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The dynamic between DeNiro, Pesci, and Stone in Casino is one of the most disturbingly realistic interactions I've seen in film. I've dated a few "You're so nice to me" girls who abused drugs. Spot on.
Its pathetic all of em but deniro's charecter can and wants to provide a stable home to raise her inn, pesci character fucking stone is his true death scene. Hes a piece of shit after that.
I know exactly what you're saying. Casino is an amazing thing. Watching it right now actually. The depths of human greed and fallibility. They all did their job and make it over and over watchable. Sharon Stone and Joe Pesci went to places most humans can never fathom only to present a reality that we marvel after over and over and over.
@@invisibot6 movie has no arc but or real ending i like it not being a hater the scene where the plane lands on the golf coarse is hilarious and the agents run past them. Look at these Cock suckers they ran out of fuel. that actually happened too. 😂😂😂😂
Sicilian isn't a dialect of Italian. It's a much older language than Italian. Most Sicilians understand Italian but most Italians don't understand Sicilian very well. For DeNiro to learn enough Sicilian to come off as fluent is incredible.
I've never heard of that before. So, I looked it up. Shocking. I grew up surrounded by Sicilian kids, in the old neighbourhood. There was always the mention of how the Sicilian language was dissimilar. But I never knew it as separate languages. The difference between Mandarin and Cantonese, would be a close comparison.
@@robertlee4172 Solid comparison. Much like how Sicilian evolved from vulgar Latin with influences from Arabic, Greek etc, and was spoken before Italian and before Italy was unified, Cantonese is much older Madarin and many words used today in Cantonese were spoken in ancient Chinese poetry and writings. It's also a much more guttural sound, as in it comes from lower in the body. There's a Canadian comedian and linguist who's fluent in Mandarin who made a great observation about this. I'll comment again shortly with a couple of videos.
@@robertlee4172 His name is Dashan (his Chinese name). He makes some great observations and I definitely recommend his channel if you're interested in language. th-cam.com/video/tK51dlpqpSE/w-d-xo.htmlsi=zIh4m3N_8X_iU1IT
That scene in Heat in the coffee shop with Al Pacino is rather amazing. They look like two veteran warriors, no longer young men, but not out of their prime. Both are forces of nature ready to collide, but for the short period of time having a conversation.
Robert De Niro is a legend. He is a very versatile actor from Taxi Driver to Godfather II to Goodfellas to even Dirty Grandpa. I strongly believe that critics do not give comedy the credit it deserves, that said De Niro deserves a break like you said FilmStack. There isn't many others that come close to him.
It's kinda funny since it went so Spielberg felt not mature enough for Schindler's List, so he passed for Marty to direct it. Marty just was pretty much fresh out from The Last Temptation that had gotten massive protests going and threats and crazy stuff happening that rattled him a bit. So he put it off with List, obviously it also having a theme that could go that way of having to stress the next years. Ok so Spielberg does Jurassic Park and Jaws which most importantly the latter for it's super hard shoot got him into mindset of him being ready for Schindler. He just had been prepping for Cape Fear remake while Scorsese had for finslly making Schindler, they still switched the projects head on in the end. Scorsese did do Kundun anyway in the 90's, but how do you even say no when a woman who has gotten an dalai lama to tell his life-story on paper and approaches you with making a movie about it 😂 So he did, it was tho for the Nepal subject matter kiinda kept a bit shush in terms that the movie is great and something that's kinda miracle that it have been able to be made and so accuratelly but not was never hailed as a big deal. Then ofc another pretty much a miracle is that he got to Finally make Silence (following the religious/spiritual theme) after wanting to do it since having read the book while doing The Last Temptation. It was last years any studio would have greenlit the project, I was suprised they even still did back then. Would not today no way, maaaybe thru streaming and even that's hard today with a proper budget (like Fincher got to do Mank a lot on his other merit for Netflix, it is quite purely made for cinephiles with a big budget). Just to say, while Schindler's List is obviously classic and it might seem crazy to switch the scripts. Then again, it was originally Spielberg's thing and Scorsese had his legit reasons. I just wonder what his take would have been. I kinda do agree with the criticism on the movie that it does have with Spielberg's hands that thing he almost seems to feel the need to do, the and then everything was ok in the end. Like atleast leave a glimmer of hope when the subject is straight up garnage and pandemonium, so there really should not be the feeling of hope for the dead (debatable). With Jaws it kinda irks me even more that Spileberg does not fully go to the horror mode and the classic score for example is barely played and instead it's a lot of this adventurous boys in this exploit music, when those parts should be tigtening the tension. He has a bit of that habit (while yes he is who he is as a director, still). While no I don't think neither movie is Ruined by the choices, I still DO wish Coen brothers had directed Bridge of Spies themselves. It stays quite mediocre and eeh Hank's is so wrong choice for it.. The Coen script is very much based on the mood you create around the whole thing happening and again, it feels a bit too light with Spielberg. Have zero problem that Jolie directing Coen's Unbroken, it is a fantastic movie. Anyway, I'm rambling on a tangent. Just find the switcharoo interesting.
I respect the opinions of other people, but for me De Niro is the GOAT actor. I consider his work in "Taxi Driver" as the best acting I've ever seen, closely followed by his work in "Raging Bull".
You know "Taxidriver" was a hit and then you think "King of Comedy" was "too bleak for audiences of the time". I've seen you call audiences from this time "less sophisticated". I don't know why you have this bizarre idea that cinema-goers are intellectually more sophisticated than they were in the 1970s and 80s when just looking at what succeeded should tell you otherwise. In the 1970s the average person read more and went to the theatre more often than young people today. I love your takes but the fact that you think we were all dummies gets annoying.
for some reason, people be trying to say this about all types of old media when its literally the opposite. Thank you for this, been reall annoyed too.
Exactly lmao. If filmgoers in the 70s were as dumb and unsophisticated as this guy thinks they are, then artful movies like Taxi Driver or King of Comedy would have never been made in the first place - there wouldn’t have been an audience for it.
The 'De Niro stomp' in Goodfellas' bar scene is so iconic that a Brittish comedian called Paul Kaye imitates it every time he stomps someone as his character Mike Strutter
I used to feel that way too .. until realizing that the character DeNiro plays in RL day to day is more disgusting than the most vile of any character he'splayed on screen. Don't ever meet your heroes .. you'll be VERY disappointed
As a theatre major i understand very well why DeNiro was very meticulous with his needs for preparation. Adler's method branched from Stanislavski's. Adler's methods were more of the circumstances around the character, as well as the props and costumes that brought out the soul of the character. Now it's more tamed than Strassberg's but it does get annoying. However, Adler's methods are more for those transformative actors who are willing to turn themselves into real characters. Basically lemme break it down: - Stanislavski's method is the blueprint. Analyzing the character's depth, goals, objectives, and backstory - Meiser's branched from Stanislavski's, but emphasis towards receiving and listening to your co-actors dialogues, and properly responding in tune to the co-actors behavior or mood. - Adler's branched from Stanislavski's, but more so of the circumstances around the character. Like where is he right now, what is the general mood of the scene or location, what is he wearing, what happened to him, what's the temperature in the location - Strassberg's also branched from Stanislavski's but this time it's more emphasized on BEING the character as well as living as the character until the show ends. This has been reflected a lot by Heath Ledger and Christian Bale by living as the character in and out of the rehearsal space or studio. They think as the character, they breath as the character, and they speak as the character
I think DeNiro was a wise choice for Joker, and he plays a stand in for the character of Jerry Louis with Joker drawing many parallels to King of Comedy. Very meta.
I think the 'why don't you try acting?' feels a little bit more legitimate coming from Olivier to a young Dustin Hoffman than from a TH-cam channel to Robert De Niro...
Legitimate advice doesn’t have to feel legit if in fact it is legit, nor does it really matter where it comes from. Wise people take good advice no matter the source, because they understand this.
@@NelsonStJamesimagine if John McEnroe were watching some new young tennis player who was going a bit young-ho in some early tournament matches and said "hey kid, pace yourself" because he thought he'd end up running out of stamina later on in matches. That kid ends up going out in a later round. In the final, Roger Federer comes flying out of the blocks and wins it 3-0. Some tennis TH-camr who never played tennis makes a video about Federer and says "slow down kid." It's not the same.
@@NelsonStJames right, but you accept that there are varying degrees of legitimacy, don't you? So one source can be more legitimate than another. To this guy the Dustin Hoffman one feels more legitimate, which is a subjective statement in the first place. Can't argue that. Also, you can't know if advice is good until you put it into practice. It can sound great and be shit, no doubt. Wisdom does not create immunity from being wrong.
I hate that story, especially since it may not have actually been what people think it is. And fuck Laurence Olivier, overrated ham. It’s. It like he showed up and just acted because he was so brilliant. You can see the effort in everything Olivier does as an actor. You could’ve easily said the same thing to Olivier.
You make such fantastic videos - incredible quality. Thought, time, and effort are evidently put into them. As a movie fan, I tip my hat and thank you for producing such great content.
I have about 40 films of De Niro in my collection and during the watching of your video I extended it by 1. Just bought "True Confessions" after you mentioned it. You inadvertently just sold the film to me!
Laurence Olivier, Peter O'Toole, Omar Sharif, Marlon Brando, Orson Wells, Gary Oldman, James Coburn, James Garner (I can keep going) are all better actors than De Niro. De Niro is a great actor, but there are better before him and after him.
How? He's only got 1 role "gilted "cool" guy with a grudge. It's embarrassing. He's more like Steven Seagal. Let's see him transform into an Englishman in Victorian times etc like Daniel day Lewis.
@@philmcclenaghan7056 you are the first guy I have ever met both online and in real life who thinks this of Denzel but I still respect your opinion of course :) Btw I think Daniel Day Lewis is also one of the greatest actors of all time. There Will Be Blood and Phantom Thread and My Left Foot are so good
While he’s deservedly hailed as great actor with “method” being his driving force, it was his role in Midnight Run that remains my favourite. He absolutely nailed the fact that Jack Walsh’s core tenet was integrity. He just wanted to do this last gig and retire with a coffee shop, that was his focus throughout and his integrity nearly cost him that at the end when he let Charles Grodin go, but fate decided to honour the spirit of the man and see him right. The pairing of De Niro and Grodin was inspired….to this day I’m hard pressed to remember a better duo in a film.
His performance in Taxi Driver is the role that I personally view as his finest. He is incredible in that movie and brought the character to life. The scene towards the end, where he holds his hand up to his head like a gun is one of the most iconic movie moments in my opinion.
I sometimes blush when DeNiro is clumsy in the film but it's (probably) deliberate. For instance when he fails to catch his sunglasses. I realise this is a character flaw, because in the first scene he drops the keys - and here I thought DeNiro was clumsy but was kept in the scene - and it was obviously deliberate; if he didn't stoop to pick them up. again his character would've been blown to smithereens. Oh, what about all them quotes from writer George Gallo? Fantastic.
@@StephenSE9 “Don’t move or I’ll shoot you right through the glass!” “Why weren’t you popular with the Chicago police department?” “If you don’t start cooperating, you’re gonna suffer from fistsphobia”. “Am I speaking to moron number one, or moron number two?” “Sir…that must mean Walsh has your identification” “Agent Foster Grant!” “Eddie, I swear to you, I’m gonna shoot him in the head and dump him in a swamp” (glances to Grodin and shakes head vigorously) “You two guys better start getting more personally involved in your work or I’m gonna fly over there and stab you through the fucking heart with a pencil” “You guys…are the DUMBEST bounty hunters I’ve ever seen!” “The names Carmine, fucko” I’ve come too far….toooooo far” “Ye know Jack, I can’t help but think, maybe if we’d done business way back when, you wouldn’t be standing here lookin’ like a guy with a fuckin’ cup in his hand” “I’M MOSLEY!!” “Jah-hey everyone, Jah-hey…I can say hello in 14 different languages….not yours mind you” “Why don’t you quit…it’d be cheaper for both of us”
I love Midnight Run, easily De Niro’s best comedy film. I go back and watch it every few years. Perfect synergy between De Niro and Groden..great casting across the board too. “These sunglasses, they’re really nice. Are they government issue, or do all of you guys go to the same store together”
It’s worth mentioning that first the last 10-20 years de Nero was going through a devorce with a woman that was pretty much sucking him dry financially. He had to pay quite a bit to keep up with it and he was lucky in the fact that he’s one of the biggest actors in the world. There’s a good chance she would have semi retired earlier on only taking roles that interested him but his funds were being drained quite a bit. In saying that you can tell he still enjoys acting. You can say what you will about bad grandpa but he is probably the funniest part of the movie and his comedic timing is amazing and you can tell he had a great time on set with those guys.
Really hate how WB canceled two of his upcoming film projects just for his Joker 2 comments, say what you want about his opinions, this guy is a great actor and he should be given a few more roles in the time he has left. Because once he goes the world loses another wonderfully talented and dedicated man
I'm honestly kinda impressed by the simple fact that he's become a man of so many kills in his pursuit of thespianic perfection. And should he quit one day or even decide to break off from it all. He can remake himself in any way he wants. He's an admirable man in that aspect. Very few people can do that so easily.
You know you're a great actor when you have great roles that get forgotten. People barely bring up King of Comedy (until The Joker) and Cape Fear is so overlooked even I forget it. 😂😂😂
After Casino, De Niro's legacy was pretty much carved in stone. He reached the peak and deserved to phone it in for $$$ for the rest of his career. Anything after that point that we get and is gold, is just gravy.
No one "deserves" to phone it in. You take on a job then you agree to try at it and not try and scam their money. It's disgusting behavior. You wouldn't and shouldn't do that in a regular job.
Kudos. Nice broadcast. I am impressed. Equally impressive is exactly how many of De Niro's films I have enjoyed during my lifespan. What a zeitgeist shared! Hooray.
I absolutely can't stand post Trump De Niro, but his skills as an actor cannot be denied. It's even more impressive to know that he dropped out of high school at 16. His career seems to be a mixture of luck due to the opportunities given and talent to knock those roles out of the park. Imagine how many talented actors are out there, but lack the opportunities.
10:46. I got to give it to him, any actor who approaches their own ( sometimes scary ) stalkers to better portray stalkers on screen, is worthy of his laurels. I bet that move made a few rethink their life choices. Good going Bob.
De Niro pushing his thumb into Juliette Lewis' mouth in Cape Fear is an amazing scene (though probably breaks every intimacy coordinator rule going, especially given the age difference). She sells it absolutely perfectly as well, despite the shock.
For some reason a lot of people fully believe the subscriber number is the 'Rating'. What you might find with this channel is he has a very dedicated 75K who watch closely with some very impressive viewing hours. This can be far far more valuable than many 150k or higher subscirber channels. Subscirbers is not the 'ranking or rating' of a thing.
I gotta say, Rupert Pupkin is my favorite as well. Dirty Grandpa was a surprise, he coulda phoned in his performance, but it was much better than I expected. That whole movie was, actually.
Wait a minute! A lot of those films are very very good. Like The Good Shepherd (2006), Heat (1995), Backdraft (1991), Goodfellas (1990), The Godfather Part II (1974), The Untouchables (1987), The Irishman (2019), True Confessions (1981), Cape Fear (1991).
@@Rxke They say "The Good Shepherd" is a fictionalized account of the early days of the CIA, blending historical facts with dramatic elements to explore the complexity of intelligence work, and its impact on individual lives. BUT What they don't tell you is that it's actually about George W. Bush and his father George H. W. Bush. They say that George H. W. Bush left the CIA January 10, 1977, which isn't true. In reality he left in 1990 when he was 66 years old.
I dunno. They are all super old and your nostalgia is tinting it for you. I saw heat for the first time last year and to be honest, it was pretty crap.
Love the way he immerses himself in the characters. So different from, say, Tom Cruise, who always plays Tom Cruise's fantasy of Tom Cruise. Very appreciate your exhaustive list of his performances, too, Mr.@FilmStack. Didn't realize how many I haven't even seen.😳 Will start catching up by watching The Irishman and Rocky & Bullwinkle.
Rourke was a method actor as well and a huge fan of De Niro. If im not mistaken, up to that point had cited De Niro as an inspiration for becoming an actor because Rourke didn't really consider himself one at the time. He was a boxer. Rourke took the role because of De Niro being the heavy and wanting to meet his inspiration, when De NIro refused to speak to him, took it as a personal slight. Interesting though considering he was also a method actor, who had a reputation for being "difficult" to work with.
Very good and enjoyable documentary. DeNiro is one of my favourite actors making this hugely watchable. But...if it was Opera that told you he PLAYED Frankenstein...well...you may need to consider changing your browser. On the whole a very good, professionally made video.
I don't care what people say about de Niro, but he is awesome at what he does. And I don't care what people say, dirty grandpa has funny moments that hit the dirty and dark humor side of me.
Sorry but Dirty Grandpa was absolutely hilarious. I know it was cheesy, I know it was vulgar, I don't care. That movie had me belly laughing the whole time. Reminded me of the kind of laughs I got as a kid watching American Pie for the first time. It was surely not his best role, but who cares. It was just silly fun.
His best role will forever be in the Raging bull. The domestic violence in that movie is far too realistic, the toxic relationship they portray is spot on, his alcoholism, his trust issues and so much more. Deniro depicted Jake LaMotta to perfection
The Deer Hunter is my Favorite film. And i say Roberts best. I really wish people would talk and ask hin more about what he thought of that film years later. The Awakenings in another great film he played in.
I have a game, whenever I see an actor I search if he ever played together with Robert de Niro. And there arent too many A list actors who didnt work at least once with him. He is like Hollywood himself.
DeNiro should have been given a cameo role in The Sopranos. The Mayor of Munchkinland perhaps. "Not the Belt Parkway, but the Eastern Parkway."...pow!...pow!....pow!
On topic of his saxophone playing being dubbed..the training isn't about the sound, it's about the look. I can't play worth shit sound wise but I can tell when watching whether someone knows how to play or not..knowing how and being good at are two different things and it's okay to not be good at something, better than faking knowing how to do something
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But for those who just want to know what was cut, here is a list of the missing facts:
- He initially auditioned for a part in the first film
- De Niro's role as the young Vito Corleone only had 17 words in English, with the rest being in Italian in the Sicilian dialect. He spent months in Sicily to prepare, taking language courses and absorbing local behaviors
- He won an Oscar for Best Supporting Actor for this role
lol nope, fck that China spyware
Taxi Driver is one of the most hypnotic movies I have ever seen.
It doesn't even seem like acting.
He's been easily one of the best actors of 50 of the last 60 years - nobody can ever top that record.
even better than Mark Hammill?
@@planetclay
Mark Hammill is the best at his job. But De Niro is a different type of beest.
@@turnermarius4471 i thought Mark Hammill's job was to cry about Trump....
i'll have to ask his agent.
He is also an alledged pdfile, but that doesn't count does it? De Niro is a weirdo, and a hypocrite.
@@AgentLemmon"alleged" i can say greta thunberg is pdfile and u will believe it?
The dynamic between DeNiro, Pesci, and Stone in Casino is one of the most disturbingly realistic interactions I've seen in film. I've dated a few "You're so nice to me" girls who abused drugs. Spot on.
Its pathetic all of em but deniro's charecter can and wants to provide a stable home to raise her inn, pesci character fucking stone is his true death scene. Hes a piece of shit after that.
Sounds like your pickers broken.
Bragging about dating disgusting drug addicts isn't the flex you think it is
I know exactly what you're saying. Casino is an amazing thing. Watching it right now actually. The depths of human greed and fallibility. They all did their job and make it over and over watchable. Sharon Stone and Joe Pesci went to places most humans can never fathom only to present a reality that we marvel after over and over and over.
@@invisibot6 movie has no arc but or real ending i like it not being a hater the scene where the plane lands on the golf coarse is hilarious and the agents run past them. Look at these Cock suckers they ran out of fuel. that actually happened too. 😂😂😂😂
Sicilian isn't a dialect of Italian. It's a much older language than Italian. Most Sicilians understand Italian but most Italians don't understand Sicilian very well.
For DeNiro to learn enough Sicilian to come off as fluent is incredible.
I've never heard of that before. So, I looked it up. Shocking.
I grew up surrounded by Sicilian kids, in the old neighbourhood. There was always the mention of how the Sicilian language was dissimilar. But I never knew it as separate languages. The difference between Mandarin and Cantonese, would be a close comparison.
@@robertlee4172 Solid comparison.
Much like how Sicilian evolved from vulgar Latin with influences from Arabic, Greek etc, and was spoken before Italian and before Italy was unified, Cantonese is much older Madarin and many words used today in Cantonese were spoken in ancient Chinese poetry and writings. It's also a much more guttural sound, as in it comes from lower in the body. There's a Canadian comedian and linguist who's fluent in Mandarin who made a great observation about this. I'll comment again shortly with a couple of videos.
@@robertlee4172
His name is Dashan (his Chinese name). He makes some great observations and I definitely recommend his channel if you're interested in language.
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@@robertlee4172 it was speaked before italian in sicily.
Cape Fear. Casino. Heat. The Fan. Goodfellas. The Deer Hunter. The Irishman. My favorite actor - Bob Deniro
Once upon a time in America?
The Irishman is a waste of time. But Jackie Brown is gold.
Godfather 2❤
The Godfather, Taxi driver, Analyse this,
Don't forget the classic Midnight Run and the hilarious Meet The Fockers
Robert De Niro and Al Pacino legends of the game !!!
I've said this about quite a few actors and it holds truly for DeNiro: he's often the best thing whenever he's in a very bad movie!
That scene in Heat in the coffee shop with Al Pacino is rather amazing. They look like two veteran warriors, no longer young men, but not out of their prime. Both are forces of nature ready to collide, but for the short period of time having a conversation.
Robert De Niro is a legend. He is a very versatile actor from Taxi Driver to Godfather II to Goodfellas to even Dirty Grandpa. I strongly believe that critics do not give comedy the credit it deserves, that said De Niro deserves a break like you said FilmStack.
There isn't many others that come close to him.
Cape Fear is such an underrated flick!
No it isnt
@@Don-mp6pqIt is though. Sure I wouldn't put it in Scorsese's 10 best, but it's still great. And De Niro is amazing. I find it underrated too
Yes it is in Scorsese's top 10best. @@Ryan79345
It's kinda funny since it went so Spielberg felt not mature enough for Schindler's List, so he passed for Marty to direct it. Marty just was pretty much fresh out from The Last Temptation that had gotten massive protests going and threats and crazy stuff happening that rattled him a bit. So he put it off with List, obviously it also having a theme that could go that way of having to stress the next years. Ok so Spielberg does Jurassic Park and Jaws which most importantly the latter for it's super hard shoot got him into mindset of him being ready for Schindler. He just had been prepping for Cape Fear remake while Scorsese had for finslly making Schindler, they still switched the projects head on in the end. Scorsese did do Kundun anyway in the 90's, but how do you even say no when a woman who has gotten an dalai lama to tell his life-story on paper and approaches you with making a movie about it 😂 So he did, it was tho for the Nepal subject matter kiinda kept a bit shush in terms that the movie is great and something that's kinda miracle that it have been able to be made and so accuratelly but not was never hailed as a big deal. Then ofc another pretty much a miracle is that he got to Finally make Silence (following the religious/spiritual theme) after wanting to do it since having read the book while doing The Last Temptation. It was last years any studio would have greenlit the project, I was suprised they even still did back then. Would not today no way, maaaybe thru streaming and even that's hard today with a proper budget (like Fincher got to do Mank a lot on his other merit for Netflix, it is quite purely made for cinephiles with a big budget).
Just to say, while Schindler's List is obviously classic and it might seem crazy to switch the scripts. Then again, it was originally Spielberg's thing and Scorsese had his legit reasons. I just wonder what his take would have been. I kinda do agree with the criticism on the movie that it does have with Spielberg's hands that thing he almost seems to feel the need to do, the and then everything was ok in the end. Like atleast leave a glimmer of hope when the subject is straight up garnage and pandemonium, so there really should not be the feeling of hope for the dead (debatable). With Jaws it kinda irks me even more that Spileberg does not fully go to the horror mode and the classic score for example is barely played and instead it's a lot of this adventurous boys in this exploit music, when those parts should be tigtening the tension. He has a bit of that habit (while yes he is who he is as a director, still). While no I don't think neither movie is Ruined by the choices, I still DO wish Coen brothers had directed Bridge of Spies themselves. It stays quite mediocre and eeh Hank's is so wrong choice for it.. The Coen script is very much based on the mood you create around the whole thing happening and again, it feels a bit too light with Spielberg. Have zero problem that Jolie directing Coen's Unbroken, it is a fantastic movie. Anyway, I'm rambling on a tangent. Just find the switcharoo interesting.
Actually, the original was very thrilling.
I respect the opinions of other people, but for me De Niro is the GOAT actor. I consider his work in "Taxi Driver" as the best acting I've ever seen, closely followed by his work in "Raging Bull".
You know "Taxidriver" was a hit and then you think "King of Comedy" was "too bleak for audiences of the time". I've seen you call audiences from this time "less sophisticated". I don't know why you have this bizarre idea that cinema-goers are intellectually more sophisticated than they were in the 1970s and 80s when just looking at what succeeded should tell you otherwise. In the 1970s the average person read more and went to the theatre more often than young people today. I love your takes but the fact that you think we were all dummies gets annoying.
I love The King of Comedy! It's so delightfully weird.
for some reason, people be trying to say this about all types of old media when its literally the opposite. Thank you for this, been reall annoyed too.
Exactly lmao. If filmgoers in the 70s were as dumb and unsophisticated as this guy thinks they are, then artful movies like Taxi Driver or King of Comedy would have never been made in the first place - there wouldn’t have been an audience for it.
He's my personal greatest actor of all time
De Niro was so incredibly attractive in the 70s.
I wanted to be Johnny from Mean Streets lol
De Niro as Jimmy in Goodfellas is the best performance/character I've ever seen.
The 'De Niro stomp' in Goodfellas' bar scene is so iconic that a Brittish comedian called Paul Kaye imitates it every time he stomps someone as his character Mike Strutter
Then you've never seen There will be blood.
Glad that you made a video on my favorite actor ever! A suggestion for the next actor video is the great Philip Seymour Hoffman
Oh that’s a good one! Thanks for the suggestion!
I used to feel that way too .. until realizing that the character DeNiro plays in RL day to day is more disgusting than the most vile of any character he'splayed on screen. Don't ever meet your heroes .. you'll be VERY disappointed
Both DeNiro & Hoffman are pretty terrific in Flawless.
I have over 60 of his films on DVD, the guy is an absolute legend! Best actor ever in my eyes.
As a theatre major i understand very well why DeNiro was very meticulous with his needs for preparation. Adler's method branched from Stanislavski's. Adler's methods were more of the circumstances around the character, as well as the props and costumes that brought out the soul of the character. Now it's more tamed than Strassberg's but it does get annoying. However, Adler's methods are more for those transformative actors who are willing to turn themselves into real characters. Basically lemme break it down:
- Stanislavski's method is the blueprint. Analyzing the character's depth, goals, objectives, and backstory
- Meiser's branched from Stanislavski's, but emphasis towards receiving and listening to your co-actors dialogues, and properly responding in tune to the co-actors behavior or mood.
- Adler's branched from Stanislavski's, but more so of the circumstances around the character. Like where is he right now, what is the general mood of the scene or location, what is he wearing, what happened to him, what's the temperature in the location
- Strassberg's also branched from Stanislavski's but this time it's more emphasized on BEING the character as well as living as the character until the show ends. This has been reflected a lot by Heath Ledger and Christian Bale by living as the character in and out of the rehearsal space or studio. They think as the character, they breath as the character, and they speak as the character
I think DeNiro was a wise choice for Joker, and he plays a stand in for the character of Jerry Louis with Joker drawing many parallels to King of Comedy. Very meta.
I think the 'why don't you try acting?' feels a little bit more legitimate coming from Olivier to a young Dustin Hoffman than from a TH-cam channel to Robert De Niro...
Legitimate advice doesn’t have to feel legit if in fact it is legit, nor does it really matter where it comes from. Wise people take good advice no matter the source, because they understand this.
@@NelsonStJamesimagine if John McEnroe were watching some new young tennis player who was going a bit young-ho in some early tournament matches and said "hey kid, pace yourself" because he thought he'd end up running out of stamina later on in matches. That kid ends up going out in a later round.
In the final, Roger Federer comes flying out of the blocks and wins it 3-0. Some tennis TH-camr who never played tennis makes a video about Federer and says "slow down kid."
It's not the same.
@@NelsonStJames right, but you accept that there are varying degrees of legitimacy, don't you? So one source can be more legitimate than another. To this guy the Dustin Hoffman one feels more legitimate, which is a subjective statement in the first place. Can't argue that.
Also, you can't know if advice is good until you put it into practice. It can sound great and be shit, no doubt. Wisdom does not create immunity from being wrong.
@@XhoowieX Advice isn't retroactive
I hate that story, especially since it may not have actually been what people think it is. And fuck Laurence Olivier, overrated ham. It’s. It like he showed up and just acted because he was so brilliant. You can see the effort in everything Olivier does as an actor. You could’ve easily said the same thing to Olivier.
Looking at what he went through with The Deer hunter, that has to be why he turn down apocalypse now.
@@artistjim114 I don't think he was offered Apocalypse Now. Pacino and Nicholson were.
@@Revolver1981 That's how good he is. He was never even offered the part and he STILL turned it down🤣🤣🤣
Apocalypse was actually filmed before Deer Hunter. It just took so long it came out later.
You make such fantastic videos - incredible quality. Thought, time, and effort are evidently put into them. As a movie fan, I tip my hat and thank you for producing such great content.
Thanks, it means a lot!
I have about 40 films of De Niro in my collection and during the watching of your video I extended it by 1. Just bought "True Confessions" after you mentioned it. You inadvertently just sold the film to me!
I don't know what more you want from him bro. He The G.O.A.T no one is or has ever been better.
The very best actors are on a live stage.
I would have wanted that he didn't fiddle with kids in his real life for one;
Laurence Olivier, Peter O'Toole, Omar Sharif, Marlon Brando, Orson Wells, Gary Oldman, James Coburn, James Garner (I can keep going) are all better actors than De Niro. De Niro is a great actor, but there are better before him and after him.
@@AgentLemmonDon't spend too much time in truth social 😂
@@user-gw1xl8tf6j Nah, just payed attention.
Wow, I didn’t realize De Niro was a peetty built man in the 60’s and early 70’s. I hardly recognized him
Haha yeah definitely changed over the years, especially during the 2000s
He could change his body, depending on role.
What the hell does peetty mean?
@@Revolver1981
I concur sir, what in all hell does peetty mean?
I think OP wanted to say 'petit' ...peetty 😂 basically smaller build/slender... to me he looked ripped
You should also make a video about Denzel Washington. Also imo one of the best actors there currently are
How? He's only got 1 role "gilted "cool" guy with a grudge. It's embarrassing. He's more like Steven Seagal. Let's see him transform into an Englishman in Victorian times etc like Daniel day Lewis.
@@philmcclenaghan7056 you are the first guy I have ever met both online and in real life who thinks this of Denzel but I still respect your opinion of course :)
Btw I think Daniel Day Lewis is also one of the greatest actors of all time. There Will Be Blood and Phantom Thread and My Left Foot are so good
While he’s deservedly hailed as great actor with “method” being his driving force, it was his role in Midnight Run that remains my favourite. He absolutely nailed the fact that Jack Walsh’s core tenet was integrity. He just wanted to do this last gig and retire with a coffee shop, that was his focus throughout and his integrity nearly cost him that at the end when he let Charles Grodin go, but fate decided to honour the spirit of the man and see him right.
The pairing of De Niro and Grodin was inspired….to this day I’m hard pressed to remember a better duo in a film.
His performance in Taxi Driver is the role that I personally view as his finest. He is incredible in that movie and brought the character to life. The scene towards the end, where he holds his hand up to his head like a gun is one of the most iconic movie moments in my opinion.
I sometimes blush when DeNiro is clumsy in the film but it's (probably) deliberate. For instance when he fails to catch his sunglasses. I realise this is a character flaw, because in the first scene he drops the keys - and here I thought DeNiro was clumsy but was kept in the scene - and it was obviously deliberate; if he didn't stoop to pick them up. again his character would've been blown to smithereens.
Oh, what about all them quotes from writer George Gallo? Fantastic.
@@StephenSE9
“Don’t move or I’ll shoot you right through the glass!”
“Why weren’t you popular with the Chicago police department?”
“If you don’t start cooperating, you’re gonna suffer from fistsphobia”.
“Am I speaking to moron number one, or moron number two?”
“Sir…that must mean Walsh has your identification”
“Agent Foster Grant!”
“Eddie, I swear to you, I’m gonna shoot him in the head and dump him in a swamp” (glances to Grodin and shakes head vigorously)
“You two guys better start getting more personally involved in your work or I’m gonna fly over there and stab you through the fucking heart with a pencil”
“You guys…are the DUMBEST bounty hunters I’ve ever seen!”
“The names Carmine, fucko”
I’ve come too far….toooooo far”
“Ye know Jack, I can’t help but think, maybe if we’d done business way back when, you wouldn’t be standing here lookin’ like a guy with a fuckin’ cup in his hand”
“I’M MOSLEY!!”
“Jah-hey everyone, Jah-hey…I can say hello in 14 different languages….not yours mind you”
“Why don’t you quit…it’d be cheaper for both of us”
I love Midnight Run, easily De Niro’s best comedy film. I go back and watch it every few years. Perfect synergy between De Niro and Groden..great casting across the board too.
“These sunglasses, they’re really nice. Are they government issue, or do all of you guys go to the same store together”
It’s worth mentioning that first the last 10-20 years de Nero was going through a devorce with a woman that was pretty much sucking him dry financially. He had to pay quite a bit to keep up with it and he was lucky in the fact that he’s one of the biggest actors in the world. There’s a good chance she would have semi retired earlier on only taking roles that interested him but his funds were being drained quite a bit. In saying that you can tell he still enjoys acting. You can say what you will about bad grandpa but he is probably the funniest part of the movie and his comedic timing is amazing and you can tell he had a great time on set with those guys.
Really hate how WB canceled two of his upcoming film projects just for his Joker 2 comments, say what you want about his opinions, this guy is a great actor and he should be given a few more roles in the time he has left. Because once he goes the world loses another wonderfully talented and dedicated man
What projects?
Simply the G.O.A.T.
I'm honestly kinda impressed by the simple fact that he's become a man of so many kills in his pursuit of thespianic perfection. And should he quit one day or even decide to break off from it all. He can remake himself in any way he wants.
He's an admirable man in that aspect. Very few people can do that so easily.
You know you're a great actor when you have great roles that get forgotten. People barely bring up King of Comedy (until The Joker) and Cape Fear is so overlooked even I forget it. 😂😂😂
After Casino, De Niro's legacy was pretty much carved in stone. He reached the peak and deserved to phone it in for $$$ for the rest of his career. Anything after that point that we get and is gold, is just gravy.
No one "deserves" to phone it in. You take on a job then you agree to try at it and not try and scam their money. It's disgusting behavior. You wouldn't and shouldn't do that in a regular job.
Kudos. Nice broadcast. I am impressed. Equally impressive is exactly how many of De Niro's films I have enjoyed during my lifespan. What a zeitgeist shared! Hooray.
A really beautiful and great video, thank you
20:30 An actor takes what he can.
De Niro is my all-time favorite actor!!!
I absolutely can't stand post Trump De Niro, but his skills as an actor cannot be denied. It's even more impressive to know that he dropped out of high school at 16. His career seems to be a mixture of luck due to the opportunities given and talent to knock those roles out of the park. Imagine how many talented actors are out there, but lack the opportunities.
the boomers, they had that smorgasbord of job opportunities
@@DaniDogenigt The sad part is once they got those opportunities they made damn sure it was going to be harder for the next generations.
He has terminal TDS. Sad to see.
@@DaniDogenigtYou do know De Niro is a silenter not a boomer.
10:46. I got to give it to him, any actor who approaches their own ( sometimes scary ) stalkers to better portray stalkers on screen, is worthy of his laurels. I bet that move made a few rethink their life choices. Good going Bob.
I just watched cape fear for the 1st time recently. My god de niro was TERRIFYING
De Niro pushing his thumb into Juliette Lewis' mouth in Cape Fear is an amazing scene (though probably breaks every intimacy coordinator rule going, especially given the age difference).
She sells it absolutely perfectly as well, despite the shock.
I can’t believe your channel does not have more followers, it would be well earned!
For some reason a lot of people fully believe the subscriber number is the 'Rating'. What you might find with this channel is he has a very dedicated 75K who watch closely with some very impressive viewing hours. This can be far far more valuable than many 150k or higher subscirber channels. Subscirbers is not the 'ranking or rating' of a thing.
he is thee Greatest actor of all time-imop.
As an aside, Rickles has a story he's told about roasting DeNiro and how DeNiro LOVED it.
How did Limitless get left out? He turned in a very good performance in a film that ended up being rather influential.
Caino, Goodfellas, Heat, Cape Fear, fantastic
this man has made some of the best films of all time!!! he adds alot to a film even if he has small roles!!
One of the finest actors ever…his role in goodfellas as Jimmy the Gent is fantastic…
Dirty Grandpa is a underrated movie. Efron is a funny guy, too. (See also; Baywatch.)
I’m ngl dirty grandpa was an enjoyable watch, ratings might have been ass but it was definitely a good laugh
Deniro and Denzel are my all time favorite actors
I gotta say, Rupert Pupkin is my favorite as well. Dirty Grandpa was a surprise, he coulda phoned in his performance, but it was much better than I expected. That whole movie was, actually.
Best actor of all time ❤
Wait a minute! A lot of those films are very very good. Like The Good Shepherd (2006), Heat (1995), Backdraft (1991), Goodfellas (1990), The Godfather Part II (1974), The Untouchables (1987), The Irishman (2019), True Confessions (1981), Cape Fear (1991).
The Good Sheperd for me is somehow the most gut wrenching bleak movie I've ever seen. Crazy good but not for everybody, obviously.
@@Rxke Do you know what the movie is really about, because most people don't know?
@@cimbakahn For me it was +not+ about the history of the CIA, if that's what you mean?
@@Rxke They say "The Good Shepherd" is a fictionalized account of the early days of the CIA, blending historical facts with dramatic elements to explore the complexity of intelligence work, and its impact on individual lives.
BUT
What they don't tell you is that it's actually about George W. Bush and his father George H. W. Bush. They say that George H. W. Bush left the CIA January 10, 1977, which isn't true. In reality he left in 1990 when he was 66 years old.
I dunno. They are all super old and your nostalgia is tinting it for you. I saw heat for the first time last year and to be honest, it was pretty crap.
Holy crap, DeNiro's dad looks just like a young Sean Penn. Or kind of a cross between Penn and James Dean.
could you imagine being an iron worker and DeNiro wants to sit down and chat with you? mustve been unforgettable for those guys
Love the way he immerses himself in the characters. So different from, say, Tom Cruise, who always plays Tom Cruise's fantasy of Tom Cruise. Very appreciate your exhaustive list of his performances, too, Mr.@FilmStack. Didn't realize how many I haven't even seen.😳 Will start catching up by watching The Irishman and Rocky & Bullwinkle.
I thought this channel had at least a million subs O_O.. I watched the whole thing non stop, very well made video thank you!
His performance in Killer in the Flower is so good.
"How to look busy at work?" I love it :3
What a career! Heat is one of my favourite films. Ronin is great too - very much underrated.
DeNiro is my favorite actor of all time ❤️
The man is a legend in his body of art
Casino is one of my favorite movies. It's a true classic.
Rourke was a method actor as well and a huge fan of De Niro. If im not mistaken, up to that point had cited De Niro as an inspiration for becoming an actor because Rourke didn't really consider himself one at the time. He was a boxer. Rourke took the role because of De Niro being the heavy and wanting to meet his inspiration, when De NIro refused to speak to him, took it as a personal slight. Interesting though considering he was also a method actor, who had a reputation for being "difficult" to work with.
Goodfellas still gives me goosebumps to think about.
Enjoyed this video and definitely gonna have to check out some of these movie
Very good and enjoyable documentary.
DeNiro is one of my favourite actors making this hugely watchable.
But...if it was Opera that told you he PLAYED Frankenstein...well...you may need to consider changing your browser.
On the whole a very good, professionally made video.
I’m surprised you never mention his role as Vito Corleone in The Godfather Pt 2 🤔
a Bronx tale is one of my fav Robert de Niro movies
Tbh in some movies I actually kind of forget he is just an actor. Especially Casino. It looks like a documentary sometimes
It doesn't have to be perfect to be amazing and admirable.
A great actor who now believes he is one of the tough guys he betrays rather then the adult is dress-ups playing make believe that he is.
Yeah similar to a billionaire celebrity thinking he's a politician when he's not.
We all know his best role was in Stardust. Nothing topped that.
I don't care what people say about de Niro, but he is awesome at what he does. And I don't care what people say, dirty grandpa has funny moments that hit the dirty and dark humor side of me.
Sorry but Dirty Grandpa was absolutely hilarious. I know it was cheesy, I know it was vulgar, I don't care. That movie had me belly laughing the whole time. Reminded me of the kind of laughs I got as a kid watching American Pie for the first time. It was surely not his best role, but who cares. It was just silly fun.
And the only time I LOL'd in the video was at the clip from DG 😂
Purple draannnnkk
His portrayal of Max Cady in Cape fear is one of the most unsettling characters ever imo.
Councilor....Come out, come out wherever you are....😱
Ironically, The king of Comedy is his best performance in my opinion😂😂😂
still the greatest actor ever.
Seriously one of my favourite actors.
His best role will forever be in the Raging bull. The domestic violence in that movie is far too realistic, the toxic relationship they portray is spot on, his alcoholism, his trust issues and so much more. Deniro depicted Jake LaMotta to perfection
Also became a legit good boxer for it
"Your mother's an animal" legend
you make good videos boss man
Honorable mention, his role in Sleepers.
The Deer Hunter is my Favorite film. And i say Roberts best. I really wish people would talk and ask hin more about what he thought of that film years later.
The Awakenings in another great film he played in.
Excellent video!
A Bronx Tale is such a great movie.
What if when 2001 a space odyssey never released
Too bad he went crazy from the TDS.
I have a game, whenever I see an actor I search if he ever played together with Robert de Niro. And there arent too many A list actors who didnt work at least once with him. He is like Hollywood himself.
Stardust is a beautiful film and he was fantastic in it.
DeNiro should have been given a cameo role in The Sopranos. The Mayor of Munchkinland perhaps.
"Not the Belt Parkway, but the Eastern Parkway."...pow!...pow!....pow!
Can you even imagine your life if Scorsese lets that depression keep him from making another film?
Goodfellas, "Sunshine of Your Love", and Bobby D make smoking cool again.
I love that he approached his own stalkers and asked them what's it like to be a stalker
What If Disney had the rights to the Transformers film series instead of ParaMount
Seems like many people want a new “what if” video, had a few planned so will definitely try to get one out soon!
@@FilmStackThanks for letting me know
He has had a great career. He is over 80. He does not need to prove anything, to anybody.
Guilty By Suspicion maybe flopped but it's actually good movie.
On topic of his saxophone playing being dubbed..the training isn't about the sound, it's about the look. I can't play worth shit sound wise but I can tell when watching whether someone knows how to play or not..knowing how and being good at are two different things and it's okay to not be good at something, better than faking knowing how to do something
The Good Shepherd is actually worth a watch. Especially if you like the Cold War, spy thrillers etc.