Well they had no idea they'd be able to restore color with the digital tools we have today within their lifetime. Tech has come A LONG way in A SHORT time.
🤦♂️😅What? No, we are not, we are even worse than the times of Scorsese and all those later pretentious directors lol That is so much bullshit like that pretentious unoriginal film lol. The correct answer is: what a dumb question is this?! Why don't you ask why shoot in color, in fact why not asking why shoot a lame movie at all if cinema died in the 50s? Pure cinema SUPPOSE to be in black and white - it is called "the silver screen" and it is the gateway into the dream world. It is nearly impossible to dive into a movie if it's not in black and white, unless it's Vertigo ))
@@Theomite Colour isn't being "restored" with digital tools, it's being replaced with new colours that the machine is creating in place of the original look.
@@HOTD108_ So naysayer, what’s the alternative? Easy to complain, harder to come up w/ workable ideas. You’ve probably never invented anything useful in your life 😂
@@Loquacious_Jackson so I guess we should all throw our own opinions out and only take your opinion into consideration. That’s your logic? How about this, you get off UA-cam and go to your living room where your boyfriend is playing call of duty.. go up behind him, and unzip his pants and whisper into his ear you are a stupid little slut who was very naughty on UA-cam and now you need your “daddy” to set you straight.
I always got the feeling of the second reason Scorsese mentioned. Even though I didn’t grow up watching boxing it just *feels* right for them to be in black and white because all the footage of the iconic boxers is in black and white. Even to a modern audience the movie wouldn’t feel right in color.
Went to see Schindler's list and was amazed at how many people walked out because it was in black and white. My text books all through school had black and white photos, so to see movies like Raging Bull and Schindler in black and white, it adds to the realism for me.
Another reason that Scorsese mentioned lately was there there were four boxing movies, including Rocky II, that were coming out around that time and they were all in color. This helped make their movie stand out more.
One of my favorite movies of all time. Scorsese made the right choice of filming raging bull in black and white, it captures the essence of the time the era it took place in. I wouldn't change a thing.
Yes, and a mixture of the two would be just as difficult to distinguish in colour. I'm not quite sure what Marty's on about in a lot of this video tbh.
Black and white photos have always been my favorite by far. Especially if you're just shooting a portrait of someone. I think they add a level of character that color photos just doesn't even come close to competing with.
My Father’s buddy, ‘Mario Gallo’ played La Motta’s trainer. He brought my Dad with him to the studio during the shoot where he got to hang with the cast and crew. He brought back some great stories about the experience…
He most certainly is but Michael Powell is the genius that inspired him. The Red Shoes is in Scorsese's top 5 films of all time. Me personally, I think The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp was his best film.
I remember as a child I had an old bnw tv in my bedroom. Every morning before school I'd watch The 3 Stooges and Our Gang. When I got home I'd watch The Munsters. When I was 10 I was given a color TV and I couldn't wait until the next morning. I felt cheated... Many of the shows I loved were in bnw. Then I happened to see a Munsters special in color and it was an absolute tragedy. I no longer complained about bnw shows lol
I had a b&w TV in my room until I was around 8 in 1986. I loved shows in B&W. And now I find myself watching more and more old B&W movies. Currently I have a set of the old Basil Rathbone Sherlock Holmes movies I'm going through. After those I have 7 or 8 old Sci-fi movies from the 50's that look fun. B&W is always better for some reason at setting atmosphere. Horror,Sci-fi,comedy,drama, western it doesn't matter. The atmosphere is always perfect in B&W
My favorite part of this interview is when Marty says: "In black and white you don't know what fluid it is, it could be blood, piss or cum." The man in a genius.
In the behind the scenes commentary they said that the supposed blood being splattered on the spectators faces after the punch was actually, indeed cum. And lots of it. Bravo Scorsese.
The first time I saw this film was back 2004 during a film class I was taking in High School. I must say Marty was nothing less than Masterful when he directed this extraordinary picture. A true classic at its finest.
I was born in 98 and wish we still used other cameras than digital as well as doing a black and white picture here n there just to explore that expressive value from the past 💯
But i was stunned by how cool it looked for a movie made in the year 1980! It was avant garde to make it black and white in the days when everyone was impressed by the color.
Circumstantial disadvantages that called for improvisational innovation gave us the greatest movies/music thats ever been made. True creativity spawns in the face of limitation.
Honestly I hope I’m not the only one that feels this way but anyone one els feels like these cameras are way to damn clear like I know it sounds so stupid but when I watch a show or a movie everything is so crispy clear that I can see how perfect everything is and can easily tell this is an acting set. There’s something about film that I love that makes it feel like a dream or a past memory.
I remember the Ebert review of Ace in the Hole: “shot in black and white because it would’ve scorched the screen in color.” That was a perfect insight. The black and white was used to tone the movie down in a less is more approach and it worked well.
As a one time photographer, l found that B&W photography gave the photographer more artistic license, whereas color photography, though capable of the same artistic expression, tended to overwhelm with the brilliance of color. It is basically an art of shadow.
That stroke of genius in Powell by nothing something as small as color being wrong on the gloves is insanely acute. He would know after his film The Red Shoes was shot in color and it's still one of the best color films to this day! Scorsese made the right choice.
That era of boxing was largely experienced on small black and white TVs, that is probably why the gloves looked "wrong", not many people saw the striking red for real
Turned out, it would become so easy to colorize black and white film, there really was no downside to black and white. Cheaper, doesn't fade and by the time it's old enough to be nostalgic for, you can make it perfectly colored
The last great film made in B&W during it's own era('67), was 'In Cold Blood' (Richard Brooks).'Bonnie & Clyde' ('67) was nearly made in B&W, but it's an absolute bloody masterpiece in color. and as far as colors fading, 1980 was long before digital re-mastering, which seemingly prevents film from aging, actually. after seeing 'GET BACK' I don't even care if 'let it be' will be back in theaters. but I'll probably be there, first in line. but my family has old photos here in the house, which makes me understand 'Raging Bull' .
This was the movie that made me "get" movies better. I watched it, and noticed I hated every single character in it. But I also thought that the movie was almost perfect, like I was watching a true story happening through a glass window, and not a screen. That's when I started to like movies for the whole package, and not just because I liked a character. Amazing movie.
Always thought it would look really cool if everything was black and white except the red, like a bull. I know it probably wasn’t technically viable but would have been interesting.
I've always wondered why Scorsese made Raging Bull in black and white- thank you! I saw it on TV a few years ago. I bought the DVD a couple years ago at a used DVD store. I'm embarrassed to say I haven't watched the DVD yet. :P
Someone tell Scorcese that we have full color movies from 80 years ago, still in full color. If you're really worried about the color fading, you can make a set of separation negatives... on black and white film.
the filmstock used in this movie is still available for use today. kodak eastman double-x black and white negative film, released in 1959. if you shoot with a cyan filter, it looks like orthochromatic film. which is the film used before the release of panchromatic film.
I think every director wants to do at least one Black & White picture. There’s just something so elegant about it.
But is there?
@@82PeRK well we can always turn the color all the way down on our TVs to make sure.
@@82PeRK Yes, there is.
@@82PeRK yes, there’s brilliance in being minimalist.
@@82PeRK Yea, you can find elegance/tastefulness in everything.
To think that color and it fading was an issue you had to face then. We are privileged with the present day problems I think.
Well they had no idea they'd be able to restore color with the digital tools we have today within their lifetime. Tech has come A LONG way in A SHORT time.
🤦♂️😅What? No, we are not, we are even worse than the times of Scorsese and all those later pretentious directors lol That is so much bullshit like that pretentious unoriginal film lol. The correct answer is: what a dumb question is this?! Why don't you ask why shoot in color, in fact why not asking why shoot a lame movie at all if cinema died in the 50s? Pure cinema SUPPOSE to be in black and white - it is called "the silver screen" and it is the gateway into the dream world. It is nearly impossible to dive into a movie if it's not in black and white, unless it's Vertigo ))
@@Theomite Colour isn't being "restored" with digital tools, it's being replaced with new colours that the machine is creating in place of the original look.
@@HOTD108_ So naysayer, what’s the alternative? Easy to complain, harder to come up w/ workable ideas. You’ve probably never invented anything useful in your life 😂
@@HOTD108_ Okay, fine. The image is being recreated into a rendering of its original colors and hues. "Restoration" is a good umbrella term.
Scorsese always sounds like he’s talking at 1.5x speed
Weirdly kinda similar to Jessie eisenberg
Yeah I used to think it was all the coke he did but he quit years ago and he still talks like that lol
Yep & he still has that energy at 80. Man’s an icon.
1.25 😁
OMG!!! Your right. 🤣
The Lighthouse is a modern example of a film that’s just more engrossing because it’s in B&W
Same with la haine, couldn’t imagine it any other way
But have you seen the color version....amazing!
It's a bad movie, they just made it b&w to trick clowns like you that it's artsy
@@Loquacious_Jackson so I guess we should all throw our own opinions out and only take your opinion into consideration. That’s your logic? How about this, you get off UA-cam and go to your living room where your boyfriend is playing call of duty.. go up behind him, and unzip his pants and whisper into his ear you are a stupid little slut who was very naughty on UA-cam and now you need your “daddy” to set you straight.
Zach Snyders Justice League in black and white was atrocious
I always got the feeling of the second reason Scorsese mentioned. Even though I didn’t grow up watching boxing it just *feels* right for them to be in black and white because all the footage of the iconic boxers is in black and white. Even to a modern audience the movie wouldn’t feel right in color.
So glad I was born during that period.
@@PapaEli-pz8ffyeah thanks for your service Pappa Eli you've been a happy addition to this world.
It certainly would not have been the same movie in color, if you know what I mean
Martin should be held up as some kind of national hero , because his movies are works of art
He’s a National treasure
Raging Bull should be on the Mount Rushmore of greatest movies of all time it's a masterpiece
And the home movies of LaMotta are in color. Brilliant
Around the time technicolor became widely avaliable again matches the period. Scorsese is a genius at making films.
@@jandro8370home movies were not shot in technicolor
I can not imagine that classic film in color. It being in black & white was a huge reason it was such a great cinematic experience.
No, it would've been much better in color.
Imagine Elephant Man or Schindlers List in color.😖
Brilliant movie, brilliant director, brilliant actors, pure perfection.
you never got me down Ray
That’s the line 😂😂😂 it’t etched in the brain 😂
"IM GONNA EAT THAT DOG FOR LUNCH!, YA HEAR ME LARRY."
Crazy animal
@@nicksoles862WHO’S AN ANIMAL NOW, LARRY??? YA MUDDA’S AN ANIMAL, YA SUNNAOVBITCH!!!
Bodderin me about a steak?!?
@@acslater8899 I GOT NO CHOICE 🤌
Went to see Schindler's list and was amazed at how many people walked out because it was in black and white. My text books all through school had black and white photos, so to see movies like Raging Bull and Schindler in black and white, it adds to the realism for me.
That is so sad to hear
Well, they walked out and it was *their* loss.
They walked out because it was in B&W, and not for other reasons?
Look at all that sweat on deniros face in that last shot.
I think i might watch this tonight, its put me in the mood, I've only saw a couple of times but its a pure classic!
Another reason that Scorsese mentioned lately was there there were four boxing movies, including Rocky II, that were coming out around that time and they were all in color. This helped make their movie stand out more.
One of my favorite movies of all time. Scorsese made the right choice of filming raging bull in black and white, it captures the essence of the time the era it took place in. I wouldn't change a thing.
What an incredible, visceral film 🙌🏻❤️
There's something about B&W. It's not just a button click. You have to light it differently etc. A true (lost?) Art form.
I have just rewatched Ed Wood by Tim Burton recently. It is also a magnificent movie in black and white!
masterpiece. ended up perfect, they made the right choices all around.
Nah. They really didn't
@@82PeRK there’s always one mf like u in the comments.
Agree for the most part but common you can distinguish sweat from blood in black&white
Yes, and a mixture of the two would be just as difficult to distinguish in colour. I'm not quite sure what Marty's on about in a lot of this video tbh.
@@GregorBarclay he’s high on pretension
Black and white photos have always been my favorite by far. Especially if you're just shooting a portrait of someone. I think they add a level of character that color photos just doesn't even come close to competing with.
Black and white portraits: even Zuckerberg has interesting facial features now!
My Father’s buddy, ‘Mario Gallo’ played La Motta’s trainer. He brought my Dad with him to the studio during the shoot where he got to hang with the cast and crew. He brought back some great stories about the experience…
That's awesome!
great choice editing this to intermezzo. that song evokes so much creative feeling. perfect fit.
One of the greatest films ever. The tone was amazing. Something so gritty and real about it. Maybe the actual greatest film ever. Tell everyone.
This guy is an absolute unequivocal genius.
He most certainly is but Michael Powell is the genius that inspired him. The Red Shoes is in Scorsese's top 5 films of all time. Me personally, I think The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp was his best film.
I wish I could swipe my memory of this film so that I could watch it again for the first time.
And this all makes the color scene all the more powerful ❤️
He really is one of the greatest directors ever.
In America? The greatest hands down.
Wonderful work! A true timeless piece of art.
a Masterpiece from start to finish 👏👏👏
One of my fave movies. Such a classic.
I remember as a child I had an old bnw tv in my bedroom. Every morning before school I'd watch The 3 Stooges and Our Gang. When I got home I'd watch The Munsters. When I was 10 I was given a color TV and I couldn't wait until the next morning. I felt cheated... Many of the shows I loved were in bnw. Then I happened to see a Munsters special in color and it was an absolute tragedy. I no longer complained about bnw shows lol
The Munsters was especially bad in color I think because the makeup was so bad
I had a b&w TV in my room until I was around 8 in 1986. I loved shows in B&W. And now I find myself watching more and more old B&W movies. Currently I have a set of the old Basil Rathbone Sherlock Holmes movies I'm going through. After those I have 7 or 8 old Sci-fi movies from the 50's that look fun. B&W is always better for some reason at setting atmosphere. Horror,Sci-fi,comedy,drama, western it doesn't matter. The atmosphere is always perfect in B&W
Great boxing scenes, realistic to a point the audience feels the experience of the scene
My favorite part of this interview is when Marty says: "In black and white you don't know what fluid it is, it could be blood, piss or cum."
The man in a genius.
He never said that. He said "blood or sweat or water." Are you ok?
I think he said, it could be blood, jizz or shit bobady boopy muda fucka!
In the behind the scenes commentary they said that the supposed blood being splattered on the spectators faces after the punch was actually, indeed cum. And lots of it.
Bravo Scorsese.
Bravo, Scorcese!
god I hope it’s urine.
The actual truth is that Scorsese is colorblind. He didn't even know the film was black and white until two years after it was out.
Is that meant to be a joke?
@@TheJayson8899 yup
And it worked perfectly
Little known fact.
He's also got six toes on each foot which is why you never see him in flip flops.
And it still holds up today. Amazing
One of the first movies I watched as a kid, because I love boxing, and I could actually appreciate a great movie 🎬
Black & white is so sharp and clear for a time with lower res
The first time I saw this film was back 2004 during a film class I was taking in High School. I must say Marty was nothing less than Masterful when he directed this extraordinary picture. A true classic at its finest.
For Sum the Ring is the Safest Place!🥊🥊🥋
I'm glad the movie is in b&w. It really sets the tone since in the time period of all that happened, color television wasn't around at the time.
Black & white is a good expressive tool in filming. The simplicity brings the mood out more and as Scorsese said, it ads a little mystery.
Song is Caballería rusticana - intermezzo
I was born in 98 and wish we still used other cameras than digital as well as doing a black and white picture here n there just to explore that expressive value from the past 💯
Tarantino is huge on this. He shoots all his movies on film.
You CAN shoot b&w on a digital camera, of course... Or at least desaturate it later.
I love black and white films, even moder ones. Something about it makes you focus on the movie in a whole different way
But i was stunned by how cool it looked for a movie made in the year 1980! It was avant garde to make it black and white in the days when everyone was impressed by the color.
Circumstantial disadvantages that called for improvisational innovation gave us the greatest movies/music thats ever been made. True creativity spawns in the face of limitation.
I have got to rewatch this masterwork.
👍
Honestly I hope I’m not the only one that feels this way but anyone one els feels like these cameras are way to damn clear like I know it sounds so stupid but when I watch a show or a movie everything is so crispy clear that I can see how perfect everything is and can easily tell this is an acting set. There’s something about film that I love that makes it feel like a dream or a past memory.
I remember the Ebert review of Ace in the Hole: “shot in black and white because it would’ve scorched the screen in color.” That was a perfect insight. The black and white was used to tone the movie down in a less is more approach and it worked well.
One of my favorite movies of all time
The boxing scenes in this movie are so much better than in any other boxing movie.
As a one time photographer, l found that B&W photography gave the photographer more artistic license, whereas color photography, though capable of the same artistic expression, tended to overwhelm with the brilliance of color. It is basically an art of shadow.
If nothing else it's just one other way to distinguish it from other boxing movies, but it's already very unique with Scorsese's vision behind it.
This whole time I thought it was somebody “doing” Scorsese on shark tale. Scorsese was really on SHARK TALE?!
I think this is how Scorsese basically founded a hue of red that’s his and only his. You see that Scorsese red, you KNOW it’s his film
"Couldn't knock me down Ray!"
The home movies were shot in Color reminding them of good, family times! Bravo! Marty
Black and white will be always more cinematic
That stroke of genius in Powell by nothing something as small as color being wrong on the gloves is insanely acute. He would know after his film The Red Shoes was shot in color and it's still one of the best color films to this day! Scorsese made the right choice.
That era of boxing was largely experienced on small black and white TVs, that is probably why the gloves looked "wrong", not many people saw the striking red for real
Id like to see more concerts filmed in black and white
You can tell the difference between blood and sweat/water whethets it black or white or no
Turned out, it would become so easy to colorize black and white film, there really was no downside to black and white. Cheaper, doesn't fade and by the time it's old enough to be nostalgic for, you can make it perfectly colored
Sweat and water arent dark like blood. Hes just shooting off at the mouth.
The last great film made in B&W during it's own era('67), was 'In Cold Blood' (Richard Brooks).'Bonnie & Clyde' ('67) was nearly made in B&W, but it's an absolute bloody masterpiece in color. and as far as colors fading, 1980 was long before digital re-mastering, which seemingly prevents film from aging, actually. after seeing 'GET BACK' I don't even care if 'let it be' will be back in theaters. but I'll probably be there, first in line. but my family has old photos here in the house, which makes me understand 'Raging Bull' .
What about Dr. Strangelove (1964)? Or Manhattan (1979)?
So fckn cool but I bet you someone has colourised it
That would ruin it for me. The Sin City films, while they are graph novels, I find those brilliant as well.
This film is so poignant and brilliant, the story so gripping you feel you are in the era of LaMotta.
This was the movie that made me "get" movies better. I watched it, and noticed I hated every single character in it. But I also thought that the movie was almost perfect, like I was watching a true story happening through a glass window, and not a screen.
That's when I started to like movies for the whole package, and not just because I liked a character.
Amazing movie.
Would be good to see it in color now
Amazing movie. The only thing i didnt like was how Sugar Ray was portrayed! Sugar ray was one of the most handsome men and a gentlemen
Jake you were one of the All-time greatest boxes
Like a charcoal drawing, B+W is impressionism in film. It is valid and often necessary.
Always thought it would look really cool if everything was black and white except the red, like a bull. I know it probably wasn’t technically viable but would have been interesting.
Watching this with the colour filter on my iPhone made this super cool
You didn’t know me down ray- you didn’t knock me down 😂
to make deniro's rubber nose look real.
I've always wondered why Scorsese made Raging Bull in black and white- thank you!
I saw it on TV a few years ago. I bought the DVD a couple years ago at a used DVD store. I'm embarrassed to say I haven't watched the DVD yet. :P
Is the music Cavalleria Rusticana?
Yes
Great clip, thank you! Small criticism if you don't mind. I don't think clip requires any emojies to be honest.
Where does this interview come from ?
I read that it was to make it feel like a tabloid
You know you've made as an actor when you can casually refer to Robert Deniro as Bobby
They were contemporaries.
I'm pretty sure Scorsese has not made it as an actor, though.
John Belushi called him Bobby D.
I could do it too
"Live in it."
Never knocked me down Ray
The blood and sweat splashing the crowd like a bin full of Gatorade 😂
Thank god for digital cinema cameras
Alright now bring out a deluxe edition colour version
The movie is a Beautiful Masterpiece
Someone tell Scorcese that we have full color movies from 80 years ago, still in full color. If you're really worried about the color fading, you can make a set of separation negatives... on black and white film.
Grew up watching black and white something about it just makes it right
What a great team!!
the filmstock used in this movie is still available for use today. kodak eastman double-x black and white negative film, released in 1959. if you shoot with a cyan filter, it looks like orthochromatic film. which is the film used before the release of panchromatic film.
It was also because of the (coughs) os- (coughs) osca- (coughs until death)
There's no question that this film was meant to be shot in black and white. Totally 100% works.
A masterpiece! ❤
The movie is unspeakably beautiful
I thought it was genius to shoot raging Bull in black-and-white gave it such a real feeling such a period correct look.
Masterpiece Martin