In the film Raging Bull, the character of Jake La Motta as played by Robert De Niro is the central character around which the film revolves. A characteristic of Scorsese films is that they are made self-consciously, and many of them are about self-consciousness. Scorsese’s films often concern small time hoods or individuals on the edge or over the edge of psychosis, they are, on a more complex level, about style and reputation, about how it looks and feels to be in the world,