Farewell Robin Williams

[l p]

obviously a great comic, but a terrible film actor.

i did like these movies that he was in

The World According to Garp
The Survivors (1983) (this is a hidden gem)
Moscow on the Hudson
The Fisher King

[Shawn]

A terrible film actor? He may not have been Laurence Olivier but he was fine, believable and relatable to a very large audience of people. That's a gift.

[Scott Dolan]

You know what I thought was a really underrated movie of his? Patch Adams.

They marketed it as a comedy movie, but it was actually quite serious. And well done, IMO.

He was a much better actor than many think. His serious roles were very well acted.

[ejp626]

You know what I thought was a really underrated movie of his? Patch Adams.

They marketed it as a comedy movie, but it was actually quite serious. And well done, IMO.

He was a much better actor than many think. His serious roles were very well acted.

I read that the real doctor that inspired the Patch Adams movie thought Williams was too restrained in the role.

[gmonahan]

Oh, I think he was a very good film actor. I just don't think that's where his genius was. Film just confined him too much, well, with a couple of exceptions like "Aladdin," which was standup set to animation. He helped make Johnny Carson's last "real" show memorable, as he did just about every time he appeared unscripted anywhere. A comedy genius. I wish he had managed his illness as well as Jonathan Winters managed--with a great deal of effort--to do.

gregmo

[Soulstation1]

RIP

Robin Williams

DAMN!!!

[paul secor]

I saw many of the films he was in, but what I remember best is a seeing him on Dick Cavett's show doing an improvised "Shakespeare" soliloquy. Amazing stuff.

I hope that somehow he and Jonathan Winters are somewhere riffing off each other and having a great time.

Thank you, Mr. Williams. Perhaps you gave us what you couldn't give yourself.

[xybert]

RIP. He was a wonderful actor, and i do think that there was something about him that touched a lot of people (the entirety of the front page of the national newspaper is dedicated to him over here today). So sad that he chose to take his own life.

[porcy62]

Thank you, Mr. Williams. Perhaps you gave us what you couldn't give yourself.

My thought.

[Chuck Nessa]

From the news reports, he chose an interesting way to go. At least I found it interesting.

[T.D.]

Very sad. Unfortunately, I wasn't too surprised, having heard this summer that he had re-entered rehab (not a great sign at the age of 63...). Depression is a b***h, I feel for his family.

[johnblitweiler]

Didn't he play Estragon in a NY production of Waiting For Godot?

[T.D.]

Didn't he play Estragon in a NY production of Waiting For Godot?

Yes, with Steve Martin as Vladimir, 1988. I was living in NY at the time, sorry I missed it.

[kinuta]

A sad end to a brilliant mind, his ideas and one liners seemed to explode from him at warp speed.

Fisher King caught his plaintive side perfectly for me. As has already been said, alcoholism and depression are a heavy burden.

[Rooster_Ties]

I enjoyed his serious roles best of all.

I think Moscow On The Hudson might be my very favorite, and it my mother's favorite Wiliams film as well.

RIP.

[sidewinder]

At least one of the obituaries I have read have remarked on his liking for jazz.

[Shawn]

This was my introduction to his genius, a 1978 HBO special taped at The Roxy on the Sunset Strip in West Hollywood. I don't think he ever reached these heights of improvisational insanity on his later standup specials. Sadly this concert was only released briefly on VHS in the early 80s and has never been reissued anywhere else.

Thank you Youtube!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LsIh5z7oYyY

[etherbored]

Fisher King caught his plaintive side perfectly for me. As has already been said, alcoholism and depression are a heavy burden.

i agree. his finest hour on film, imho.

[xybert]

At least one of the obituaries I have read have remarked on his liking for jazz.

In his Reddit AMA (http://www.reddit.com/comments/1n41x1) he mentioned that he listened to a lot of jazz and specifically mentioned solo Keith Jarrett.

[Scott Dolan]

Oddly enough, I have The Fisher King in my Netflix queue. I saw it when it first came out and just didn't get it, but resolved to watch it again.

Might have a little more gravity to it now...

[Soulstation1]

RW suffered from early stages of Parkinsons

Still weird he's not around...

I owned a pair of suspenders like he had in Mork and Mindy back in the day!

[Soulstation1]

http://youtu.be/0IDy5GlUuf8

Wow!!!