The filmmaker was then told by a doctor: “You cannot go anywhere you may get a brain haemorrhage any second. In Jay Glennie’s recent book Raging Bull: The Making Of, Scorsese recalled: “It became more impossible for me to function, both physically and mentally, until I finally collapsed.” In fact, the director had found himself on a downward spiral in the late 1970s, and it was lead star Robert De Niro who essentially saved him from a “near-death” experience thanks to Raging Bull.Īt the festival, Scorsese said that, after completing work on Raging Bull, he “didn’t care what happened to it, or if I made another movie”.įortunately, he did – Scorsese followed Raging Bull with The King of Comedy two years later, and has since released films including Goodfellas, The Age of Innocence, The Aviator, The Departed and The Irishman. Scorsese reflected on the 1980 film, which was his first to be released after he received negative reviews for 1977’s New York, New York. The regular collaborators, who are currently working on Killers of the Flower Moon, spoke ahead of a Raging Bull screening at the closing night of Tribeca Film Festival in New York. Martin Scorsese has made a shocking admission about his career while being interviewed by Leonardo DiCaprio.
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