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Raging Bull (1980)
Beginning in 1964, where an older and fatter Jake LaMotta (Robert De Niro) practices his stand-up comic routine, a flashback shifts to his boxing career in 1941 against his opponent, Jimmy Reeves, in the infamous Cleveland bout. Losing the fight by a fixed result causes a fight to break out at the end of the match. His brother Joey LaMotta (Joe Pesci) is not only a sparring partner to him but also responsible for organizing his fights. In this movie Jake faces a heap of challenges both in and out of the ring.Serious circumstances were hovering in his path which causes him to make irrational decisions about both his career as a boxer and also his personal life as a husband. However, these acts did not pose much of a hindrance in his career as he bounces back big time later in the movie where he wins the championship.Darting across the room at the information of the crowded auditorium by the stage hand, the camera remains pivoted on the mirror as LaMotta chants ‘I’m the boss’ whilst shadow boxing. The film ends on an ambiguous note with a Biblical quote: “All I know is this: Once I was blind, and now I can see.” -symbolizing that even men like LaMotta can be redeemed
