Robert de niro actor biography book
De Niro: A Life: Levy, Shawn: 9780307716798: Amazon.com: Books!
From Publishers Weekly
According to prolific film biographer Baxter (The Hollywood Exiles, etc.), "Rage is Robert De Niros gift to the cinema." In this unauthorized, carefully researched biography, Baxter traces the enigmatic actors life, starting with his formative years in Greenwich Village, where De Niro tagged along with Italian street gangs and had a complicated relationship with his gay artist father, a fact that Baxter suggests has greatly informed the actors choice of morally conflicted characters.
Robert de niro actor biography book
Using numerous interviews and anecdotes, Baxter sketches a picture that is never quite flattering, but is empathetic and fascinating. He tells De Niros story through the prism of the actors most notable cinematic endeavors (including Taxi Driver and Raging Bull) as well as through his biggest failures.
As a result, the book is equal parts life story and film analysis. This works to great effect, since De Niros artistic choices, many of which involved physical transformation