Rupert Pupkin’s monologue is a pivotal moment that showcases his character’s blend of humor, desperation, and delusion, revealing the lengths he’s willing to go to for a chance at stardom.
Explore the iconic restaurant scene in ‘Heat’ (1995) where De Niro and Pacino deliver a masterclass in acting
Recensioni italiane di “Killers of the Flower Moon”, il film del 2023 diretto da Martin Scorsese. La pellicola è l’adattamento cinematografico del romanzo “Gli assassini della terra rossa” scritto da David Grann, a sua volta tratto da fatti realmente accaduti.
Night and the City is based on a Jules Dassin B-movie from 1950 (same title), but its true spiritual antecedent, I suspect, is Sweet Smell of Success, the wonderfully ambivalent melodrama about the pleasures and corruptions of New York night-life in the late fifties, starring Tony Curtis and Burt Lancaster.
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Robert De Niro’s Rupert Pupkin is Jake La Motta without his fists. In Raging Bull, De Niro and Scorsese had things boiled down, so that Jake’s entire character was the chip on his shoulder. This time there’s no chip.
Raging Bull began as Robert De Niro’s obsession, but the only man he believed could film it, Martin Scorsese, wasn’t interested—until the director’s near-fatal collapse gave him a visceral connection with the story of troubled boxing champion Jake La Motta.
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