The allotted function of art is not, as is often assumed, to put across ideas, to propagate thoughts, to serve as an example. The aim of art is to prepare a person for death, to plough and harrow his soul, rendering it capable of turning to good.

Touched by a masterpiece, a person begins to hear in himself that same call of truth which prompted the artist to his creative act. When the link is established between the work and…

CW: This review contains references to emotional and domestic abuse.

I first watched Raging Bull in high-school. It was presumably a torrent, and I watched it on my bed on a laptop screen that I think may have been 1080p, if I was lucky.

Most of this period of my life I shared that house with an abusive man.

So I don't really much of the movie from that viewing, with a few exceptions. The thing I the…