Press Release Criterion Press Release: Raging Bull (1980) (4k UHD/Blu-ray Combo) (1 Viewer)

[mskaye]

Well, I think it's debatable because Scorsese's intention just doesn't work for me. There is a difference between being at peace with what a person did to himself and his family versus what I call personal redemption. A filmmaker is a storyteller, but how other people interpret that story could be different than what the storyteller intended.

All of that is true. But Scorsese's intention to make us feel that Jake is entitled to some sort redemption/salvation - he has hit rock bottom etc. - is made very clear. I said in my reply that how one feels about this is a subjective response. It's a very Scorsese thing - Travis Bickle. Henry Hill. And it's a very Catholic thing. In Scorsese's world there are some characters that are possibly beyond redemption - Joe Pesci's characters in Goodfellas and Casino for example. There is no debate that Jake Lamotta is a malignant brute and a corrosive Category 5 hurricane of toxic masculinity. He is also allowed to crawl out of his self made hell hole to salvage what remains of his humanity.

 

[Sega]

Good movie. But let's see if they put SDH on it?
For the folks like me.!

 

[Ronald Epstein]

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[Garysb]

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Thanks for the update. Definitely tempting at this price.