Zusatztext Robert De Niro is the pre-eminent Hollywood character performer of ourtime: film portraits like the young Don Vito Corleone in "The GodfatherII"! Jake La Motta in "Raging Bull" and Travis Bickle in "Taxi Driver"are some of the most vivid ever put on celluloid. De Niro cannot be castto type! prefers to work for old friends like Martin Scorsese! and (apartfrom FRANKENSTEIN) has never played anything but 20th-century roles. Aswell as his film roles! Baxter examines De Niro's often controversial privatelife! his collaborations with directors like Martin Scorsese and performerslike Harvey Keitel and Meryl Streep! and his increasingly ambitious off-screenactivities. Informationen zum Autor John Baxter is a film critic, novelist, biographer and broadcaster, whose books include The Hollywood Exiles, The Cinema of Josef von Sternberg, The Cinema of John Ford, and biographies of Ken Russell, Fellini, Buñuel, Steven Spielberg, Stanley Kubrick, Woody Allen and George Lucas. Born and brought up in Australia, he has worked in London, taught in the United States, and now lives in Paris. Klappentext Robert De Niro's portrayals of the young Vito Corleone in The Godfather II, Travis Bickle in Taxi Driver, and Jake La Motta in Raging Bull are among the most vivid ever committed to celluloid. The actor is famously perfectionistic, and the lengths to which he will go to create his characters are legendary. Based on scrupulous research and conversations with De Niro's friends and colleagues, and featuring a complete filmography, John Baxter's biography sheds new light on the life and career of this fiercely private star. Ein sehr lesenswertes, informatives, mitunter auch komisches Buch über Menschen, die für Momente Weltgeschichte schrieben. Henry Bernhard, Deutschlandfunk/»Andruck« Der Blick hinter die Kulissen des Vereinigungsprozesses ist spannend, gerade weil bis heute unterschätzt wird, welchen Anteil die Regierung de Maizière und die Volkskammer daran hatten. Gunther Hartwig, Südwest Presse Zusammenfassung The life of Hollywoodâ™s number one movie actor, the elusive Robert De Niro, who shuns the limelight and rarely gives interviews, written by the leading film critic and biographer of Spielberg, Kubrick, Woody Allen and George Lucas. Alles, was Sie zur erfolgreichen Vorbereitung der Steuerprüfung wissen müssen!Modular aufgebaute Lerneinheiten mit Lernzielen und WiederholungsfragenÜbungsklausuren mit Musterlösungen ...

Autorentext

John Baxter is a film critic, novelist, biographer and broadcaster, whose books include The Hollywood Exiles, The Cinema of Josef von Sternberg, The Cinema of John Ford, and biographies of Ken Russell, Fellini, Buñuel, Steven Spielberg, Stanley Kubrick, Woody Allen and George Lucas. Born and brought up in Australia, he has worked in London, taught in the United States, and now lives in Paris.

Klappentext

Robert De Niro's portrayals of the young Vito Corleone in The Godfather II, Travis Bickle in Taxi Driver, and Jake La Motta in Raging Bull are among the most vivid ever committed to celluloid. The actor is famously perfectionistic, and the lengths to which he will go to create his characters are legendary. Based on scrupulous research and conversations with De Niro's friends and colleagues, and featuring a complete filmography, John Baxter's biography sheds new light on the life and career of this fiercely private star.

Zusammenfassung
The life of Hollywoodâ™s number one movie actor, the elusive Robert De Niro, who shuns the limelight and rarely gives interviews, written by the leading film critic and biographer of Spielberg, Kubrick, Woody Allen and George Lucas.