Paid In Sweat: RAGING BULL (1980) – 45th Anniversary Screening!

45th Anniversary Screening! 

In this biopic, middleweight boxer Jake LaMotta handles his life in and out of the ring with his fists. He wins and he loses. He falls in and out of love. Along the way his life unravels as his paranoia and violent nature consumes him.

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For the first time Paid in Sweat present the Scorcese’s boxing masterpiece RAGING BULL and the timing couldn’t be better as we near the 45th year of its original release. There is truly no better time to see this picture than in a cinema with other people who love the auteur’s vision. The boxing sequences are breathtaking, unique, and brutal. The more intimate moments can have your heart racing out of fear and titillation. This picture will leave you filled with desire and disappointment, swept up in the ups and downs of a man’s lifetime. This film is not about morality and judgement. It’s about humanity, which I believe is the foundation of the sports genre. An example of the best modern day black and white, filled with deep and complex shadows and an indecipherable sparkle of blood and sweat. It is some of the best black and white full stop! It has several of the best images put to film, and is what Gene Siskel called “A superior achievement of film and acting art.” It is the height of the biopic and the sports genre, in theme, guts, spirit, and sweat. Your life can only be improved by seeing it in a cinema. See ya soon! (VANYA GARRAWAY) 

Part of the Paid In Sweat series!

Cast/Crew Info
Director: Martin Scorsese | Cast: Robert De Niro, Cathy Moriarty, Joe Pesci, Frank Vincent, Nicholas Colasanto