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Martin Scorsese (b. Nov 17, 1942) is an Italian-American filmmaker who, with the help of two gigantic eyebrows living on his forehead has been a driving force in Hollywood for nearly half a century.

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Portrait of Martin Scorsese as he leans against a lamp pole on a deserted street, New York, New York, 1985.

Portrait of Martin Scorsese as he leans against a lamp pole on a deserted street, New York, New York, 1985.

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allyouneedismovies: Happy Birthday Steve Buscemi (54)

allyouneedismovies:

Happy Birthday Steve Buscemi (54)

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Martin Scorsese :  In Raging Bull, I guess the boxing scenes have a lot to do with the action sequences in my mind. All this editing and all this camera movement that I’d been exposed to for the past 25 years or 30 years came into play in those sequences, and Hitchcock had a lot to do with it, there’s no doubt, particularly in designing the scene where Sugar Ray Robinson, in the third bout that they have, when La Motta’s on the ropes, looks up at him, and Sugar Ray comes in for the kill. And there’s a kind of edited sequence of punishment that this character’s taking. I based it on, shot by shot, the shower scene of Psycho. And so I designed it correspondingly, in a way. The glove corresponds to a knife. And so, we shot it that way.

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Sound effects for punches landing were made by squashing melons and tomatoes. Sound effects for camera flashes going off were sounds of gunshots. The original tapes were deliberately destroyed by the sound technicians, to prevent then being used again.

Sound effects for punches landing were made by squashing melons and tomatoes. Sound effects for camera flashes going off were sounds of gunshots. The original tapes were deliberately destroyed by the sound technicians, to prevent then being used again.

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Jake (Robert De Niro) asks Joey (Joe Pesci) “Did you fuck my wife?”. Director Martin Scorsese didn’t think that Pesci’s reaction was strong enough, so he asked De Niro to say “Did you fuck your mother?”

Jake (Robert De Niro) asks Joey (Joe Pesci) “Did you fuck my wife?”. Director Martin Scorsese didn’t think that Pesci’s reaction was strong enough, so he asked De Niro to say “Did you fuck your mother?”

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To visually achieve Jake’s growing desperation and diminishing stature, Martin Scorsese shot the later boxing scenes in a larger ring.

To visually achieve Jake’s growing desperation and diminishing stature, Martin Scorsese shot the later boxing scenes in a larger ring.

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Although only a few minutes of boxing appear in the movie, they were so precisely choreographed that they took six weeks to film.

Although only a few minutes of boxing appear in the movie, they were so precisely choreographed that they took six weeks to film.

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yellowcatslashdeadcat:

And though I’m no Olivier, if he fought Sugar Ray, he would say that the thing ain’t the ring, it’s the play. So, give me a stage where this bull can rage.

Raging Bull (1980)

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yellowcatslashdeadcat:

You never got me down, Ray.

Raging Bull (1980)

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Robert De Niro, Marty’s closest friend and collaborator. Photographed by Hedi Silmane

Robert De Niro, Marty’s closest friend and collaborator.

Photographed by Hedi Silmane

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