Raging Bull (1980)
I guess it's needless to debate the merits of this Scorsese movie, it was an instant classic. I remember seeing it for the very first time, when it was released in Germany, expectations were high, of course, but we were unprepared for a black-and-white film with such relentless boxing scenes. It's typical for Scorsese to highlight another character you wouldn't want to encounter in real life, but hardly anyone has done it with such expertise like he did in this movie.
L'argent (1983)
By the time L'argent, Robert Bresson's last movie, was released I had managed to see nearly his complete oeuvre and I was already a great admirer of his work. Although he had already made a string of masterpieces this movie seemed to be a summary and radicalization of the techniques he had developed over the decades, especially his way of not showing the main events in the image, but only bits and parts.
Although this to me was the very essence of Robert Bresson being an avantgarde artist it was enormously shocking to see the audience at the Cannes film festival booing at the old man, when he received a special prize. Once again it is true that most people will not recognize real art, but rather go by short-lived fashions.
There's a fine review of the movie here.
The Gold Diggers (1983)
I guess it's needless to debate the merits of this Scorsese movie, it was an instant classic. I remember seeing it for the very first time, when it was released in Germany, expectations were high, of course, but we were unprepared for a black-and-white film with such relentless boxing scenes. It's typical for Scorsese to highlight another character you wouldn't want to encounter in real life, but hardly anyone has done it with such expertise like he did in this movie.
L'argent (1983)
By the time L'argent, Robert Bresson's last movie, was released I had managed to see nearly his complete oeuvre and I was already a great admirer of his work. Although he had already made a string of masterpieces this movie seemed to be a summary and radicalization of the techniques he had developed over the decades, especially his way of not showing the main events in the image, but only bits and parts.
Although this to me was the very essence of Robert Bresson being an avantgarde artist it was enormously shocking to see the audience at the Cannes film festival booing at the old man, when he received a special prize. Once again it is true that most people will not recognize real art, but rather go by short-lived fashions.
There's a fine review of the movie here.
The Gold Diggers (1983)
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