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Harvey Keitel, one of the most versatile and acclaimedactors of recent years, always willing to take on new, challengingroles ranging from the dissolute cop in Abel Ferrara's "BadLieutenant" and trigger-happy robber in Tarantino's "Reservoir Dogs",to the taciturn settler in Jane Campion's "The Piano".

Jack Hunter (author of film studies Inside Terradome andEros in Hell) has selected his own chronological Top Ten ofHarvey Keitel's movies, which are analysed in illustrated, in-depthessays by some of the best cutting-edge film critics of today. Theresult is both an incisive overview of Harvey Keitel as an actor, andan anthology of films by some of the leading cult directors of recentyears, including Quentin Tarantino, Martin Scorsese, Nic Roeg, AbelFerrara, Spike Lee, James Toback, and Jane Campion.

Feature films include: "Fingers", "Mean Streets", "Cop Killer", "BadTiming", "Bad Lieutenant", "Dangerous Game", "Reservoir Dogs", "ThePiano", "From Dusk Til Dawn", and "Clockers".

Movie Top Tens: A series of film studies which each focus on anindividual actor/ actress, seeking to re-evaluate their screen personaand career by analysing their ten most engaging or offbeat films,roles or performances. With dozens of photographs, filmography,introduction and index. ... Read more

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Harvey Keitel has made his menacing presence felt in some of the greatest cult movies ever, from Scorsese's "Taxi Driver" and "Mean Streets" to Tarantino's "Reservoir Dogs" and "Pulp Fiction". The godfather of independent film makers, Keitel has a record for supporting star directors of the future, from Scorsese (his first acting job was in Scorsese's film school thesis film), through Ridley Scott, Abel Ferrara, Jane Campion and Quentin Tarantino. Keitel's background prepared him for the tough and brooding roles he so often plays. Born in Brooklyn to poor Polish immigrants, he dropped out of school and joined the Marines at 17. Drawing on interviews with colleagues and friends, this biography tells the story of the rollercoaster career and turbulent personal life of this powerful performer.Amazon.com Review
If you've seen Bad Lieutenant orThe Piano, you've seen all there is to see of HarveyKeitel--but what do you really know about him? Although MarshallFine's biography lacks the intimate insights that direct involvementwith his subject would entail, he does an excellent job of collatingwhat Keitel has said about his work--and what others have said aboutKeitel's performances--over the years, from his electrifying "debut"in Martin Scorsese's Mean Streetsthrough the fallow '80s to the gradual comeback that culminated withhis performance as Mr. White in Reservoir Dogs.

Most significantly to Fine's credit, he takes seriously Keitel'sdesire to have his career viewed as a development of craft and ajourney of self-discovery, and thus analyzes Keitel's performances(and the circumstances behind them) with sensitivity. Although thisemphasis is based in part on editorial necessity--there's simply moredocumentation of Keitel's professional life than his personalone--Fine does rather well with the available resources. You won'tnecessarily know Keitel after reading The Art ofDarkness, but you will perhaps come closer to understandinghim. --Ron Hogan ... Read more

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harvey keitel - he just keeps getting better
the only way "harvey keitel, the art of darkness" could havebeen any better is if he had written it himself. too bad mr. fine didn'thave more to say about his personal life but maybethat's the way mr.keitel would have wanted it. he is such a gifted versatile actor who onlygets better with age, it's only natural to wonder about his personal life.i hope some day he will find the time to write his own biography. he hasgiven many academy award winning performances in his career and i hope someday to see him win one.

Rehashes old material
I was really disappointed with this book.There wasn't one piece of information in it that I didn't already know; and many pieces of information that I know that weren't in the book.In addition, regardlessof what actors say (and Mr. Keitel has often said this) about thecharacters they play not reflecting their personal lives, it's not true.Aperson's personal life is always reflected on the screen; it's what makesthe actor able to project the character they are playing.Therefore, Iwanted to know more about Mr. Keitel's personal life so I could get abetter picture of his professional life.I wanted to know more about hispast and current relationships with Martin Scorsese and Robert De Niro. Perhaps I should write my own book.

A Mere Peek at a Genius
When I saw the word 'unauthorized' on the front of this book, I bought it thinking I would find out some real facts about this wonderful actor. Instead, I was spoon fed glossy peeks into what makes Keitel tick, most ofwhich I could have looked up myself.I believe this author was too scaredto write the truth.Who can blame him?This book is nothing more than abig disappointment.I never even found out why Copolla really kickedKeitel out of the Phillipines. That alone would have been worth the priceof the book.

Very Enlightening!!!
I was always under the impression that Mr. Keitel was a somewhat "dark" man with a lot of demons(who doesn't have some of those demons to deal with?)He just was lucky enough to find himself an outlet to deal with those facets of his life.It is said that Mr. Keitel will only talk about what he wants to talk about, about his personal life etc., but if you look closely he is telling you a lot about himself through the characters that he protrays. (I thought this about Mr. Keitel before I read the book). Mr. Keitel has a God given talent and he has used it well.To entertain us and to understand himself. And maybe even to help us deal with our own demons. I know he helped me with some of mine.Thank you Mr. Keitel. ... Read more

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NOVEMBER 1995 ISSUE OF PLAYBOY MAGAZINE. THE COVER AND PICTORIAL FEATURES TAHNEE WELCH. OTHER ARTICLES FEATURE GORDON LIDDY, HARVEY KEITEL, MAKE YOUR OWN SEX VIDEOS AND MORE! ... Read more

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Harvey Keitel (born May 13, 1939) is an American actor whose latest work is as Detective Lieutenant Gene Hunt on ABC's crime drama Life on Mars. He is widely known for the "tough-guy" characters he portrays and for his memorable roles from Quentin Tarantino's Reservoir Dogs and Pulp Fiction, Martin Scorsese's Mean Streets and Taxi Driver, Ridley Scott's The Duellists and Thelma and Louise, Jane Campion's The Piano, Abel Ferrara's Bad Lieutenant, Satan in Little Nicky, and James Mangold's Cop Land. Keitel also starred in Red Dragon as FBI agent Jack Crawford. ... Read more

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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The Grey Zone is a 2001 film directed by Tim Blake Nelson and starring David Arquette, Steve Buscemi, Harvey Keitel, Mira Sorvino and Daniel Benzali. It is based on the book Auschwitz: A Doctor's Eyewitness Account written by Dr. Miklos Nyiszli. The title comes from the title of an essay by Auschwitz survivor Primo Levi. The film tells the story of the Jewish Sonderkommando XII in the Auschwitz concentration camp in October 1944. These prisoners were made to assist the camp's guards in shepherding their victims to the gas chambers and dispose of the bodies in ovens. ... Read more

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This digital document is an article from St. James Encyclopedia of Popular Culture, brought to you by Gale®, a part of Cengage Learning, a world leader in e-research and educational publishing for libraries, schools and businesses.The length of the article is 524 words.The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase.You can view it with any web browser.Signed essays ranging from 500 to 2,500 words, written by subject experts and edited to form a consistent, readable, and straightforward reference. Entries include subject-specific bibliographies and textual cross-references to related essays. ... Read more

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BOMB 33, Fall 1990, featuring: Interviews with Dr. John by Stanley Moss, Dorothea Tanning by Carlo McCormick, Al Pacino by Bette Gordon and Betsy Sussler, Harvey Keitel by Ethan Silverman, Thulani Davis by Stephanie Fleischmann, Bella Freud by Elizabeth Cannon, Dorothea Phillip by Mary Agnes Smith, Ian McEwan by Patrick McGrath, Vikram Seth by Ameena Meer, Jo Shane by Craig Gholson, Campbell Scott by Ethan Silverman, and Victoria Williams by Lynn Geller. Fiction & Poetry Stuart Sherman, A.M. Homes, Patrick McGrath, Arturo Arias, Thomas McGonigle, Indran Amirthanayagam, Patrick W. Gray, Jacques Servin, Susan Sonde. Artworks by Emery Clark, Jeanette Montgomery Barron, Felix Huber, Linda Roush, Michelle Zalapony, Michelle Stuart, and Sue Williams. ... Read more

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Uncut Music Magazine published in the United Kingdom featuring articles on Bob Dylan's Wild Bunch Band, Chris Rock, Harvey Keitel, Roger Daltrey, New Order, and much more. Also contains many great celebrity photos ... Read more