Synopsis
From his rapid-fire stand-up comedy riffs to his breakout role in Mork & Mindy and his Academy Award-winning performance in Good Will Hunting, Robin Williams was a singularly innovative and beloved entertainer. He often came across as a man possessed, holding forth on culture and politics while mixing in personal revelations – all with mercurial, tongue-twisting intensity as he inhabited and shed one character after another with lightning speed. But as Dave Itzkoff shows in this revelatory biography, Williams’s comic brilliance masked a deep well of conflicting emotions and self-doubt, which he drew upon in his comedy and in celebrated films like Dead Poets Society; Good Morning, Vietnam; The Fisher King; Aladdin; and Mrs. Doubtfire, where he showcased his limitless gift for improvisation to bring to life a wide range of characters. And in Good Will Hunting he gave an intense and controlled performance that revealed the true range of his talent. Itzkoff also shows how Williams struggled mightily with addiction and depression – topics he discussed openly while performing and during interviews – and with a debilitating condition at the end of his life that affected him in ways his fans never knew. Drawing on more than a hundred original interviews with family, friends, and colleagues, as well as extensive archival research, Robin is a fresh and original look at a man whose work touched so many lives.
Titre original : Robin (2018)
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19.0
1 vote
EXCELLENT
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2018 Editions Henry Holt & Company
544 pages
15 mai 2018
ISBN : 9781627794244
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Excellente biographie, très bien équilibrée entre vies privée et professionnelle. L'aspect vie privée ne tourne jamais au voyeurisme, et l'aspect professionnel est très riche mais jamais ennuyeux. Les deux sont mis en perspective, on voit comment ils s'influencent mutuellement (succès professionnels, vie sentimentale, moyens financiers, etc.). C'est très documenté et passionnant.