In the last issue, "The Legendary Godfather" Al Pacino"! One of the greatest actors in the history of cinema! We talked about the legend of "Al Pacino", since we mentioned "Al Pacino", we can't help but mention "Robert De Niro", two superstars of the same era, the same "Godfather" spokesman. The two of them are always compared by movie fans, who is better? Who's more bullish? Who won more prizes? ...... Presumably, even if you were given a thousand years of arguments, there would be no answer.
"Al Pacino" (left) "Robert De Nile" (right)
Speaking of the origin of the two people, it is really cut and messed up.
"Al Pacino" and "Robert De Niro", also born in the 40s of the last century, the same born in New York, the same Italian blood, the same childhood parents divorced, the same love of acting, the same reputation for "The Godfather", the same domination of the United States "gangster film", the same acting and excellent director, the same Oscar, the same lifetime achievement award, the same from the film to the present 50 years, the same film history of one of the greatest actors!
Al Pacino and Robert De Niro, two godfather-level movie emperors!
Two people, each leading the way in their own independent films! And when the two work together, there is always a wonderful chemical reaction, with tacit understanding, the heart has a sharp mind, so that the audience is addicted! It can be called the "strongest partner" in the history of Hollywood cinema!
In 2019, the 79-year-old "Al Pacino" and the 76-year-old "Robert De Niro" collaborated for the fourth time - the American gangster epic film "The Irishman", directed by the legendary American "Gangster" director, 77-year-old Martin Scorsese.
The Irishman's heroic twilight work
Three and a half hours long, calm and quiet, like peeling back the cocoon, a gangster story, slowly coming. In my opinion, "The Irishman" is more like a screen summary and curtain call of several American national treasures.
At the 92nd Oscars, "The Irishman" won 10 nominations, but in the end, it did not receive anything. I have to sigh that an era is over - with the aging of the previous generation of legends.
Four old people who add up to nearly 300 years old, the curtain call of a generation of legendary superstars
Although the film of the two people has ended, the legend is far from over.
Today, "Number One Silhouette" commemorates his legend and continues his legend with the story of "Robert De Niro".
In 1943, when 3-year-old Al Pacino was playing in the streets of 14th Street B Avenue in Manhattan, New York, Robert De Niro was born in another neighborhood of New York.
Like Al Pacino, Robert De Niro is of Italian descent. Unlike the Al Pacino family situation, Robert De Niro was born into an artistic family, his parents divorced at the age of two, and De Niro lived with his mother.
De Niro, who entered the show business circle and worked hard
At the age of 16, De Niro began to study acting and played small roles in some films.
In the 1960s, De Niro began to gradually lead the film.
In the 70s, De Niro officially became famous and began to enter the glory era!
In 1973, he became famous in Martin Scorsese's Poor Streets!
De Niro in Poor Streets
The film earned him the New York Film Critics Association Award and the National Film Critics Association Award. In the same year, he was nominated for an Oscar for "War Drums Whispering", and his acting talent began to attract attention.
De Niro in War Drums Whisper
Since then, Robert De Niro, with his all-round acting talent, has overpowered Hollywood and shined in various genres with very different styles! He can not only play the fierce gangsters, but also show his funny talent in comedies such as "Midnight Run", "Wagging Dog", "The Boss Leans Over" and "Meet Your Father-in-Law".
De Niro switched freely between various genres.
As "Al Pacino" was impressed when he first met "Robert de Niro": "There is a special energy in him, and I can't even understand that energy, but I can feel it."
Of all the characters Robert De Niro has portrayed, the most famous is the complex young "Godfather Generation" in 1974's Godfather 2! He also won best supporting actor at the 47th Academy Awards for this role.
De Niro's mature acting skills in "The Godfather 2"
After that, De Niro is like opening and hanging! Together with "Al Pacino" to dominate the screen in the 70s, one after another was born, and several of his important masterpieces were from this period.
Among them was the 1976 critically acclaimed feature film Taxi Driver, for which De Niro was nominated for Best Actor at the 49th Academy Awards for the first time.
After "Taxi Driver", De Niro took the "Mohican" head shape on fire!
Then, in 1978, he starred in the famous war film "Deer Hunter", and De Niro was nominated for Best Actor at the 51st Academy Awards.
De Niro in Deer Hunter
Also, in 1980, De Niro starred in the biographical film "Angry Bull", which perfectly portrayed a stubborn, unrealistically compromised generation of boxers, from success to failure.
"Raging Bull" De Niro won the Oscar for Best Actor
For this role, De Niro gained 60 pounds, breaking a record for Hollywood at the time to gain weight for the film. And with the free performance tension of personality, the king of boxing before and after the combatant youth and the slippery fat man image of the easy switch, Robert De Niro finally won the 53rd Academy Awards Best Actor Award!
De Niro, who won the Oscar for Best Actor for "Angry Bull"
In 6 years, every 2 years, a classic work came out and was crowned god in the final battle! De Niro relies not on luck, but on absolute strength!
The year he won the Oscar, Robert De Niro was only 37 years old! Exactly 13 years before Al Pacino's Oscar!
Compared with Pacino, De Niro's acting career development has been smooth, and he has not experienced Pacino's acting lows. During Pacino's four years of filming, De Niro was still fighting among the various films.
And before the arrival of the millennium, he contributed a series of different types of word-of-mouth classics such as the gangster epic "Once Upon a Time in America", the New York gangster classic "Good Guys", the crime film "The Line of Fire" that cooperated with Al Pacino for the second time, and the comedy movie "Meet your father-in-law"!
Some of De Niro's classic films
Century-old Robert. De Niro, did not stop acting. In 2003, the American Film Institute awarded Robert De Niro the Lifetime Achievement Award for his outstanding contributions to the film industry, the year de Niro was 60 years old.
In 2006, De Niro directed his second film, Secret Agent, starring Matt Damon and Angelina Jolie. Fans have found that the original improper actor, as the director Robert De Niro is also excellent!
De Niro is not an actor, and when he is a director, he can also direct very well
In 2008, De Niro and Pacino joined forces for the third time to fight side by side in Just Kill (aka Line of Fire Attacks)! For the fans to dedicate a strong showdown feast!
Two godfathers in a strong duel!
In 2011, at the age of 68, Robert De Niro won the Golden Globe Award for Lifetime Achievement!
De Niro received the Golden Globe Award for Lifetime Achievement
After the age of 70, De Niro obviously shifted the focus of his work to "relaxed, casual, and enjoyable", he will star in some comedy movies, such as "Don't Mess with Me", "Intern", and will also play "small supporting roles" in some films, willing to make green leaves for the younger generations, such as "Never Ending", "The Happiness Line Behind the Clouds", "Joker" and other films, you will see De Niro's impressive supporting role performances.
De Niro, who played a supporting role in the host in "Joker"
Until 2019, the 76-year-old De Niro took the lead as a producer, finding his old partner "Al Pacino", his old friend "Martin Scorsese", and his old partner "Joe Pesci"! Four old friends who add up to more than 300 years old have completed the "Hero Curtain" emotional masterpiece "The Irishman"!
De Niro served as producer and single-handedly contributed to the filming of The Irishman
45 years ago, De Niro became famous as the "Godfather of the Gang". 45 years later, he also ended up with the role of "godfather of the gang". It can be said that at this point, De Niro's life has been very complete.
Will De Niro, who is nearly 80 years old, choose to rest? No one can guess what kind of surprises and legends De Niro will continue to bring us next!
He told us with practical actions that age is not terrible, and the life of 80 years old can be as wonderful as life!
Robert De Niro, who is nearly 80 years old, never stops
At this point, the story of "Al Pacino" and "Robert De Niro" is over.
Writing this, the "number one silhouette" can also be regarded as a "personal wish", as I said earlier, even if they are no longer "traffic stars", even if the young people now know very little about them, even if no one will remember them, even if the things written are not read... I'm going to write...
Time flies, and the years are merciless. The legends of the past will always be replaced by new legends. This is a change, but also a legacy.
Al Pacino (left) and Robert De Niro (right)
But no matter how times change, Al Pacino and Robert De Niro have left their mark on history.
The legend they have written with their lives has solemnly declared to the world that they are worthy of being one of the great male actors in the history of film.
Well, this issue will talk about here, I am the "number one silhouette".
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