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Victor - you're missing an essential point

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To say that RAGING BULL is "just another movie about sports and personal struggles" is like saying THE OLD MAN AND THE SEA is a book about a guy who catches a fish...

To draw a distinction between "greatest American director" and "greatest director" is to miss a crucial point -- a film may speak equally to the all the world's people through story/emotion (aka Charlie Chaplin's work) or through cinematography, especially black and white cinemagraphy (too many examples to list). With this criteria, RAGING BULL's compelling narrative and striking photography (especially the tightly-edited, surreal fight scenes) qualifies Marty Scorces as one of the world's Marty greatest directors.

IMO Scorces is without doubt the greatest living American director, a title I don't bestow lightly.


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  • Victor - you're missing an essential point - Dave 08:13:40 11/22/02 (2)
    • Not really - Victor Khomenko 08:57:14 11/22/02 (1)


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