Despite knowing that it significantly tones down one boxing element, Martin Scorsese intentionally chose to shoot Raging Bull in Black and White.
Summary SCREENRANT VIDEO OF THE DAY SCROLL TO CONTINUE WITH CONTENT Given how Raging Bull's black and white color palette significantly tones down one boxing element, it is hard not to wonder why Martin Scorsese did not film it in color. Martin Scorsese's movies are known to be bold, intense, and provocative.
According to an interesting trivia surrounding the film, Scorsese was on the verge of giving up on his American dream after his movie New York, New York bombed at the box office. Soon after, he received a final blow to his filmmaking career when a near-overdose from a cocaine addiction sent him to the hospital. However, before heading to Europe to make smaller films, Scorsese agreed to make one final movie with Robert De Niro, who consistently insisted they should work on a boxing movie.
As mentioned in the book Scorsese on Scorsese, the director also attended two boxing matches at Madison Square Garden to research for the film. Although he did not particularly enjoy watching the sport, the blood-soaked sponges used on the boxers and the blood on the boxing ring's rope caught his attention.
Scorsese Also Wanted Raging Bull To Stand Out From Other Boxing Movies Apart from making Raging Bull look more realistic and aesthetic, the black-and-white filming also helped the movie stand out from other boxing movies like Rocky, which came out around the same time. Unlike Rocky and most other boxing movies that walk through the awe-inspiring journeys of underdog boxers, Raging Bull presented a boxer protagonist who was not very likable.
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