7/2/2023 0 Comments Prize fighter movies![]() ![]() The movie makes no plays for cuteness or humor, and never seeks to soften its razor-sharp edges. It is impossible to imagine something this excellent being produced today. The movie is Exhibit A in the prosecution's case that movies were better made in the past than today. ![]() One feels, after watching it in its entirety, as one does after having listened to Mahler's 9th symphony - you are emotionally drained and devastated. I don't think I had ever seen this movie from beginning to end before but had the chance to do so when it came up recently on a cable channel. The VHS also cuts medium shot in which the referree says, "Come on, Mountain, let's get this show on the road!" and, more significantly, the closeup in which Mountain makes the crucial decision to embrace his humiliation and starts his warwhoop dance around the ring. As Mountain ascends (both literally and figuratively) to the wrestling ring, the deleted scene has Maish warning the newbie who wants to sign a boxing contract replacing Mountain to "Go home!" instead of starting a career in which there are only eight champions and everybody else is a loser.
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