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Robert De Niro gets the biography he deserves: book review
Robert De Niro
Robert De Niro poses in front of a painting by his father, Robert De Niro Sr.
(The Associated Press)
DE NIRO: A LIFE
Shawn Levy
Crown Archetype, $
pages
By JAMIE S. RICH/Special to The Oregonian
It's impressive that after five decades in the motion picture business, Robert De Niro the man has mostly remained an enigma, even as he built an outsized reputation as an actor. That's no easy trick in the current pervasive celebrity culture. For most of his career, De Niro has let his work speak for him.
And so it's no daunting task that Shawn Levy, a former movie critic at The Oregonian, has undertaken, attempting to get to know the notoriously private performer via the printed page. "De Niro: A Life" is likely as close as anyone can get to figuring out just who the star of "Goodfellas" and "Raging Bull" is in private, and the author's respectful tone and preference for art over scandal would likely please the book's subject if he took the time to read it.
Levy starts his portrait before the beginning, tracing De Niro's lineage, getting to know the man's parents, and detailing how they came together. The future icon was
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