Martin Scorsese's Raging bull / edited by Kevin J. Hayes.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Gotham Book Mart Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

Hayes, Kevin J.

Series:

Cambridge film handbooks series

Cambridge film handbooks

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Scorsese, Martin--Criticism and interpretation.

Scorsese, Martin.

Raging Bull (Motion picture).

Criticism and interpretation.

Penn Provenance:

Gotham Book Mart (former owner) (Gotham Book Mart Collection copy)

Physical Description:

xi, 164 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2005.

Summary:

Raging Bull has been called the greatest film of the 1980s, the greatest boxing film ever made, and one of the greatest films of all time. This volume provides a timely critical appreciation of this work. In his introduction, Kevin J. Hayes recounts how the story of Jake La Motta, the protagonist in Raging Bull, came to be made into a film. He examines the film within the oeuvre of Martin Scorsese, traces its sources, and positions it within the history of cinema. Subsequent chapters examine Raging Bull from a variety of methodological and critical perspectives and lend new insights to the work. Aimed for use in undergraduate and graduate film courses, Martin Scorsese's "Raging Bull," will also enhance appreciation of this seminal film for general audiences.

Contents:

Introduction: The Heritage and Legacy of Raging Bull / Kevin J. Hayes 1

1 Art and Genre in Raging Bull / Leger Grindon 19

2 Visual Absurdity in Raging Bull / Todd Berliner 41

3 Raging Bull and the Idea of Performance / Michael Peterson 69

4 Women in Raging Bull: Scorsese's Use of Determinist, Objective, and Subjective Techniques / Peggy McCormack 92

5 My Victims, My Melancholia: Raging Bull and Vincente Minnelli's The Bad and the Beautiful / Mark Nicholls 116

Reviews of Raging Bull 135

"Raging Bull: No Punches Pulled" Jay Scott (The Globe and Mail [Toronto], 15 November 1980, p. 3) 135

"Raging Bull" Eric Gerber (Houston Post, 19 December 1980, p. 1E) 137

From "Musclemen" Michael H. Seitz (The Progressive 45 [February 1981]: 50-51) 139

"De Niro Packs a Mean Punch: Stunning but Unsentimental, Raging Bull Scores a KO" Philip Wuntch (The Dallas Morning News, 19 December 1980, p. 1C) 142

"Raging Bull" Joe Pollack (St. Louis Post-Dispatch, 20 February 1981, p. 5D) 143

"Raging Bull Is a Gritty, Brutal Masterpiece" Vern Stefanic (Tulsa World, 20 February 1981, p. C7) 145.

Notes:

Filmography: pages 149-156.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 157-158) and index.

ISBN:

0521829151

0521536049

OCLC:

55502951

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