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(6,859 posts)pnwmom
(109,028 posts)the actual documentary, unfortunately.
burrowowl
(17,657 posts)Loving from the son.
pnwmom
(109,028 posts)All the concerns his dad had about being a "homosexual" would have been shared by his family, including his son.
pansypoo53219
(21,018 posts)pnwmom
(109,028 posts)I'd love to watch it.
pansypoo53219
(21,018 posts)BigmanPigman
(51,676 posts)appalachiablue
(41,230 posts)appalachiablue
(41,230 posts)father was an accomplished artist who worked in a figurative, semi impressionist style for which he received considerable acclaim even though he never sincerely felt it. By the 1950s the popularity of more daring American abstract expressionist painters like Pollack and others made him feel overlooked and inferior as he states in the film. There's a good deal of personal exploration, love and emotional pain included in this film tribute.
As an only child young Robert helped his artist mother who worked and provided the family with income during the years that the couple was separated and in periods when his father experienced career setbacks and spells of depression. As a teen, Robert even travelled to Paris once to bring his ailing father back home. If ever there was a devoted, highly responsible and caring son, it's Robert DeNiro Jr. He tenderly preserved his father's NYC studio and artwork for posterity as mentioned in the film.
pnwmom
(109,028 posts)feels when a father leaves the family, and leaves a single mother with monetary problems. And when you think back to the secrecy the whole family must have had to live with the entire time Robert was growing up.
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