in this scene, Jake La Motta confronts his wife about her infidelity.

Like a sparring opponent, she eggs him on to

the point of explosion. The scene finishes in Joey's living room, where Pesci is thrown to the floor and beaten
during family dinner. Scorsese is sure to add a tracking shot under the dining room table. The audience needs to
see this from a child's perspective. To cap it off, he concludes with a straight medium shot of both children
starring in disbelief.

One of the low angle beating shots would be used again in 1990's "Goodfellas."

 scene between La Motta and his first wife was half improvised. The man in the apartment below them didn't
know they were shooting a movie and so when La Motta and his wife are arguing, the man below yelled at them
to be quiet "you animals!" etc. Scorcese told DeNiro to improvise lines back, making the finished product a very
real, comedic scene