Robert De Niro had done something beyond Method Acting, inhabiting the role of La Motta as no actor had ever portrayed a role before. Incredibly we still are all these years later! We staggered out of the cinema two and a half hours later, stunned at what we had just seen on the screen. Both film junkies, we had bonded quickly, becoming fast friends very quickly. We were acting students at the time at Humber College, though my heart was really wanting to direct. I first saw the film opening night in Toronto at the Uptown Theatre with my good friend Kevin McDonald who went on to be part of the comedy troupe The Kids in the Hall. There is no doubt that Raging Bull is among the greatest films ever made, a visceral and punishing biography of middle weight fighter Jake LaMotta from the forties and through his retirement.
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