1980 · drama · biography
Raging Bull
Directed by Martin Scorsese2h 9m1980
The life of boxer Jake LaMotta, whose violence and temper that led him to the top in the ring destroyed his life outside of it.
Our read: Raging Bull (1980) reads as a heavy, steady, grounded drama · biography entry — extreme in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, cold in temperature, nihilistic in outlook.
Raging Bull counts for 2 challenges
Heavy, steady, extreme drama / biography, grounded in texture. Nihilistic, mid-stakes, cold.
- heavy
- intense
- bleak
- cold
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