I could have been somebody...

Robert De Niro in Scorsese' s Raging Bull(1980)
Marlon Brando and Rod Steiger in Kazan's On The Waterfront(1954)

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[lozghost7]

It's a clever way of showing the 'down on his luck' La Motta identifying with Terry Malloy in Waterfront. It's ironic however as La Motta can't see that he himself has ruined things - unlike Malloy he doesn't have anyone to blame for his disappointment but himself. Waterfront was a massive hit when La Motta was at his peak and it's likely that he would have really enjoyed the movie so it's an ingenious choice. Shooting this scene was also a nod from Scorsese as Waterfront is his favourite film.

[kamz36]

fagget didnt even say the exact words, made his own fucking version

piece of shit, disrespecting that scene is like a crime against humanity

[realrain7sevens]

probably my favourite scene of all time. reflexive, ingenious, inspired. It comes at the end of a film about a man we are supposed to hate but cant help but sypothise with. Next life I make films!

[hugestpotspoker]

@hills123ful meaningless

[hills123ful]

i admire people like u for uploading some of the greatest meaningless seens and lines from films that we think of in our heads but could probbably never find . many thanks my friend

[BioBlazer999]

6:00-6:08: " You don't understand! I could of had class! I could have been a contender; I could have been somebody..."

[pajasa62]

@1915fas

Hey, I'm not saying the scene isn't plausible! But for someone to suggest that the Raging Bull scene is AS GOOD as the original is silly.

You could take a 1000 other great scenes from great movies and plug it in to a new production....or make a movie about other boxing champs like Sonny Liston, Mike Tyson or ex-middleweight champ Carlos Monzon and it'd not only be effective, but more TRUE!

It's a gimmick...I get it.

[1915fas]

@pajasa62 The scene is there because it is true. This is what La Motta did to make some money after he lost his club and did jail time. The irony here of course is that he was actually a champ playing a 'down and outer' boxer when he is now a down and outer champ trying to make some kind of a comeback.

[pajasa62]

@grga888

I love the "deep thinkers" that have to resort to cheap insults.

You say "...characterize LaMotta the same way it was done for Brando"

LaMotta was a CHAMPION, not a bona fide NOBODY!

THEN "The whole scene works as if LaMotta himself is saying it, not Deniro".

I think they call that...eehhh...ACTING!!!!

Curious why you are fawning over a film parrotting...openly PARROTTING, a legendary scene dialogue, as if THAT is as good or maybe EVEN BETTER than the original?

[grga888]

@pajasa62 Don't act stubborn, what you say is idiotic and makes no sense at all. Sorry, but it trully makes no sense at all. You are just embarassing yourself with such comments and if you can't see it than that is your problem mate and a big one.