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I included his “you talkin’ to me” scene in my gigantic piece for Oscilloscope on scenes where men look at themselves in the mirror<\/a>. I mean, it’s really the Grand Master of them all. <\/p>\n When Taxi Driver<\/i> was restored for its 35th anniversary, I went to see it at the press screening – the colors of that film are overwhelming – and then wrote about it on my site<\/a>.<\/p>\n Additionally, when I interviewed Dan Callahan about his excellent books, The Art of American Screen Acting<\/i>, volumes 1 and 2, we discussed De Niro at length<\/a>. I think Callahan’s chapter on De Niro in Volume 2 is one of the best things written about the actor – who is a difficult subject. <\/p>\n The recent thrill of my life was writing and narrating a video-essay to be included on Criterion’s 4k release of Raging Bull<\/i><\/a>.<\/p>\n \n \nMy video-essay is in the special features of the DVD\/Blu release, and for Criterion subscribers it’s streaming on the website. I did a deep DEEP dive into Robert De Niro’s work, much of it was a re-tread, since we (my group of friends and I) were obsessed with him as college-age acting students. We weren’t fans. We STUDIED him. So I watched it all. I read all the Scorsese books. There aren’t too many interviews with De Niro and he’s not particularly articulate about his process. The greats rarely are. But it was a glorious experience, and even after I handed in my draft of the video-essay, I kept going on chronologically, moving past Raging Bull<\/i> and on into the 80s and 90s. I’m back on the Elvis train now, so I had to take a step back with the De Niro project, but I do want to shout out Stone<\/i>, a 2010 movie I missed when it first came out. Missing it was a major error, because this performance should be counted as one of his greatest. See it. <\/p>\n \n \n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" I haven’t written about the majority of his roles – not for lack of admiration (and in some cases, awestruck wonder) – but here is what I have written: I included his “you talkin’ to me” scene in my gigantic … Continue reading ![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/297405867_10159120055687632_5190082800391581424_n-e1660617770918.jpg\")
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