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3500_MeL_“The Journey starting with the Names – movie analysis of Virgin Suicides and Kill Bill 1”

For the final essay, I have compare and contrast the movie Virgin Suicides and Kill Bill 1. The following is my essay, I know I do not have to upload my essay to blog but I would like to share and exchange my ideas with all of you. Thx.



“The Journey starting with the Names – movie analysis of Virgin Suicides and Kill Bill 1”

Virgin Suicides is a novel written by Jeffrey Eugenides, and it is then filmed by Director Sofia Coppola in 1999. It is a romance film. The movie Virgin Suicide is Coppola’s first directed movie but overall, it have a well critic and reputation from both the Hollywood and the public. Virgin Suicides takes place in an affluent neighbourhood in the 1970s. It is about how a group of grown up neighbourhood boys explores the past and try find out the reason for the suicides of five Lisbon sisters. In another words, the movie is centre with these five Lisbon sisters – 13 years old Cecilia, 14 years old Lux, 15 years old Bonnie, 16 years old Mary, and 17 years old Therese.

On the other hand, the movie Kill Bill is written and directed by Quentin Tarantino and it is an action, violence film. Kill Bill is like a comic book as it is divided into two volumes with five chapters each and released separately in year 2003 and 2004. Kill Bill has a well critic and reputation from both the Hollywood and the public as well just like Virgin Suicides does, because Tarantino have actually introduced a new, untraditional, unique and special, his own “Tarantino” style of film into the market which surprised many people. The story of Kill Bill is about the main character, named “The Bridge”, who used to be one of the assassin of “Deadly Viper Assassination Squad”, which lead by her lover, Bill. However, one day, after she realizes she is pregnant with Bill’s child, she decided to escape and wanted a “normal” life. She then met a young man and on the day of their wedding, Bill came, destroyed the Bride’s “new life” by gunning down everyone, including the Bride. Four years later, the Bride finally awaken from her coma, she then began her revenge journey!

Even thus, both movies have different genres, different themes and plots, directed by different directors, applied different techniques; however, there are still similarities can be found among both movies.

One of the most remarkable and major similarities when comparing and contrasting the movies, Virgin Suicides and Kill Bill, is that both directors, Coppola and Tarantino have play around with the characters’ name, beside to make the film looks more interesting and attractive, but it is also used as a clue to the audience of what the movie is about. In another words, it also means that the characters’ “journey” and “future” is actually destined with their names at the very beginning.

In Virgin Suicides, the name of the youngest sister, Cecilia, it is a Latin name and its original meaning is “the way for the blind” - If Cecilia is “blind”, then it is reasonable for the audience to expect Cecilia to lose her “direction” both physically and mentally. And in fact, she was actually the first among all to lost hope, lost the motivation to be survive, lost her direction and ended her “journey” by committed suicide. As such, this metaphor echoes to the theme and plot of the movie. Moreover, the 14 years old sister, Lux, her name is also a Latin word and its original meaning is “light”. However, ironically, she is “dark” – she lost her freedom, identity and the hope to be alive. On the other hand, the main character of Kill Bill, the Bride who cast by Uma Thurman, has an extremely ironic codename “Black mamba”, as a member of the assassins group “Deadly Viper Assassination Squad”. It is ironic as “Bride”, the word and its symbol colour, white, both symbolise purity and virginity; while “Black mamba”, it is known as one of the world's deadliest snakes and one of the most feared snakes in Africa due to its potent venom, large size, and the ferocity of its attacks. One white and one black; the huge contract between names claims that the bride is “reborn” and have a new “identity” after she awakens from her coma - she is different and she has new “goals” to achieve and complete.

After looking at the similarities, when contrasting Virgin Suicides and Kill Bill, there are also heaps of differences which make both movies have its own identifiable characteristic and style. The differences included the narrative structure – how the story is told; mise- en- scene – everything and every details that an audience could see from the screen; as well as the editing and special effect used, which used to enhance the atmosphere of the film in order to deliver out the theme and purpose.

In Virgin Suicides, the story is told in second person (2nd person), from the perspective of an anonymous boy from the neighbourhood boys group. This is used not only to make the movie sound more interesting and look more “reality”, but also to help the audiences to get involved in the movie and participate like one of the neighbourhood boys, rather than just an “outsider” of it. In another words, the audience are going on a journey just like the characters does and might gain a new insight after the journey. On the other hand, Kill Bill, the story is told in first person (1st person), from the perspective of the main character, The Bride. As it is told in first person, it seems like the character is telling a story, and the audience act like a friend of the character or just an “outsider” of the character’s world, who observe the character’s life and journey quietly rather than participating and going through everything with the character. This make the movie less “reality” and the audience are unlikely to gain insight afterwards.

The narrative structure used is echoed and strongly related with the movies’ editing and special effects. In Virgin Suicides, as mention, Coppola used second person narrative structure to make the movie seems more realistic to audience, as such, Coppola did not use much special effects in order to help achieve the desired purpose. On the other hand, Tarantino have separated each volume into five chapters and added comic like scene to make the movie look more a “story”, proving to the audience that this is not a realistic based story.

Mise- en- scene, Virgin Suicides and Kill Bill have different timeframe, timeline, customs, language and even involved different cultures elements. For Virgin Suicides, its setting is based on the 1970s, located at western community; its story is presented in linear timeline; only English and other western cultures implied throughout the movie. While for Kill Bill, its setting is based in modern days; its story is presented in a non linear timeline; language such as Japanese, Chinese, as well as the eastern culture elements are strongly and widely used by Tarantino. For example, The Bride’s black and yellow custom worn during the “Bride fights the crazy88” scene, its black and yellow custom is not only a well known symbol of martial arts, but also represented the famous and legend Asian actor/martial artist - Bruce Lee, and one of his performance in the movie called “The Game of Death” released in year 1978. All these differences not only created two different characteristics for the movies, but also help the audience to notice “who directed the film” according to its style. However, an interesting point arisen as Coppola have also used eastern culture elements in her future film such as the “Lost in Translation”, it seems like Coppola and Tarantino, both have strong interest in the Asian cultures.

Colour is also another interesting techniques efficiently used by both directors. In Virgin Suicides, Coppola used wash out colours to reinforce the timeframe of the movie – 1970s, and also used to echoes the ending of the film – sad, depress and death. While for Kill Bill, Tarantino used bright colours to state out the timeframe of the movie – the modern days, as well as used to excite audience emotions and catches their attention among with all the action and violence scene. As such, colour is an efficient and powerful technique that able to alter audiences’ emotion and the atmosphere of a movie.

As a conclusion, Coppola and Tarantino both used similar – simile and metaphor of names, and different – editing and special effects; narrative structure; mise- en- scene and colours, techniques in order to achieve the theme of the movie and the message they wanted to deliver to the audience. Both directors are talented and their movies have well critic and reputation from both the industry and the public.
Reference:

IMDb.com, 2010, Awards for the Virgin Suicides, [online], available: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0159097/awards, [04.05.10]

IMDb.com, 2010, Kill Bill: Vol. 1, [online], available: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0266697/, [04.05.10]

Wikipedia, 2010, The Virgin Suicides, [online], available: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Virgin_Suicides_(film)#References, [04.05.10]

Wikipedia, 2010, The Virgin Suicides, [online], available: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Virgin_Suicides, [04.05.10]

Wikipedia, 2010, Sofia Coppola, [online], available: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sofia_Coppola, [12.04.10]

Wikipedia, 2010, Kill Bill, [online], available: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kill_Bill, [04.05.10]

Wikipedia, 2010, Beatrix Kidd, [online], available: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beatrix_Kiddo, [04.05.10]

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3500 - MeL - random movie review - [Lost in Translation]

Lost in translation

When the western man in the life which filled with the Japanese, his was taller than the others and stood out among them. This metophors that his is different compare to the others, including his nationality, culture, language and his occupation (he is a star)



When the western girl wanted to decorate her room with flowers like Sakkara, but follow by trapping herself over, it is a metaphor of she is trying to involve into the country, its culture and more, but end up unsuccessfully, she is still mentally lost.

Two people, parallel line, because of the environment they in and the conflict they experiencing, have lead them to intersect at a crossing point.

winge 2299, kill bill Vol.1

I highly recommand to see the word file. because i don't think i can manage the blog view.

here is the movie that I choose to analyze about.
kill bill are deviled in two volume but it is one story and one film only. unlike most of the story has been told in Hollywood's movies, kill bill use chapter to retelling the story for how kiddo got vengeance to her former group of assassin squad then kill bill. Quentin Tarantino mess up the chapters make the film look a bit misunderstanding but it get the effect people is desire to keep stay in front of the TV or screen to see what happen to the bride and how it defeat opponents. Quentin Tarantino are a violence lover and it like konghu thing very well(this is the reason he use burce li uniform, sword and martial arts), so most of his film will involve violence, bloody scene, and martial art. it is no surprise to see this kind of thing in this movie. former films(reservoir dogs-1992 , pulp ficiton-1994, Jackie brown-1997 are the same style, other is comedy) not many people can bear the split bones, blood spray. however, not many director will bring this many stuff inside one movie but in kill bill. it is weird to see martial art and katana sword fight in the same scene. and rare to find a movie that was have two kinds of language in the movie. for example, Japanese, English. narrative voice change from 1st person to 2nd person when the story are flashback O-Ren Ishii childhood. because the story is been told by kiddos and no many movie will use a comic style animation to describe some in the movie. here is some thing that Quentin Tarantino flash lighted to the viewers eye ball. animation are choosing western line to draw it because can make match the blood and wild strong violence without make it run away from the film. the filming take place in 4 countries and many cities, for a normal budget film can not get it done, so kill bill spent a long period to filming it.
Quentin Tarantino create a Women of impossible or a goodness that use sword and martial art fight form the a batch of crazy 88 to former Viper squad Members. as the basic drama plot she fight every enemy in different scene. but why I say she is a fighting women without mercy.
l first kill Vernita Green in front of her daughter and threaten her as well,
l second bite the man's tongue who intended to fxxk her and knock the person by the door,
l then killing and killing, kill anything that step on her way and take their head down without a word. what characteristic of kiddos is a cool and calm, merciless, bloody and strong minded women.
why I say that because normally that kind of thing is not real in the reality and it make are the similar to true exist. how can a human take a bullet to her head can get nothing after being violent attacks. how can a person can fight 50or more people can without one single beat or cut. all the question can not be solve. I am not saying the movie is bad or something negative, because I make the commercial runs and people love it but some not. what is the most important is change the view of the film industrial how the movie can be make and how it can be put into the movie. exaggeration of the blood and too much violence are Quentin Tarantino style to direct the movie. whatever we say about the story, we can't be too serious about that, because it is a story and no story is 100% true. enjoy it
this part of the thing that Quentin Tarantino make lots of music from all over the world but the movie take place in Japan and USA. different style and different language and vary types of music.


with a western film beginning, a gun sound of human voice "pingping" is playing when the film dark out after the gun shot at starts.


a beautiful over head camera angle of the kitchen when kiddos and verita get in the kitchen.


first, we can say a incredible back ground music from the beginning of the Elle driver show up in the hospital when she in the corridor. a whistle through Elle changing her clothes and walk inside kiddos room. and when she almost get in the room the music become more loud, and you can feel the pressure because a bad thing is going to happen.


split screen for both of person are really impressive contrast for the status of both, Elle and kiddos who is a patient and one is a killer as predator and pray..

the phone call from bill and Elle have been told to cancel the mission. and bill is the key to the movie but never turns up again since the phone call.

after the animation we have more clear how O-Ren becoming a killer and what makes her to be a killer. also animation input to a film is rare, but it can make it more interesting and impress the audience

fill up O-Ren characteristic describe as a cold and no mercy person when she cut off one of the member's head from her association in the meeting. and use a calm voice shout at the others to show her leadership.

after she fights crazy 88, the bloody scene are scary. you can see the blood are all over the place and cut off hands or other parts of body are in the hotel.

the last sword fighting scene is take place in a Japanese's garden with all white snow, and that kind of scene should be a beautiful scene and many can think that can be a love scene take place but Quentin Tarantino use it to be a violent battle spot to end the assassin and end the first half of the story. his mix up to things that is totally different or opposition of two things into the same screen.


Quentin Tarantino is a good director who can use and match the music in the exactly the right place that not many others director can do so. his is a genius of music catcher and a music lover. you can feel how is the way he make the music in his pervious movies. specially the whistle and the warning sound. they match the environment so very that you think that is suppose to be there.
how to explain the story in the right track is also the big problem for it because of non-linear structure. no obvious flashback, but normally using black and white as the main color would be flashback, Quentin Tarantino try to avoid the lagging of the story so not telling anyone that is a flashback. however, some of the chapter is flashback and telling you what happen before and the bride decide to go on her adventure. to fill up the story but in a wrong order is not really easy to figure it out and Quentin Tarantino try to involve with the viewers inside the story but not telling and hearing it only.
as an action movie kill bill did not using any slow motion in the film instead of full speed. so that when we watch the movie we don't really see how her single reaction does or a single attack does the changes the battle. but a frequent chains of action how she does to the fight. this is the thing that is happy to see in the movie because you can feel the fight from the film but no the computer effect. this is what Quentin Tarantino want to deliver to the viewers.

Analysis of “Do the Right Thing” David 3772

Analysis of “Do the Right Thing”

The film “DO the Right Thing” is a story about one day’s life in Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn, in this day, 2 black people have some conflict with the owner of a pizzeria, then one of the black is killed by the police, and finally those angry black people ruin the restaurant to release their anger.

(Reference from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spike_Lee)
In the film “Do the Right Thing”, Spike Lee is trying to tell a message which is always “do the right thing”.

The main character in the film is Mookie. Mookie is lives in this small town, and he lives with his sister, he works In Sal’s pizzeria. It’s quiet hard to describe Mookie, Mookie is not like most of the other black people which spend all their time on doing nothing, Mookie has a job, and in the film, we can see Mookie is very serious on earn money, but the film also shows that Mookie is not a hardworking person, he wants to earn more but he always being lazy while working, this is also the reason that he can easily lost his job.

The starting of the film its quiet boring, but it shows how the life of a normal day in this town begins. Through the film, I see how those people lives, most of the black people just sitting and chatting for the whole day, a man called Smiley sells his photo, Love Daddy talk In the radio, Radio walks with his giant radio everywhere, and Buggin, as he says himself, he is just a trouble maker.

The high tide of the film is started when Radio, Smiley and Buggin go and have a conflict with Sal. And in this conflict, Radio is dead, Sal’s pizzeria is ruined. It’s hard to say this is whose fault, but I think the main reason is that the different culture between the different races. The white race which Sal stand, most of them discriminate the black people, and those black people like Radio and Buggin, most of them may hate the white race, because they think that the white race treat them unfair.

And talk deeper about Radio’s death, what makes this happen? Is this Sal’s fault? Or it’s the NYPD’s fault? Actually Radio and Buggin should also be responsible for this. I really don’t like the character Buggin and Radio, I think Sal actually did not bad in this community, he spend almost his whole life there to run his pizzeria, and we can’t say he has done an awesome job, but he does worked hard and he gives those people chance to have pizza, honestly, Sal is like the other white races, he does have some discriminate to some of the black people, but he still run the pizzeria, like he said earlier in the film, he works in there most of his life. And as my opinion, Sal treats Mookie not bad, I know in the film it looks like Sal doesn’t gives Mookie a good working environment, but in fact, Sal knows Mookie always being lazy, he still let Mookie works in his pizzeria, from this angle, I can find that Sal does being nice to Mookie.

And on the other side, about Radio and Buggin, what kind of people are they? See through in the film, Radio is a man who stroll in the community all the time with a big radio, and in one of the shot, we see that Radio carry his radio and provoke some other people, and his having fun with this, and the reason he has conflict with Sal is that Sal don’t allow him to play his loud music in the pizzeria, is this Sal’s mistake? I don’t think so. Well every should have their rights, Sal owns his pizzeria of course, and why? Why he don’t want the music makes Radio so angry with that? Think about it. Let’s see Buggin first. I think Buggin is even worst than Radio, we see that at least Radio does not think about to make trouble after Sal let him turn off the radio, but Buggin is not. Buggin’s problem is that he wants some black face on the wall of Sal’s pizzeria, because he thought Sal is earning the black’s money, so he should do more for the black. Another shot, a white man with a bicycle unconsciously bumps Buggin, normally people just say” sorry, dude”, “no worries man”, then, it’s done, but Buggin does not do that, he keep s disputing with that guy, but in fact, this disputing works nothing. So in the film, finally, Buggin find Radio and Smiley together, go to make trouble with Sal, and Radio die.

In this happening, what kind of actor does Mookie does. Firstly Mookie is trying to stop this conflict, but we can see that he does not doing very hardly. Why is this? It’s because in the final analysis, Mookie is a black, but he also works in Sal’s pizzeria, so on the self pride side, he can’t do things that too opposite to the blacks, like hardly stop his friends. On the other side, he cannot help these blacks, because he knows that what those guys doing is the wrong thing. Later when Radio is killed by the NYPD, the black people start getting angry, Mookie throw the trash bin into Sal’s pizzeria. In the first time, I quiet can’t understand why is Mookie doing this? Because I think Sal treat Mookie not bad, and Mookie seems know that, so why? I have asked my lecturer about this question, and the answer we discussed about is that Mookie is quiet a smart man, what he do seems like that he’s the starter of this devastation, but what we thought that Mookie is just doing the right thing which he think it’s right, as the theme of the movie, do the right thing. Mookie may think if him does not do this, they black people which are getting angry, maybe will do something that bad to Sal’s family, so what he does in one side he’s just change people’s attention, find another way to release their anger, instead of doing the bad thing.

Finally, the life still has to be continued, Mookie and Sal also knows this, they have try to figure what’s the right thing to do in the future.

P.S. Special Moment

1. The Korean couple saying they are black when the angry black trying to ruin their store.
2. Love and hate ring.
3. Da Mayor saved a young black child.
4. Smiley sales his photos.

There are still lots of things can be write, but this is it.

All images come from: http://med1915d.blogspot.com/search?updated-max=2010-04-07T10%3A00%3A00%2B10%3A00&max-results=7
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David Lin 3772­­­

3041 Anthony‘'s Movie Analysis- "Dogville"

The argument about human beings and human beings and humanity, we have never received a correct answer for that. There is always one hand stick to the point of view that humanity is basically good. On the other hand, a lot more people believe that the natures of humanity are awful, ugly and dark.

The movie “Dogville” directed by Lars Von Trier who is a Danish film director and screenwriter. He is associated with the Dogme 95 collective. The Dogme 95 is an avant-garde filmmaking movement started in 1995 by some Danish directors including Lars Von Trier. The purpose of the Dogme 95 is to purify film making by refusing expensive and spectacular computer effects. They believe that a excellent film needs to focus more on the actual story and the actors’ performances. The audiences may also be more engaged to the story without have overproduction to alienate them from the narrative, themes and moods. In this case, the film “Dogville” is setting in the 1930s’ American town which the whole scenery is entirely constructed on a soundstage with marks on the floor indicating houses, street names and gooseberry bushes. The movie is talking about a girl called Grace who escape from a group of gangsters and arrives in Dogville. Therefore, the people from the town agree to hide her, the condition is Grace needs to work for them. Everything is harmonious in the beginning, until the police come to the town and noted that Grace is wanted. The townspeople want a better deal in exchange for the higher risk of keeping Grace in the town. Grace has to work more and earn less. After that, it doesn’t take long for the worm to turn and the town’s true intentions to come through, as they exploit, and manipulate Grace, even unwarranted insult her…


People feel depressive while watching the movie. The theme of the movie weighed heavily on my mind and a big question mark come over my head why the townspeople are become so awful and what makes them change their mind? In the chapter one, Grace and Tom stand outside of the shop watch the figurines in the shop window and tom says “Those awful figurines say more about the people in this town, than many words.” But Grace retorted upon him “All I see is a beautifully little town in the midst of magnificent mountains, a place where people have hopes and dreams even under the hardest conditions. And seven figurines that are not awful at all.” From these quotes we can see the primary impression of Dogville and people lives in here toward Grace are such so glorious, even she always believe Tom can see through everything. The essence behind these so called “beautifully little town in the midst of magnificent mountains, a place where people have hopes and dreams” is the darkest and turest humanity which has not been concealed yet.

It is the basic human nature that people always want to get what they want and be what they want to be. After the police came and wanted Grace, townspeople feel compunction about hiding Grace. People lives in the town treat themselves as “square John”. To balance their conscience, just like the title of chapter 6 “In which Dogville bares its teeth”. The kids tease her because she has a kind-heart and never get mad. Orchardist Chuck threatened her with telling police she is hiding in Dogville and rape her. The physical and emotional burden becomes heavier to Grace. But she choice grins and bears it. At the same time, Grace’s moral belief and sympathy has slowly faded away.


At the end of the movie, Grace recognize that there are nothing big different between her gangster father. The only different is the people lives the town are cowardice and awful. They also want to be evil but they don’t have courage. All they can do is use somebody else to satisfy their needs. Therefore, at the end, Grace said “If there is any town this world would be better without, this is it.” After a massacre, “A beautifully little town in the midst of magnificent mountains” is no longer existed.

Let go back to the beginning of the movie, why the people in Dogville looks poor and backward but in Grace’s mind they are honest and goodness. The answer for this is because the town has less contact with outside. In addition, they are not wealthy and have no conflict of interest. These make the town not to seek fame and wealth. But it doesn’t mean people lived here are the salt of the earth. If there is a great interest coming from the outside world. The conflict will occur and everything will change tremendously. Grace is that great interest come from outside. Indubitable, serving ourselves before the needs of others has always been our flaw. This also is the nature of humanity.

After the movie, ask yourself a question, if you are one of the townspeople, would you use Grace to satisfy your needs. Behind the profit, you will concern about yourself more or somebody else. Dogville is reflected the whole world. Ask yourself is that people’s relationship built on exchange demand. We all know human nature is greedy. When you give people more, they will take more; finally, they are used to what they have. Grace’s experience in the Dogville is a good example. Tom says to Grace: Dogville has offered you two weeks. Now you offer them…”



Director Lars Von Trier is good at describe character’s inner world by using different film techniques. In the movie “Dogville” he has used the special technique to shoot this file, the whole movie looking more like a grand stage play. As movie industry developed, lots of film maker depend on computer effects, ignore the nature of story. “Dogville” used the way which ignore the camera technique but produce the best possible result on music and plot. Let the audience really get into the development of plot. Not just enjoy the unreal effect made by computer. “Dogville” gives you great imaginary space because the movie setting on the cavernous soundstage with buildings and trees represented by line drawings on the ground with a description in block letters. The audiences have to imagine all the scenes. Also the audience can pay more attention on the acting skills. The whole movie shoots by hand-held by following the rule of Dogme 95.

However, the movie “Dogville” is beautiful piece of filmmaking from one of the true geniuses of modern cinema; it also is a mirror, a perfect and important mirror, and a mirror that reflects both the darkness and the brilliance of humanity.


Appendix:


Rule "Vow of Chastity," made by Dogme 95 are as follows:

1. Filming must be done on location. Props and sets must not be brought in. If a particular prop is necessary for the story, a location must be chosen where this prop is to be found.
2. The sound must never be produced apart from the images or vice versa. Music must not be used unless it occurs within the scene being filmed, i.e., diegetic.
3. The camera must be a hand-held camera. Any movement or immobility attainable in the hand is permitted. The film must not take place where the camera is standing; filming must take place where the action takes place.
4. The film must be in colour. Special lighting is not acceptable (if there is too little light for exposure the scene must be cut or a single lamp be attached to the camera).
5. Optical work and filters are forbidden.
6. The film must not contain superficial action (murders, weapons, etc. must not occur.)
7. Temporal and geographical alienation are forbidden (that is to say that the film takes place here and now).
8. Genre movies are not acceptable.
9. The final picture must be transferred to the Academy 35mm film, with an aspect ratio of 4:3, that is, not widescreen. Originally, the requirement was that the film had to be filmed on Academy 35mm film, but the rule was relaxed to allow low-budget productions.
10. The director must not be credited.

Raging Bull

Raging Bull

Talk about sports movies we can not miss Raging Bull. It is a great a movie talk about World middleweight boxing champion Jake La Motta’s life, Raging Bull is a 1980 American movie directed by Martin Scorsese. This is Martin Scorsese’s representative. Its great reputation, so we think of sports movies, you think of it. It is no exaggeration to say that: it is a landmark there, after making all sports movies are overshadowed.
Raging bull is a 1980’s movie, but they used black and white film, this is the magic of the film. It shows the 50’s social, show a man how self-destruction and self-redemption. Sports film common theme, but in this film is not old-fashioned.
This is a biographical film, black and white film, flashback, some boring, but extraordinary blood. Contradiction has always been kind of beautiful. To some extent: this is not a movie, because it goes beyond the film, it can go beyond the emotional film, in-depth heart.

Jake La Motta tempestuous, after he yield Mafia and lose a game, his life start changes. After twice divorce, fight with his brother, poor and lonely, from a great boxer become a club talk show clown, the story is simple but cruel.
From start, movie become grey, violence around whole movie. Jake start fight with his rival on the ring and audience start fight; Jake’s brother punch his son and wife; Jake always punch his wife and almost kill his brother. Always is violence.
“Raging Bull” inexplicable anger. So use punch to solute.




And Jake become old.
Young Jake warm-up on the boxing ring and he is supercilious. He is shouting:“You can’t take me down, you never take me down.” Old and fat Jake get ready to do talk show, and he said:“give me a ring, I can still fight, but I’d like to recite poems.”.

Jake always punch his wife, keep telling her kill her and then apologize, ask her to stay. He is vent, Raging bull is roar. But except roar, bull can’t fight any more.
At the end Jake sell his gold belt to pay his recognizance. This is his most important things, for his own life he have to sell it.
Young Jake is a bastard, a violence bastard, everything use fist to solute. And when his is old, he knows everything, as the end of the movie finally Jake found his brother, finally he knows he was a monster before, so he repent.
A happy ending, isn’t it?

There are some lines are very good.
Jake La Motta: Go get 'em, champ Jake La Motta: I'm da boss, I'm da boss, I'm da boss, I'm da boss, I'm da boss... I'm da boss, I'm da boss, I'm da boss, I'm da boss, I'm da boss, I'm da boss.
When movie finished there are two lines.
So, for the second time, the Pharisees summoned the man who had been blind and said: "Speak the truth before God.We know this fellow is a sinner." "Whether or not he is a sinner, I do not know," The man replied. "All I know is this: Once I was blind and now I can see."