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Levy, Shawn.
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De Niro, Robert.
Motion picture actors and actresses -- United States -- Biography.
Actors and actresses -- United States -- Biography.
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Levy, Shawn.
De Niro, Robert.
Motion picture actors and actresses -- United States -- Biography.
Actors and actresses -- United States -- Biography.
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De Niro : a life / Shawn Levy.
by
Levy, Shawn.
Crown Archetype, 2014.
Call #:
791
.43028
D394L
Subjects
De Niro, Robert.
Motion picture actors and actresses -- United States -- Biography.
Actors and actresses -- United States -- Biography.
ISBN:
9780307716798 (pbk.)
9780307716781 (hc.)
Edition:
First edition.
Description:
600 pages, [16] pages of plates : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 25 cm.
Bibliography:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary:
"His work, particularly in the first 20 years of his career, is unparalleled. Mean Streets, the Godfather Part II, Taxi Driver, the Deer Hunter, and Raging Bull all dazzled moviegoers and critics alike, displaying a talent the likes of which had rarely--if ever--been seen. De Niro become known for his deep involvement in his characters, assuming that role completely into his own life, resulting in extraordinary, chameleonic performances. Yet little is known about the off-screen De Niro--he is an intensely private man, whose rare public appearances are often marked by inarticulateness and palpable awkwardness. It can be almost painful to watch at times, in powerful contrast to his confident movie personae. Shawn Levy writes of these many De Niros--the characters and the man--seeking to understand the evolution of an actor who once dove deeply into his roles as if to hide his inner nature, and who now seemingly avoids acting challenges, taking roles which make few apparent demands on his overwhelming talent. Following De Niro's roots as the child of artists (his father, the abstract painter Robert De Niro Sr., was widely celebrated) who encouraged him from an early age to be independent of vision and spirit, to his intense schooling as an actor, the rise of his career, his marriages, his life as a father, restauranteur, and businessman, and, of course, his current movie career, Levy has written a biography that reads like a novel about a character whose inner turmoil takes him to heights of artistry. An extraordinary portrait of DeNiro the man and the artist. The insights gained from DeNiro's intense working habits shed new perspective on his portrayals. The story of De Niro's transition from an ambitious young man to a transfixing and enigmatic artist and cultural figure"--Provided by publisher.
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