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The long, prolific career of New Yorker Harvey Keitel comprises close to 80 films. They can be roughly divided into three main periods: 1973-1980, the years marked by his collaborations with Martin Scorsese; 1980-1992, a decade that Keitel spent waiting for his breakthrough while he made a long list of films in the United States and Europe; and the period after 1992, when he became a popular actor thanks to Quentin Tarantino's Reservoir Dogs. Two biographical books about Keitel included the word "darkness" in their subtitles. Indeed, many in the audience appreciated, above all, Keitel's ability to act out through his roles deep emotional conflicts that seemingly have to do as much with his characters' as with the actor's allegedly dark personality. Whether this darkness is part of Keitel's public or private persona, the fact is that it has been an essential factor to his status...
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