Martin Scorsese claims that Raging Bull was where he entirely relearnt how to make films, having reluctantly taken it on after almost dying. In order to do this he may well have gone to his early influences that led him to fall in love with cinema in the first place, particularly Johns Ford and Wayne. Through them a depiction of rage began to act as a mirror for the director himself. I look into these ideas in my introduction for the film.
The audio in the video below was recorded specially based on a rough introduction I had written for a screening of the film at The Little Theatre in Bath in March 2026, shown as part of Picturehouse’s year-long Scorsese season.
You can find where to watch the film here.
Just A Little Bit Random 