The Cinema of Robert De Niro

London England: Zomba Books , 1986. Paperback.The Cinema of Robert De Niro light crease on cover illustrated throughout with B&W stills from his films Robert De Niro is an enigma. A box office superstar, his face known to millions, De Niro manages to keep his personal life out of the news. An intensely private man, he is dedicated to his art. So dedicated that he will put on sixty pounds to portray an ageing boxer (Raging Bull), teach himself to play the saxophone (New York, New York), acquire a perfect Sicilian accent (The Godfather, Part II), learn the Catholic Mass by heart (True Confessions), or spend two weeks driving a yellow cab around New York's seediest districts (Taxi Driver). De Niro is perhaps the most respected and versatile actor of our age, an actors' actor as well as a favourite amongst the fans. His involvement in his art is total and his policy of turning down the 'big bucks' in order to make films which interest him personally has resulted in some of the most critically acclaimed films of recent cinema history, including 1900, Once Upon A Time In America, and The Mission. But, as author James Cameron-Wilson describes in this book, De Niro's films are not merely a success from the critic's point of view. He has also participated in some of the biggest money-spinners of all time, such as The Godfather, Part II and The Deer Hunter. De Niro is both cult figure and box office success; a consummate actor and a screen idol. Yet this double Oscar winner is perhaps the best known and least understood actor of our time. So who is Robert De Niro? As Cameron-Wilson investigates and examines the career of De Niro, through meticulous research and candid interviews with De Niro's colleagues, what emerges is the first in-depth profile on De Niro, the Man. THE CINEMA OF ROBERT DE NIRO, fully illustrated with over seventy photographs, provides a fascinating and revealing insight into one of the contemporary cinema's most ambitious and charismatic performers. 156 pages. (We carry a wide selection of titles in The Arts, Theology, History, Politics, Social and Physical Sciences. academic and scholarly books and Modern First Editions ,and all types of Academic Literature.) . 1st Paperback Printing. Soft Cover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Paperback.