1. [Angry Bull] is the creation of Martin Scorsese at a low time. Before this, he himself almost died due to the failure of [New York, New York], divorce and drug overdose, and Robert De Niro persuaded him When he directed this film, Martin also made the worst plan at the time, treating this film as the last one, but he did not expect to bring his film career back to life.
2. De Niro was first interested in [Angry Bull] in 1976. At that time, he was shooting Bertolucci's [1900] in Sicily. Because he was not interested in this movie, De Niro was in I read a lot on the set, hoping to find the next character he is interested in after filming [1900]. [Angry Bull] was the one he was most interested in at the time, because the protagonist Jack La Motta had obvious changes in appearance. The character, in order to engage in boxing sports, suddenly fat and thin, this happens to be the biggest feature of De Niro's performance: from the change in appearance, you can see the trajectory of the character's life and soul
3. The biography of [Angry Bull], De Niro recommended to Martin Scorsese, but he was not interested at the time. In 1978, Martin Scorsese saw the first draft of the movie written by Martin Scorsese. After the script, he suddenly became interested in this story. He felt that the boxer was like a gladiator on the Colosseum in ancient Rome, fighting desperately in exchange for the pleasure of the rich. This dark side was taken over by him. Entry point.
4. Martin Scorsese wrote the second draft of the script himself, but De Niro was not satisfied. Jack La Motta became a cold-blooded animal. In order to be able to beat his wife to miscarriage due to the charred steak, De Niro Luo asked Paul Schrader, the screenwriter of [Taxi Driver] to rewrite the script. Paul added the role of Joey, which did not exist before. This socially savvy role formed a sharp contrast with the taciturn LaMotta. In addition, Paul played down La Motta’s violent behavior, reducing the description of male chauvinism and sexual quirks, and the plot clues became clearer. On the whole, this script is better than the previous two drafts, and passed The company’s review.
5. The successful shooting of [Angry Bull] also benefited from the success of Stallone's two [Rocky], which made boxing movies have an investment market, because De Niro loves the role of La Mota, he and Martins Coses made the final changes to the script, deleted La Motta's father, deleted some gangster scenes, and the tricks focused on the two brothers La Mota and Joey, and deleted some Paul Schrader. Favorite scenes, such as La Motta masturbating in prison, the final version of the script highlights the themes of jealousy and sex, and becomes more violent and bloody.
6. Joe Pessi, who played Joey, was a singer before and acted in several low-cost crime films. He quit the film circle early because of his lack of popularity. De Niro watched his films and became interested in him and convinced him He has not acted in a movie for 8 years, and Joe Pessi also made a splash and established his status as the king of fucking.
7. In order to play La Mota well, De Niro first made friends with the prototype character and learned his Bronx accent. At the same time, he also spent half a year learning boxing and played thousands of matches until De Ni Luo Neng defeated La Mota. De Niro is said to have reached the top 20 middleweight boxers in the world. He also won two wins in three matches and won the amateur competition in Brooklyn. He was 35 years old at that time, but The skill is still as vigorous as the 19-year-old.
8. The boxing scene in the movie started after the Oscars in 1979. Martin Scorsese decided to shoot in black and white. One is to prevent the film from fading, the other is to reduce the blood of the violent scene, and the third is also in line with the biography. For the visual effects of old news films and newspapers, he also used hand-held photography to shoot the details of boxing at close range. Therefore, the eight boxing scenes that were originally scheduled to be filmed in five weeks were filmed in ten weeks.
9. After filming the boxing scene, De Niro decided to gain weight in order to show the decadent La Motta in middle age. It took four months to increase the weight from 66 kg to 98 kg, breaking the record of fat gain in movies. De Niro almost had high blood pressure for this, and it took four years to change his weight back to his original state. This kind of remake performance shocked many people's jaws. At the same time, it was caused by the increase in weight and Martin Scorsese's delay. Post-production, the film missed the 1980 Oscar nomination.
10. Jacques Motta is the most exhausting role De Niro has ever played, and he successfully won the Oscar statuette. [Angry Bull] This movie has received a lot of criticism, but many people have unanimously praised Germany. Nile's acting skills praised him for his manic, low self-esteem, jealousy and loneliness as a boxer, and praised him for completing an extremely complex but profound performance.
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