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De Niro’s LaMotta: A raw descent into self-destruction
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De Niro’s LaMotta: A raw descent into self-destruction

Martin Scorsese's black-and-white portrait of boxer Jake LaMotta, carried by Robert De Niro's total transformation, remains the most beautiful film ever made about an ugly subject — and arguably the greatest American picture of the 1980s.