Is Raging Bull Italian?
Is Raging Bull Italian? 2/1/2022. In Raging Bull, Vickie is racialized by characters and camera alike. The camera's focus on her whiteness guides the viewer to an understanding of Jake LaMotta's relationship with Vickie and with his own Italian identity.
Why is Raging Bull black and white?
This is one of the reasons Scorsese chose to film Raging Bull in black and white. Other reasons were to distinguish the film from other color films around the time and to acknowledge the problem of fading color film stock—an issue Scorsese recognized.