Dr. Morbius (Bill Weber) RIP

Been reading Hollywood In The Fourties, by Charles Highham and Joel Greenberg, published in 1968 and in the chapter about literary adaptations they point out Ophuls was one of the last artists around to actually remember turn of the century Vienna and Hollywood, having given him the chance to eulogise it, surely couldn't be all bad.

Intolerance is many things, but "bad" is pretty far down the list for me

xyzzz, dunno if you can see it where you are:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5nQRAInHB2c

xp tedious, hectoring, morally indefensible, confusing, ludicrously long? I will admit there is some nice cinematography, but it doesn't make up for all of the above. I own the dvd and have patiently sat through all of it, but never again.

I find it none of those things, but then again I waited to watch it until after I read Stuart Klawans' crucial book Film Follies, which puts the movie into its proper perspective.

Not surprised that The King Of Comedy is on the list. Very surprised that it’s the only Jerry film. I figured he would’ve at least picked The Bellboy.

I've seen 106 (Beats That)

If I had to guess, I'd say Morbs would've opted for Nutty Professor over the likes of The Patsy or The Ladies' Man.

You don't need to bother with Departed, really. It's pretty much a comically overblown genre exercise that bores more than it amuses.

― Frederik B, Sunday, January 22, 2017 9:18 AM Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

much like Fred

― Supercreditor (Dr Morbius), Sunday, January 22, 2017 9:35 AM Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

i really miss him

― werewolves of laudanum (VegemiteGrrl), Sunday, December 18, 2022 4:16 PM (yesterday) bookmarkflaglink

Amazing this. I was reading the "Silence" thread this morning and I think that's where I read this, laughed out loud and
thought "I miss Morbs."
So a moment of ILX Telepathy there.

Nice to see underrated titles like Buñuel's Diary of a Chambermaid, The Round-Up and Edvard Munch being celebrated.

I completely managed to forget that Cure is in his canon

That was a surprise.

Just noticed that recently.

you have watched 82 of 123

"xyzzz, dunno if you can see it where you are"

Thanks Alfred, I can and just watched.

I haven't seen Shutter Island and don't plan to
- lots of janitors have something to say (Shakey Mo Collier), Tuesday, June 21, 2011 10:23 AM

no interest in the medium?
- already president FYI (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, June 21, 2011 10:26 AM

thinking of the big man on opening today. as always, i wish the mets nothing but the worst <3 <3

Verlander just got put on the IL

Apologies if this has been posted already.
https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/original/002/385/177/e81.jpg

my fav Korn song

I love you bill

RIP Bill. God knows what he would have made of these Mets.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L8oAQOvOEXY

Feels bad to go log a film on letterboxd and see Morbs there in the "Want to watch" section.

i just tell myself he did, but couldn't be fucked to log it in a smartphone app

OTM

Hey all! There will be a memorial for Bill on Friday, October 13th from 6:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. at Bruno Walter Auditorium, The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, Dorothy and Lewis B. Cullman Center, 111 Amsterdam Avenue, New York, NY 10023. There's a Facebook page for the event here. If you plan to attend, then please RSVP by September 20th. Let me know if you have any problems and/or questions.

@KevinJB w/r/t the FB page:

"This event is private
Ask whoever sent you this link to invite you to the event."

I’m planning to come but I do not use Facebook anymore.

i’m in the same boat

i loved bill but cannot leave my apartment anymore

Ugh sorry about that. RSVP to me at k j my last name (all one word) at gee male.

i loved bill but cannot leave my apartment anymore

― mookieproof,

?

I can't see the event on FB because it is private and we are apparently not FB friends although connected on Instagram. But I will RSVP somehow

there in spirit <3

yes please pour one out for me

Assume my neighbors you invited Tamar and Doug.

May his memory be a grumpy blessing. Wish I could be there.

i still feel really bad for some of the things i said to morbz on here. bad jokes at his expense. i think he would rile me up sometimes and i just let loose just to get a reaction from him. stupid, i know. overall i was fine with him and him with me (i think). he was funny and smart. i didn't really understand why he wanted to be here for so long and get attacked and yelled at so much. not that he was always getting yelled at but he was definitely a foil for some people. he was so much more than this place though. i'm so sorry that he had to suffer. i was very sad when i heard about his passing.

i still feel really bad for some of the things i said to morbz on here. bad jokes at his expense. i think he would rile me up sometimes and i just let loose just to get a reaction from him. stupid, i know. overall i was fine with him and him with me (i think). he was funny and smart. i didn't really understand why he wanted to be here for so long and get attacked and yelled at so much. not that he was always getting yelled at but he was definitely a foil for some people. he was so much more than this place though. i'm so sorry that he had to suffer. i was very sad when i heard about his passing.

Years back he messaged me on Facebook and coyly apologized. I think he felt bad when he realized he was grilling a teenager! In retrospect, he didn’t need to apologize. I loved it.

I plan on attending. Anyone want to join me? It might be a little less awkward!

A message from Bill's sister:

"Hi Everyone: We are looking forward to seeing many of you this Friday at Bill's memorial at The Bruno Walter Auditorium in The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts. Please note the doors for our event will open at 6:30 PM. The library closes to the public at 6 PM and will reopen just for us at 6:30PM. The library is located in Lincoln Center at 111 Amsterdam Ave. This is NOT the famed midtown branch with the lions out front! 😉Please make sure you know where you are going. It is Comic Con weekend in Manhattan and that will cause extra traffic - please leave plenty of time for travel. I would not count on getting on-street parking - reserving a spot at a garage in the Lincoln Center vicinity may be a good move. Public transportation is always another viable option."

That library will be right next to the Metropolitan Opera House (if you're facing the opera house, go right and keep going past the opera house). The NYFF's closing night screening should be happening right around the corner as well - I don't think that should complicate travel for anyone (i.e. I don't remember them closing streets or anything in the past), but just be aware there's a big event going on there that you may have to navigate through.

Otherwise, if you want to take the subway, just take the 1 to 66th St., or take the 2 or 3 to 72nd and walk down Broadway - it's like a brisk 5 minute walk. (You could also take a train to Columbus Circle and walk from the opposite direction - also a brisk 5 minute walk.)

People should be pleasantly surprised that this is actually a pretty nice and fancy library, as befits its being part of Lincoln Center, not to besmirch the ‘umble Riverside branch library down the block.

Wish I could make this, but I'm going to be boarding a plane at JFK the minute this starts.

See y’all soon! Trying to decide which subway to take since my 7 stop is closed for construction still.

FWIW, if you're coming in from Queens, you could take the E or M which gets you into the UWS. It's a longer walk from, say, MoMA, maybe 10-15 minutes, but it's a pretty cool walk through the city given the area - tons of landmarks, etc.

(F train as well)

Yeah.

Can take either F and E and just walk or take F and transfer to the D. MyMTA recommends me take the E and transfer to the 1 but to me that tunnel walk is too long. It's long enough to the 7 although I've done it a thousand times. Maybe I can also transfer from the E to the D at 7th and 53rd.