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- From: jxxl@huxley.cs.nps.navy.mil (John Locke)
- Newsgroups: rec.arts.movies
- Subject: Re: Robert De Niro, most overrated actor?
- Message-ID: <7226@huxley.cs.nps.navy.mil>
- Date: 23 Dec 92 17:03:50 GMT
- References: <1992Dec22.210620.21267@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu>
- Organization: Church of Ill-Repute
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- ssastry@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu (Sudhir K Sastry) writes:
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- # DeNiro has had some very impressive performances in his career. Travis
- # Bickle in "Taxi Driver" is a definitive performance, deeply disturbing and
- # frightening. His performance as Jake LaMotta in "The Raging Bull" is also
- # notable. His weight gain for part of the role underlines an intense
- # dedication, but he is not the first to do this (Liz Taylor in "Who's Afraid of
- # Virginia Woolf" gained weight for her part, although not to the monstrous
- # scale
- # of DeNiro). Another very impressive performance that sticks in the memory is
- # from "The Godfather, Part II". There are others, of course, but these are my
- # personal favorites.
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- His performance in "The Deer Hunter" put him on the map for good. True, he's
- not as versatile as Brando, but in the right role he's as good as it gets.
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- John
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