New on Video: Raging Bull - Criterion Edition


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With this stunningly visceral portrait of self-destructive machismo, Martin Scorsese created one of the truly great and visionary works of modern cinema.

Robert De Niro pours his blood, sweat, and brute physicality into the Oscar-winning role of Jake La Motta, the rising middleweight boxer from the Bronx whose furious ambition propels him to success within the ring but whose unbridled paranoia and jealousy tatter his relationships with everyone in his orbit, including his brother and manager (Joe Pesci) and gorgeous, streetwise wife (Cathy Moriarty).

Thelma Schoonmaker’s Oscar-winning editing, Michael Chapman’s extraordinarily tactile black-and-white cinematography, and Frank Warner’s ingenious sound design combine to make Raging Bull a uniquely powerful exploration of violence on multiple levels—physical, emotional, psychic, and spiritual.

Special features:

  • New 4K digital master
  • New video essays by film critics Geoffrey O’Brien and Sheila O’Malley
  • Three audio commentaries featuring Scorsese, cast and crew, and others
  • Making-of program featuring Scorsese, cast and crew
  • Short programs, archival interviews, and more

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