he's a ticking time bomb, ready to go off at any moment. Though LaMotta wants his family's love, something always seems to come between them. Perhaps it's his violent bouts of paranoia and jealousy. This kind of rage helped make him a champ, but in real life, he winds up in the ring alone.

Tags : jealousy | new york city | dysfunctional family | boxing | boxer | mafia | dysfunctional marriage | divorce | brother brother relationship | manhattan new york city | swimming pool | nightclub | national film registry | new york | family relationships | paranoia | fight

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er at night, watching porn movies at seedy cinemas during the day, or thinking about how the world, New York in particular, has deteriorated into a cesspool. He's a loner who has strong opinions about what is right and wrong with mankind. For him, the one bright spot in New York humanity is Betsy, a worker on the presidential nomination campaign of Senator Charles Palatine. He becomes obsessed with her. After an incident with her, he believes he has to do whatever he needs to to make the world a better place in his opinion. One of his priorities is to be the savior for Iris, a twelve-year-old runaway and prostitute who he believes wants out of the profession and under the thumb of her pimp and lover Matthew.

Tags : anti hero | neo noir | manhattan new york city | vigilante | obsession | murder | new york city | vietnam war veteran | shootout | apartment | drug dealer | loneliness | taxi | mirror | cult film

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