Well, tonight I decided to write something about one of my favorite actor: Robert De Niro.
As you know, I'm Italian and I'm very proud that a bit of italian blood is in De Niro end that he had American and Italian citizenship, I admit: I'm very proud of this ^_^
The first time that I watched a movie with De Niro was "The deer hunter" by Michael Cimino, a very strong but beautiful movie full of excellent actors. I immediatly thought (even if I was a very young girl) that Robert De Niro had a "special" appeal and I was intrigued by his facial expressions and gestures.
After this movie, I watched many other movies with him: Taxi Driver, The Godfather, Cape Fear, etc and I appreciated every his performance, but I have to admit that my favorite is always "The deer hunter"!
Using his "maniacal" techniques (Stanislavski-system) he give life to some of the most famous, troubled and complex characters of the cinema, from Jack La Motta (he gained 60 lb for this character!) to Al Capone! He lived in Sicily to prepare the character of The Godfather and he worked as a cab driver for Taxi Driver.
Nothing randomly, everything as a results of an hard work, but I think that talent was inside De Niro before he became to be De Niro ;)
I think some of these movies are really a "ever green" movie and I can watch them time after time!
See ya soon
Silvia