In a new HBO
documentary, a notoriously private Robert De Niro opens up about his late
father, Robert De Niro Sr., a famed abstract expressionist painter of the post
WW2 era.
Remembering
the Artist Robert De Niro Sr. made its debut at Sundance with
the actor in attendance. The film examines the life of the late painter through
the eyes of the actor. De Niro discusses watching his father paint and even
reads passages from his father's journals, which reveals he left De Niro's
mother when he realized he was gay.
"I did
this for him," De Niro said during a panel following the screening.
"I wanted my younger kids -- who were born after he died -- to know what
their grandfather did. I even kept his painting studio intact so they could see
it."
Initially the
film was conceived for the benefit of his family, but the film's producers
pushed De Niro to share his father's story with the world.
"It
tells the story not just of Robert De Niro's Sr.'s work -- which is amazing --
but the entire art world of the time," Director Perri Peltz explained.
The story of
De Niro Sr.'s life will debut on HBO in June.
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