As in Mean Streets, De Niro is not the main character but with his tremendous acting, he steals the film and gives us a dazzling portrait of a complicated musician. However, because the film has many highly stylized dance and music sequences, it is quite different from, for example, Casino and these other films.ĭe Niro does an amazing job playing a person with serious personal and interpersonal relationship problems, and in this way, it is like his other collaborations with the director.

Like several other collaborations, in particular The King of Comedy, Raging Bull, and Taxi Driver, the film deals with success, fame, and becoming famous (or infamous). De Niro stars as a jazz-playing saxophonist who enters both a personal and professional relationship with Liza Minnelli, who plays a jazz singer. However, like their other collaborations, there are scenes of intensity and violence. Martin Scorsese’s New York, New York is different from his other collaborations with Robert De Niro because it is a musical drama.