Director Scorsese commands to perfection. You can sense the joy of filmmaking in Raging Bull . The dynamic editing of Thema Schoonmaker provides the perfect rhythms to the dark story and the director uses his entire creative team to maximum advantage. This really is a very beautiful DVD transfer. Overall, the black and white images are striking.
Contrast is powerful, detail is very clean.
The elegant photography of Michael Chapman looks splendid. The bits of color are artfully used and transferred. The Dolby Digital 2-channel surround delivers the music in sonorous tones. The Feature Archive has articles ranging from Akira Kurosawa to Blonde Bimbos . Everyone knows what it feels like to get angry at the movies these days.