Uploaded November 2022 | Updated September 2026, 20 hours ago

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We continue the boxing theme with a look at the black-and-white 'anti-Rocky', starring the dynamite team of Martin Scorsese and Robert De Niro. Based on the book by Jake La Motta and Pete Savage, this filmic masterpiece looks at La Motta's life and struggles in and out of the ring as well as the punishment he dishes out to those around him. In this film, boxing is the backdrop but 'the ring' is everywhere in the traps that are imposed on us and which we also set for ourselves.

This episode was originally produced in 2020 for 'The Stinking Pause' podcast and is hosted by a master podcaster and former 'Film Gold' guest (see Episode 13) Scott Phipps

'Film Gold' is on all the main podcast platforms.

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links to Scott’s podcasts
rainbowvalley.libsyn.com/podcast
directory.libsyn.com/shows/view/id/reelbritannia
directory.libsyn.com/shows/view/id/stinkingpause


show links
A series of fascinating featurettes about the making of 'Raging Bull'
youtube.com/watch?v=83LRIZYCpIM
youtube.com/watch?v=GydR2vV7ahw
youtube.com/watch?v=P-qendwrNQI
youtube.com/watch?v=QL8rpMIjyPk

Robert De Niro wins his Oscar
youtube.com/watch?v=sH5c-WeE07c

Superb documentary about the 1970s Hollywood 'New Wave' period of cinema
youtube.com/watch?v=aqVzFEeMVOQ