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Originally Posted by Severian
Raging Bull is one of the best films of the 20th century. Fucking depressing, tragic, hard for me to watch, but goddammit, it's the performance of a lifetime for DeNiro. I often find myself going back and forth between this and Taxi Driver as his peak performance... couldn't tell you where I stand now, but this is definitely one of the best screen performances of all time in my book.
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He hardly put a foot wrong during that period but, while not as iconic as his performances in Taxi Driver or Raging Bull, the sheer range of his acting in The Deer Hunter puts that at the top for me.