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Maybe I just wasn't meant to see it in 1980. Talk about a movie ahead of its time...And it seems to have affixed itself to many other writers' and directors' minds over the decades.
Sopranos-type stuff now looks like a major rip-off, and a dilution.
The opening scene, you recall, the rehearsal in front of the mirror... I said to myself, Damn this reminds me of Ian McClellan's Richard III (which I love). And then by God! if Jake doesn't say, "A horse! A horse! My kingdom for a horse!" -- the most famous line from Richard III. Could McClellan have staged his opening soliloquy in front of a mirror, having seen Raging Bull?
Everything about it was superb. And I flinched whenever he hit the women, so believable did it seem.
And didn't Sugar Ray look great? (Yeah, yeah, an actor...) And Joe Pesci in a real role?
I think I skipped it at the time because who wanted to see another boxing (or horseracing) movie? Plus I was way above such things at that time, as opposed to now, when I'm merely above them.
Saw it at the Brattle, same theatre I'd seen my first foreign movie at. Memory lane... Wild Strawberries...
Afterwards I stopped at the John Harvard Ale House for a quick one. It had been a long time since I'd enjoyed the night life in Harvard Square. Well actually it was more the early-evening life. Then I went home.
I paint the town now with a smaller brush.
The John Harvard is famous for a story I tell. I went there just after it opened, sat down at the bar and when asked, said, "I'd like your bitterest brew." The bartender drew himself up straght and replied, "Sir, our beers are not bitter!"
Last night, twelve years later: "I'd like your bitterest brew." "Coming right up! DPA! Devil's Pale Ale!"
clark
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Topic - Finally got to Raging Bull yesterday and, man! - clarkjohnsen 12:11:15 03/18/05 (18)
- Thanks, Clark...this makes me want to see it again. (nt) - C.B. 04:58:49 03/20/05 (0)
- Saw Raging Bull!-what took you so long? - warrenh@optonline.net 03:21:08 03/20/05 (3)
- can relate to the same with TV - warrenh@optonline.net 17:19:26 03/20/05 (1)
- Re: I'm with you - rico 05:50:01 03/21/05 (0)
- Dunno... Didn't see ET until last year, or Sunset Boulevard, or... nt - clarkjohnsen 10:51:27 03/20/05 (0)
- Re: Finally got to Raging Bull yesterday and, man! - Pondfish 13:06:52 03/19/05 (1)
- But they don't brew their own. nt - clarkjohnsen 10:54:41 03/20/05 (0)
- That's nothing...I just saw "A Clockwork Orange" for the first time. - dennzio 09:10:50 03/19/05 (6)
- I saw it when it was released . . and, yes, I wanted to be just like them! * - mr grits 16:06:08 03/19/05 (0)
- unrated version? - Jon L 13:02:09 03/19/05 (1)
- Not sure. I believe it was the original X rated version. (nt - dennzio 14:16:21 03/19/05 (0)
- But I've still NOT seen it! nt - clarkjohnsen 09:18:01 03/19/05 (2)
- My gawd man! Your eyelids should be pealed back and you should be forced to watch it! (nt - dennzio 12:51:34 03/19/05 (1)
- And forced to listen to Beethovens 9th symphony! (nt) - grinagog 16:00:13 03/20/05 (0)
- Re: Finally got to Raging Bull yesterday and, man! - rico 07:46:17 03/19/05 (0)
- Forgot to mention the music. Elmo Tanner! Where else can you hear... - clarkjohnsen 06:29:02 03/19/05 (0)
- Well done, Clark. Not that you seek agreement . . . or approval - Auricle 12:51:34 03/18/05 (1)
- Agree on all accounts. You should write your story up. nt - clarkjohnsen 06:25:59 03/19/05 (0)
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