Daydreamer's Film Talk

Robin Williams represents the bulk of my childhood. My first film where I was acquainted with him was the comedy Flubber, and while now I've realized the film itself is flawed, no one can deny that he would be the only saving grace it has. When I heard news of his passing, I had hoped it was another hoax article that has plagued many other celebrities, but it was unfortunately true. What was even more shocking was that his death was suicide, a topic that had come up in a few of his works, recently in World's Greatest Dad and in the film I will be discussing, 1989's Dead Poets Society. The film is about English and poetry professor John Keating, played by Williams, who inspires his students with his unorthodox methods in individuality, since his students are in a 1950's era boarding school for only boys, a school which seems to not mind teaching conformity. Not only was this enjoyable from a Robin Williams performance, but from young actors who would be famous late