A Look at Dead Poets Society
A "review" of sorts after watching this movie for the first time over 30 years after its release.
THIS ARTICLE CONTAINS SPOILERS IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO AVOID THIS MOVIE BEING SPOILED, TURN BACK NOW. Yes, that's right. I had never seen Dead Poets Society before last night, despite one of my English professors playing a small role in its creation, which made me want to see the movie even more over the past 5 years. He taught an Introduction to British Literature class during my junior year of college. He was one of three English teachers who worked at the private school where the movie was filmed at the time, and he was the 'standing on the desk' guy. I know what you're thinking, yes, he stood on the desk during both the first and last class we had with him. He was also a wonderful professor. I thought it was so cool because even though I hadn't seen the movie, I had heard about it, and I loved Robin Williams. For anyone wondering, he said Robin was a fantastic, down-to-earth man.
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Become a paid subscriber to get access.Dead Poet’s Society is such an excellent film. As funny as Robin Williams was, he added such gravitas to films with more serious subject matter.
I’ve seen this a bunch of times - it’s a fantastic film. I liked this before reading. So hope it still counts as a read. 😕 I was excited to see someone still talking about this film and was literally thinking about it a few days ago. I don’t think Williams’ character was to blame at all, but I agree with most of your statements about Neil’s father and conformity.