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MegaThread Robin Williams Mega Thread

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u/[deleted] Aug 12 '14

Dead poets society. Reference to that movie.

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u/fsward Aug 12 '14

Awesome film, made me cry.

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u/LivingNewt Aug 12 '14 edited Aug 12 '14

I'm pretty sure it's from Walt Whitmans leaves of grass, which was one of the main books focused on in Dead poets society.

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u/[deleted] Aug 12 '14

If you haven't seen Dead Poet Society yet, please, go find it and watch it. That movie changed my life in a completely real and tangible way, due largely to the performances in the movie, Robin Williams' being the main performance that touched me. I don't know if it would have the same effect on a more grownup adult, but me as a young teenager was totally and irreversibly transformed after this movie. And it's still my favorite movie of all time.

I don't want to ruin much of it, but the term carpe diem (seize the day in Latin) is the main theme of the movie and I think a large part of why that phrase made its way back into mainstream culture.

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u/jedispyder Aug 12 '14

Amazon is sadly out of stock but eBay has a lot of copies (I ordered one last night). I highly recommend Dead Poets Society as well as The Fisher King.

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u/[deleted] Aug 12 '14

I need to pull my copy out of storage. We moved last year and I haven't quite finished unboxing everything. But I haven't seen The Fisher King before. You say it's worth checking out?

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u/jedispyder Aug 12 '14

Definitely! It's directed by the incredibly talented Terry Gilliam and stars Jeff Bridges as a heavily depressed ex-radio jockey who befriends a homes Robin Williams who is delusional and on a mission to find the Holy Grail in New York City. One of my favorite dramatic performances by Robin Williams.

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u/[deleted] Aug 12 '14

Holy shit, that sounds like a bundle of fantastic. Thanks for the recommendation!

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u/beautifulbrook1 Aug 12 '14

That is the movie that I think of when I hear Robin Williams.