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Old 07-23-2013, 02:55 AM
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Raging Bull, which is a work of art rather than a sports film. Exquisite, sublime cinematography.

Famous scene from the movie

Another good if violent scene. Joe Pesci play's Jakes brother and sees Jake's wife enter a bar.
Raging Bull is a far better film/work of art than any of my top 5 sports movies... Only Hoop Dreams is close as a film (for very different reasons) IMO. However I do not think of Raging Bull purely as a "sports" movie, as much as I do a really intense character study of a flawed man and boxer. And I do not think the best sports movie necessarily has to be a great film (the Natural definitely is not that). If I were to categorize Raging Bull as "sports", it's tops on my list by FAR. As is, I'll stick with Bull Durham as tops on my sports list, and Raging Bull near the top of the all time film list.
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