Martin Scorsese's Raging Bull

“Martin Scorsese has a constant reel of film spinning in his head, continuously creating structurally improvised works of art”. (Bould, Mark) His film Raging Bull is an important example of his techniques and style as a director. Scorsese has also made a few important relationships throughout his career. His collaboration with actor Robert De Niro and editor Thelma Schoonmaker, created the cinematic masterpiece, Raging Bull. The film brought the team a great deal of success. Martin Scorsese’s style as a film maker involves structure as well as improvisation. Full of contradictions, his films reflect his early years growing up in the Lower East Side. Scorsese sees the glamorization/moralization of violence in film and when fused together,
For example, “Rather than focus in on the winner of the climatic fight, the camera pans slowly to blood dripping off the ropes.” (Fraley,
De Niro, read Jake LaMotta's autobiography; and though the book is hardly a masterpiece, De Niro saw a strong character within the story. Part of Scorsese’s hesitation to make the film was, he never cared for sports, and especially not boxing. He claimed that what little he'd seen on television wasn't very visual. After the great director's problems with drug addiction led to a collapse, he realized, from his hospital bed, that he and De Niro were going to make this their next project. (Raging Bull would be their fourth collaboration out of the eventual nine feature films.) Many claim (including Scorsese) that De Niro saved Scorsese's life by getting him back into work. (Hoffman, J.). Scorsese’s relationship with Robert De Niro turned into a very close, life long friendship. Scorsese and De Niro are described as “brothers”, knowing each other since they were young. (Schickel, R.) The Scorsese-De Niro team has made a total of 8 films and when De Niro was asked to do Raging Bull, he couldn’t think of another director other than his best friend, “Marty” to do the project. In some ways, you could say, De Niro picked Scorsese for this film; and with Scorsese’s fascination with violence, De Niro knew he was the one. Robert De Niro in many ways, save Scorsese’s life with this