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This documentary about Robin Williams alternates between paying tribute to him and not being kind to the dementia of Lewy’s frame, diagnosed in him after his death.
By Ben Kenigsberg
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In almost equivalent parts, the documentary “Robin’s Wish” strives to honor the career of unparalleled actor and comedian Robin Williams and raise awareness of the dementia of lewy’s framework, a form of progressive dementia diagnosed at Williams after his suicide in 2014.
Williams’ widow, Susan Schneider Williams, noted that Lewy’s frame disease is a cause of her husband’s death, and director Tylor Norwood presents it in detail, describing anxiety, insomnia and depression.paranoia he experienced in his later years. She quotes him by saying he was looking to “reboot” his brain.
Specialists in neurology the intellectual and physical deterioration that produces the disease.Bruce L.Miller, director of the Center for Memory and Aging at the University of California, San Francisco, says, “I was really surprised that Robin could walk or move.(Credits include a doctor and a phD among executive manufacturers and cite as consulting partners several organizations that publicize brain disease research.)
Friends such as Williams ‘former classmate Juilliard Stanley Wilson and comedian Mort Sahl, and collaborators such as Shawn Levy, Williams’ director in the “Night at the Museum” films, share their own memories. And as valuable as “Robin’s Wish”. Williams’ story is an improviser like no other, an unassuming neighbor, and a guy who looked more soulful and likable as a threesome. The ability to comfort others recommends that the global has lost only a tumultuous presence, but a typical presence.
Robin’s wish Not scored. Running time: 1 hour 17 minutes.Rent or shop on iTunes, Google Play and streaming platforms and pay TV operators.
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