Dr. Morbius (Bill Weber) RIP

xp I can, sure

start off with City Of Sadness + Flowers Of Shanghai folks, because they are top tier!

― calzino, Thursday, October 29, 2020 2:25 PM (eight minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink

can't get enough hou hsiao-hsien these days

he's one of the greatest. I think it was Morbs that turned me onto him back in 2015 cos his word was bond!

i usually avoid the film threads but morbs once lumped me in with the "multiplex brigade" lol. i'm glad that two of my five favorite-ever films are represented in his top tier.

*avoid is a strong word haha

this is great -- thanks, eric

I watched Mikey And Nicky the other night in Morb’s honor, and really enjoyed it

i regret never discussing kiyoshi kurosawa with morbs!!!!!!!

I think Flowers of Shanghai is great. I have never seen A City of Sadness, and see now that it's on youtube

https://letterboxd.com/ephender/list/the-bill-weber-canon/

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Ah, was stuck in private mode. Should work now.

I watched Tsai's Days last night and would've loved his commentary.

Eric, I don't know much about letterboxd but that is a lovely tribute

xposts Dan S - lol Morbs will haunt you for the rest of yr days for watching it on youtube

Thx for the list Eric!

morbs-core old movies rock

I can actually hear him chiding me for including any movies from the last 25 years.

OTM. I am really cautious about making any statements about his taste for fear that he will return to plague me like Jacob Madison in the "Christmas Carol" episode of The Odd Couple.

With my luck, it'd be a replay of the movie version of The Sunshine Boys.

not to disparage morbs, but if we're going to vote on the best movies of all time there will be a lot of films from the last 25 years on that list

and he will PAH! every one of them

yes lol

He himself listed Mulholland Dr. and A Moment of Innocence as all-time greats multiple times throughout the years.

I've only seen Kandahar as far as Makhmalbaf films are concerned

Flowers of Shanghai was just restored, FYI. Not sure everywhere it’s screening virtually but will do so during a Taiwanese film retrospective at AFI Silver next month. https://newfilmstaiwan.eventive.org/schedule

This may sound potentially doofy and I wondered if I should post it but I have only hung out with WFMU folks a small number of times (never lived in NY/NJ), and one of them was at a barbecue where Pseu Braun was in attendance with a guest I only vaguely remember as being kinda quiet, but who maybe looked like Bill. Obviously it could have been anyone and I'll probably never know for sure, but would be strange if I was in the company of Dr. Morbius and didn't realize it.

thanks for doing that Eric. I was never crazy about older movies outside of the classics but i'm going to try to work my way back in time and see how far I can get.

Started watching The Man Who Shot Liberty Valence last night, had never seen that one before.

it's a cracker!

This may sound potentially doofy and I wondered if I should post it but I have only hung out with WFMU folks a small number of times (never lived in NY/NJ), and one of them was at a barbecue where Pseu Braun was in attendance with a guest I only vaguely remember as being kinda quiet, but who maybe looked like Bill. Obviously it could have been anyone and I'll probably never know for sure, but would be strange if I was in the company of Dr. Morbius and didn't realize it.

James should convince Pseu to post here for a quick AMA.

Heh, I don’t know Pseu. I am more familiar with some of the other DJs.

This tweet instantly made me think of Morbs.

I’m loving the Marvel Moviefication of politics 😎 https://t.co/AJcM6W90kT

— isaac (@ass_dentata) November 2, 2020

The Man Who Shot Liberty Valence is high in the running for best western film of all time. It puts Shane to shame.

Let's talk about Morbs' answering machine.

1) picks up on the second ring
2) does he screen his calls
3) sounds like the tape is about to wear through
4) wouldn't have some many hang ups if it rang longer

― Catsupppppppppppppp dude 茄蕃, Wednesday, August 1, 2007 9:42 PM (thirteen years ago)

Just reread the memorial his sister set up.

The Man Who Shot Liberty Valence is high in the running for best western film of all time. It puts Shane to shame.

It's been many years since I've seen Shane, but fresh off my first viewing of Liberty Valance and I have to agree. It was terrific and I don't know how I avoided seeing it for so long.

RIP Morbs

now more than ever <3

Let's win one for the Gipper. Or, you know, something closer to winning than losing.

regardless of the historic repercussions i am short term more bummed that our good doctor didn't get closure on this election than i am about the timing of RBG (RIP!) passing on

Spoiler: He would not have been thrilled by a Biden win.

Literally the one not terrible thing about him being gone.

But I'd still rather have him around to complain about Biden.

Remember in '12 when Dan secretly donated to Obama everytime Morbs criticized Barry?

That was cool.

Referring to the prez as Yam tonight in Morbs' honor

✊

Spoiler: He would not have been thrilled by a Biden win.

― On average, this critic grades 8.3 points lower than other critics (Eric H.), woensdag 4 november 2020 0:43 (twelve minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink

Morbs and I sure had our differences, but not on this. And I miss him dearly not hammering the following home: no one should be "thrilled" by a Biden win. Biden's merely 'not Trump'. Now let's hope 'not Trump' beats 'is Trump', but shit man, USA has got so much shit to sort out, a single 'not Trump' term is not going to cut it.

word

he was consistently disappointed by the two-party system that’s for sure. never accepted the compromises entailed - beyond the point where most people would just throw up their hands and hold their noses - WELL beyond