This is the only scene that makes grown men like me burst into tears for different reasons of course. For me it reflects a pressure cooker waiting to explode and all those internalised emotions finally expressing itself, while Jake the unstopable force up against an immovable object and him punching the wall is like self harm. Powerful performance,
Or in other words, Jake was a simple brute who wouldn't face the consequences of his poor actions until they hit him right in the face, in this case by getting him locked up. When locked up, the best he could muster was to punch a wall again and again. Fine acting by De Niro, sure, but a pitiful character.
@@suur-turku7806More like someone who had it all(beautiful wife, kids and loyal younger brother) and let his inner demons and needless insecurities get the better of him to the point of alienating those he was supposed to care about, thus destroying himself in the process. This wall beating was Jake's rock bottom. Raging Bull was like Shakespeare's Othello on Columbian pure coke with no Iago.
i always took this scene, and the movie as a whole, to show that LaMotta spent his life hitting other people, and getting hit by other people, when in reality, due to his own insecurities and struggle with anger, he just wants to hit himself.
He is so good in this. Love this movie so much. From boxing Scorsese pulls out pride, pain, sleaze, tragedy, passion, failure, and loss. And that beautiful soundtrack finished me. Fucking epic.
Robert de Niro is Awesome, I feel so sorry for him in this scene, listening to him sob, like a little boy, he desperately needs a big hug, he is inconsolable and extremely emotional, no wonder he won an Oscar, Superb.
When the film came out, I saw an interview with Jake LaMotta, who trained DeNiro for the role. LaMotta said that DeNiro could be a legitimate middleweight if he wanted.
Man what a scene! Truly one of my favorites from Raging Bull. This particular one shows the regret, animosity, & shame all play into one piece. The way La Motta (De Niro) beats the brick wall into releasing those emotions into getting them all out is showing a way of remorse. Gritty film that is indeed one of the most, honest, sincere, brutalized movies in the history of motion picture. Not something to be watched twice preceding one another. That's for sure.
Purest form of acting. Anybody can act, but De Niro takes it to the most personal level. Hands down, the best ever there has ever been and there will ever be.
MrRonaldorealmadrid they’re both transcendent. Brando as well, watch him in streetcar named desire and it’ll shock you that someone could act that good in the 50’s when all other actors during that time would just pantomime their lines
This scene is kind of metaphorical for the story on the whole. When you've hurt everyone close to you and alienated yourself so deeply from society all you're left to do is beat on a brick wall and hurt yourself. Powerful!
This scene is PURE anger, pain and frustration. Immaculately done. You can feel EVERY slam of the head, fist and elbow. The downfall of his mind. De Niro deserved every little bit of that Oscar. Absolute genius
He tried the same thing here at Shawshank. He punched a whole bigger than the one Andy Dufrene made in his cell. I mean just.................. what in the hell.
this movie is just BRILLIANT,so sad and tragic,you feel the pain that la motta is going through youself..de niro as la motta gave the BEST performance by any actor ever ...even better than taxi driver...which was excellent itself..
According to Scorsese, he wanted this scene to represent reaching the lowest level with yourself, as Jake realizes how his life came crashing down before his eyes and how he caused it. He meant for it to parallel one of his favorite stories: the story of David putting his hands upon the Ark. In this regard, it succeeds entirely. As an audience, we know how unlikable Jake is, but to see how pathetic he seems at this point, we actually feel bad for him and hope for his redemption. It's powerful
I watched this recently for the first time. It's my favourite film of the 1980s, it's one of my favourite films of all time, and this is my favourite scene. The reason being is that for the whole film he acts like an animal and almost seems to want to be an animal and to be treated like one, until this scene where he no longer wants to be an animal. I love Robert De Niro, I love Martin Scorsese, and I love Raging Bull.
scorsese and de niro. omg there is no better pair. never was never will be. de niro's delivery in this is brilliant. saw it for my first time yesterday (its been at the top of my list to see 4ever). i loved it. fucking hell.
So glad this film gets the respect the deserves now than when it did back twenty years ago. I was happy when it went from #24 to #4 on AFI's 100 gretest films list
Everytime i watch this scene of Raging Bull i just think thank god Scorcesse made a film like this.Deniro my idol fror so many years with Pacino just made made all of us think why he is one the greatest actors goin then & now.& this scen is a prime example..legendry & classic!.
De Niro needs to do another intense roll like this again. Today, he's laid back and just having fun knocking these rolls out but that don't make less of a great actor than he was. Once a great actor always a great actor. De Niro is the greatest of all time!
"They call me an animal...I'm not an animal. Why do they treat me like this? I'm not that bad." The whole time you've been watching this movie you're thinking damn, Jake LaMotta was an asshole. And then BOOM! Just like that DeNiro actually makes you feel sorry for the guy. Amazing.
De Niro brings so much depth to Jake La Motta. I saw this movie with my friends once and after seeing it we were discussing La Motta in the movie and our opinions differed so much, as if we'd actually MET La Motta. Without a doubt, the greatest performance I've ever seen. In ANY movie.
You can take fun, easy roles that are still good. Part of it is that these actors aren't trying anymore. Being old is no excuse. It's not an excuse in any other profession.
This is one of the most depressing scenes in one of the most depressing movies ever made--but boy, what a masterpiece! DeNiro made LaMotta look angelic--that's how bad LaMotta was. You had to feel bad for the guy, he was on top of the world & then he blew it. DeNiro was so brilliant in this movie. Marty took him to Italy & made him eat his way across the country to gain the weight needed in the movie. I could handle that!
I read the book 'Raging Bull' and I think - its been a while since I read it - that Lamotta's time in that Flordia prison was the low point of his life ... I think he wrote that the guards there were the meanest bastards he ever encountered.
Not sure if anyone commented on it already but the wall was really not concrete, however it still was very hard (according to "Raging Bull" 2-disc special edition's bonus features). -Ian C., 12-year old filmmaker
"What do you prefer, Raging Bull or The Elephant Man? Both movies were showed in 1980. They competed in the Academy Awards. Finally, they are similar in the kind of story (a biopic) and the b/w cinematography."
The first time I saw De Niro in any movie was in, of all things, Meet the Parents, when I was 11. 5 years later, I saw Raging Bull and couldn't believe that the grumpy old man in that movie with Ben Stiller was such a great actor. It's not his fault that his recent movies haven't been too good, I guess that after a certain age, actors are universally typecast, which is sad.
Any other actor and you'd know it was fake, they'd never go that far, but DeNiro is the only actor in history who could make audiences wonder, "was he actually punching a real wall?"
So much of Manhood tied up in this scene. So much of the conflict within men...animal against human, the Raging Bull against the higher soul, supposedly master over the brute flesh.
This is why we respect the old guy...any man who cannot relate to this scene has never truly been tested by life... (NOT WHY HE WAS JAILED, BUT THE BREAKDOWN ASPECT)
redemption can fuck with your mind big time and you can clearly see this in this scene. my fave scene in this whole work of art Deniro/scorsese Greatest Duo of all time
So then they do not talk to each other even to this day? Have there been any attempts to reconcile them? What a crying shame that Joey could hold a grudge all these years. Someone should write a book on just that aspect of the LaMotta saga - the complexity of their relationship. Thanks for your reply, BTW.
This is the only scene that makes grown men like me burst into tears for different reasons of course. For me it reflects a pressure cooker waiting to explode and all those internalised emotions finally expressing itself, while Jake the unstopable force up against an immovable object and him punching the wall is like self harm. Powerful performance,
Or in other words, Jake was a simple brute who wouldn't face the consequences of his poor actions until they hit him right in the face, in this case by getting him locked up. When locked up, the best he could muster was to punch a wall again and again. Fine acting by De Niro, sure, but a pitiful character.
@@suur-turku7806More like someone who had it all(beautiful wife, kids and loyal younger brother) and let his inner demons and needless insecurities get the better of him to the point of alienating those he was supposed to care about, thus destroying himself in the process. This wall beating was Jake's rock bottom. Raging Bull was like Shakespeare's Othello on Columbian pure coke with no Iago.
This scene won him the oscar.
Amongst MANY scenes that won him the Oscar, you mean. :p
Hassaan Mirza I think it was the Larry scene that won him the Oscar.
@@roloug95 I thought him shadowboxing in the beginning should have won him the Oscar plus the steak scene.
terrifying release of emotion.
De niro is one of the best there ever was and ever will be
*the best there ever was and ever will be
i always took this scene, and the movie as a whole, to show that LaMotta spent his life hitting other people, and getting hit by other people, when in reality, due to his own insecurities and struggle with anger, he just wants to hit himself.
seeing him in that condition is extremely heartbreaking and troubling. de niro is nothing short of a genius.
this masterpiece is now playing on netflix, for those who care..
This scene proves that this movie was a tragedy this is what a man looks like when he loses everything one of the greatest scenes of all time.
Sweet! This is another scene my dad is in. He's the sherriff on the right making all the noise and the one who grabs DeNiro by the hair.
OH yeah!
Your dad did a good southern accent,or maybe it's the real thing?
He is so good in this. Love this movie so much. From boxing Scorsese pulls out pride, pain, sleaze, tragedy, passion, failure, and loss. And that beautiful soundtrack finished me. Fucking epic.
In this scene, De Niro's probably asking why he stared in "Grudge Match".
Robert de Niro is Awesome, I feel so sorry for him in this scene, listening to him sob, like a little boy, he desperately needs a big hug, he is inconsolable and extremely emotional, no wonder he won an Oscar, Superb.
When the film came out, I saw an interview with Jake LaMotta, who trained DeNiro for the role. LaMotta said that DeNiro could be a legitimate middleweight if he wanted.
Man what a scene! Truly one of my favorites from Raging Bull. This particular one shows the regret, animosity, & shame all play into one piece. The way La Motta (De Niro) beats the brick wall into releasing those emotions into getting them all out is showing a way of remorse. Gritty film that is indeed one of the most, honest, sincere, brutalized movies in the history of motion picture. Not something to be watched twice preceding one another. That's for sure.
This is ACTING
Purest form of acting. Anybody can act, but De Niro takes it to the most personal level. Hands down, the best ever there has ever been and there will ever be.
MrRonaldorealmadrid they’re both transcendent. Brando as well, watch him in streetcar named desire and it’ll shock you that someone could act that good in the 50’s when all other actors during that time would just pantomime their lines
We need more actors like this now . Pure art.
This scene is kind of metaphorical for the story on the whole. When you've hurt everyone close to you and alienated yourself so deeply from society all you're left to do is beat on a brick wall and hurt yourself. Powerful!
This scene is PURE anger, pain and frustration. Immaculately done. You can feel EVERY slam of the head, fist and elbow. The downfall of his mind. De Niro deserved every little bit of that Oscar. Absolute genius
This is amongst the most powerful acting ever seen, up there with Olivier and Brando
Despite its ugly exterior, this is one of the most beautiful scenes ever put on film,
He tried the same thing here at Shawshank. He punched a whole bigger than the one Andy Dufrene made in his cell. I mean just.................. what in the hell.
Damn this is like the greatest scene ever. DeNiro perfectly portrayed somebody who's hit rock bottom in life with sincerity.
If anybody wants to be an actor.... Just study RAGING BULL.
To me, Deniro's performance in this, is the Greatest of all time. No disrespect to Brando.
u are not the only one who thinks so. De Niro is GOD.
this movie is just BRILLIANT,so sad and tragic,you feel the pain that la motta is going through youself..de niro as la motta gave the BEST performance by any actor ever ...even better than taxi driver...which was excellent itself..
Ladies and gentlemen, thats why we call him the greatest actor ever who lived.
lol
According to Scorsese, he wanted this scene to represent reaching the lowest level with yourself, as Jake realizes how his life came crashing down before his eyes and how he caused it.
He meant for it to parallel one of his favorite stories: the story of David putting his hands upon the Ark.
In this regard, it succeeds entirely. As an audience, we know how unlikable Jake is, but to see how pathetic he seems at this point, we actually feel bad for him and hope for his redemption. It's powerful
Awesome portrayal of a man hitting rock bottom
01:26 -02:03 my reaction when i saw the new Ghostbusters trailer
I do this whenever I lose my lottery ticket
Lol
One of the best scenes in Raging Bull. 5 stars :)
If you just listen to him in the scene, and not see what happens onscreen, its still pretty goddamn powerful.
Maybe the best acting ever, can't find something better than this.
every single scene in this film is magic ..this scene being the very best!
The scene illustrates the biggest trouble you may have is with yourself. DeNiro is incredible here.
I watched this recently for the first time. It's my favourite film of the 1980s, it's one of my favourite films of all time, and this is my favourite scene. The reason being is that for the whole film he acts like an animal and almost seems to want to be an animal and to be treated like one, until this scene where he no longer wants to be an animal. I love Robert De Niro, I love Martin Scorsese, and I love Raging Bull.
this is one of the many reasons why he won the academy award and one of the greatest actors of all time
*the greatest.
scorsese and de niro. omg there is no better pair. never was never will be. de niro's delivery in this is brilliant. saw it for my first time yesterday (its been at the top of my list to see 4ever). i loved it. fucking hell.
This is the most painful scene ever filmed. All the respect in the world for Robert De Niro for going to this dark, dark, place.
So glad this film gets the respect the deserves now than when it did back twenty years ago. I was happy when it went from #24 to #4 on AFI's 100 gretest films list
The greatest acting of all time (along with Marlon Brando's A Streetcar Named Desire).
MisterAZS nah. on the waterfront
Sure is.
This is what I did a few years ago and how mad/emotional I got when I realized I didn't get hired to work at AMC Loews Cinema!
Everytime i watch this scene of Raging Bull i just think thank god Scorcesse made a film like this.Deniro my idol fror so many years with Pacino just made made all of us think why he is one the greatest actors goin then & now.& this scen is a prime example..legendry & classic!.
De Niro needs to do another intense roll like this again. Today, he's laid back and just having fun knocking these rolls out but that don't make less of a great actor than he was. Once a great actor always a great actor. De Niro is the greatest of all time!
He is GOD.
"They call me an animal...I'm not an animal. Why do they treat me like this? I'm not that bad."
The whole time you've been watching this movie you're thinking damn, Jake LaMotta was an asshole. And then BOOM! Just like that DeNiro actually makes you feel sorry for the guy. Amazing.
GOD can create such magic. Afterall he is Robert fuckin de niro.
De Niro brings so much depth to Jake La Motta. I saw this movie with my friends once and after seeing it we were discussing La Motta in the movie and our opinions differed so much, as if we'd actually MET La Motta.
Without a doubt, the greatest performance I've ever seen. In ANY movie.
You can take fun, easy roles that are still good. Part of it is that these actors aren't trying anymore. Being old is no excuse. It's not an excuse in any other profession.
1:23-2:10 my reaction to Robert De Niro in dirty grandpa
Robert de niro is the best actor in the world. You will never find another actor with so much dedication and love for the arts.
DAMN TRUTH.
This is one of the most depressing scenes in one of the most depressing movies ever made--but boy, what a masterpiece! DeNiro made LaMotta look angelic--that's how bad LaMotta was. You had to feel bad for the guy, he was on top of the world & then he blew it. DeNiro was so brilliant in this movie. Marty took him to Italy & made him eat his way across the country to gain the weight needed in the movie. I could handle that!
Great. You just made an emotionally powerful scene funny for me.
When people ask me why De Niro is my favorite actor of all time, I link them to this video.
When he was good.... man, he was the best.
Best actor ever born.
This was the best scene in Raging Bull . the funniest and most memorable.hahahaha.
I come to see this seen when I feel like this inside and it helps 😔❤️
Greatest performance in cinematic history.
Great Scene, Bravo. De Niro is my favourite actor.
the greatest scene, the greatest movie, greatest performance ever.
by the greatest actor.
I read the book 'Raging Bull' and I think - its been a while since I read it - that Lamotta's time in that Flordia prison was the low point of his life ... I think he wrote that the guards there were the meanest bastards he ever encountered.
Such a powerful performance
This is de niro's reaction when he saw the movie "New Years Eve".
Probably the greatest piece of acting ever!
Not sure if anyone commented on it already but the wall was really not concrete, however it still was very hard (according to "Raging Bull" 2-disc special edition's bonus features).
-Ian C., 12-year old filmmaker
when me and shawty get on that typa timing
This scene sealed his oscar.....
"What do you prefer, Raging Bull or The Elephant Man? Both movies were showed in 1980. They competed in the Academy Awards. Finally, they are similar in the kind of story (a biopic) and the b/w cinematography."
One of the 5 or 6 most important movies ever made.
For some reason, I couldn't help but think of the Strong Bad email "virus" when I saw Jack headbutting the wall.
The first time I saw De Niro in any movie was in, of all things, Meet the Parents, when I was 11. 5 years later, I saw Raging Bull and couldn't believe that the grumpy old man in that movie with Ben Stiller was such a great actor. It's not his fault that his recent movies haven't been too good, I guess that after a certain age, actors are universally typecast, which is sad.
It's pretty hilarious when you hear it multiple times, actually.
this is my favorite boxing movie and my favorite scene in this movie.
2:09 What is this cut and after that cut, you can see Jake sat down crying in the shadows after headbutting and punching the wall.
The best performance and the best film in American cinema.
Sure is. Robert is GOD.
Look at it son, live in it!
Any other actor and you'd know it was fake, they'd never go that far, but DeNiro is the only actor in history who could make audiences wonder, "was he actually punching a real wall?"
GOD for a reason.
Prob one of the best acted scenes ever
@StrawberryJungle I'd say it's a pretty sound conjecture.
That seems like a classic scene.
i love the last AAAAAH...
So much of Manhood tied up in this scene. So much of the conflict within men...animal against human, the Raging Bull against the higher soul, supposedly master over the brute flesh.
legend! pure and simple!
Agreed, The greatest film ever made
One of the greatest actor so far
the greatest.
What a scene! Say's everything you need to know about the man's life at the point...
wow what a great scene
This is why we respect the old guy...any man who cannot relate to this scene has never truly been tested by life... (NOT WHY HE WAS JAILED, BUT THE BREAKDOWN ASPECT)
Pure... excellence
i totally agree. i wonder where he pulled out such extreme rage?
amazing.
he makes it real.
you can feel the desperation.
GOD afterall.
redemption can fuck with your mind big time
and you can clearly see this in this scene.
my fave scene in this whole work of art
Deniro/scorsese Greatest Duo of all time
imagine being in the same room when they filmed this, id be fucking terrified.
I think it's the most sad scene of this movie. It's Jake LaMotta's misfortunes...
1:26 From that point forth in the video, you can pick any latter-day De Niro movie (besides SLP) and see this as his reaction.
I've seen the movie, and honestly, the only good parts are the last five minuites, they are FANTASTIC.
the only good part? What a shithead.
the greatest scene in movie history
spot on
for anyone who is thinking of trying this: it hurts.
De Niro is nothing but a brilliant actor. Too bad Hollywood today can't produce quality actors and movies like that anymore.
GOD.
So then they do not talk to each other even to this day? Have there been any attempts to reconcile them? What a crying shame that Joey could hold a grudge all these years. Someone should write a book on just that aspect of the LaMotta saga - the complexity of their relationship. Thanks for your reply, BTW.
@dropkickproductions1 very few people can pull off a good itlaian mobster and he amazingly does it everytime.
@bassmanUSSR Newman, Raul Julia, Gary Oldman, a few others as well. DeNiro is such a fantastic actor though.
It's been a while since i've seen this film why was he in jail again?
5 people have hurt their fists punching a wall!