him, as well as all the pains that are made manifest by his wants. Hopefully he gets what he needs and not what he wants.
.
This is the greatest movie in De Niro and Scorsese careers and it’s not even close if you ask me
Agreed and This Movie is My Favorite Sports Movie Even Though I’m Not a Boxing Fan!
The beautifully tragic thing about fighting is how broken it leaves you sometimes.
i love how he’s framed within the three ropes. genius.
it's artworks like this that make life beautiful...
Scorsese is a genius.
R.I.P. JAKE LAMOTTA (1921 - 2017)
"I'am the boss... I'am the boss".
My favorite opening scene ever, poetry composition.
may scorsese and deniro live forever.
Great Theme to Raging Bull.
Goosebumps. What a movie!
Still to this day this is one of my favourite movie openings of all time
I love how he is the notes playing against the music staff. It's absolute poetry & brilliance.
Este arranque de película es genial. A mi modo de ver es el mejor homenaje que se puede hacer a la música. Se ve perfectamente las cinco cuerdas del ring a modo de pentagrama y a la izquierda la clave de sol que es la clave de la película, el propio boxeador. Los títulos perfectamente pueden pasar por notas.
I saw recently Raging Bull in a Rome's cinema, I was glad there were many young people in the room, despite it being a movie released in 1980, this to say that the masterpieces don't have epoch, they remain intact in the time.
one of the greatest performances of this piece
Awesome, Beautifull
Just want to thank my dad for showing me this movie and telling me it’s ok to be me, love you dad.
you bodder me about a steak?
Brian depalma once said in an interview "Once i saw the opening to raging bull in the theater, i said Scorsese just took the best director away from me after 2 minutes of the movie. Meaning he was talking about scarface and just got beat by martin. Something like that, and he was right. Scorsese won or at least nominated for best director.
This film is sooo good it gives me chill's everytime I watch it.
When this movie premiered back in 1980, Jake La Motta''s ex-wife Vickie (they were apparently on speaking terms by that point) attended the screening. After the movie was over, Jake asked Vickie, "Was I really that bad?" She replied. "No. You were worse."
Something I noticed, he is shadow boxing every name that comes up for the credits, with La Motta to the left and the credit roll to the right. Not only is this a beautiful opening just visually, but it also demonstrates that Jake is fighting everyone, not just in the ring. He’s fighting people trying to help, people trying to hurt, and ultimately the shot fixes on him alone in the ring, fighting his greatest enemy in himself. I don’t know art, I never studied at school like some genius. But if this doesn’t fall under the category of “Masterpiece” then I don’t know what does.
what a opening sequence... astounding... a jewel... one of the best in the Cinema history...
What a beautiful beautiful film this is a masterclass in filmmaking
Raging Bull
Airplane
Caddyshack
Superman 2
Friday The 13th
The Shinning
and of course The Empire Strikes Back all from that amazing year of movies 1980
Only one of those movies were nominated for Best Picture. And it lost to Ordinary People. Anyone remember that movie? Nope? Me neither.
Don't forget the great Woody Allen films of the 80s
Jack McCullough
Scarface came out in 1983 All the the movies i listed came out in theaters during the year 1980.
+kickodude pff... the Oscars... Remember that The Empire Strikes back lost the Oscar for Best Original Soundtrack against Fame. What the hell happened that year?
The 80's was one of the worst decades besides raging Bull, nothing was that great.
Not many films are perfection.
But this is.
Goodfellas too.
Masterpiece opening of this movie well done 👍🏼
Other kids childhoods:
Barney, Bob the Builder, Dora The Explorer
My Childhood:
The Godfather, Goodfellas, Raging Bull