Gene Wilder | How to React Naturally | A Docu-Mini 

Same here. Such a touching moment, and it felt really genuine too.

I did too!!! *gulp*

I'm not crying. I'll just watch Willy Wonka again to prevent tears

same #lifegoals

No tears for me. Just a bit of dust in my eye 😢

It is a great scene. I watched a documentary on Willy Wonka and he said he was unsure if he should explain to Peter Ostrom (Charlie) what he was about to do, because he didn't want to scare him but he came to the conclusion that by doing that it would rob Peter from experiencing and reacting to that naturally from an acting point of view. So he didn't tell him and what you see on the screen is the real thing. He was very generous in every sense of the word and very respectful toward anyone regardless of age. I love looking at interviews where he mentions that parents would come up and ask if it were OK to tell their kids who he was and he would say yes and the parents would go over to the kids and tell them thats Willy Wonka and he would almost go back into character and give them a little wave and a smile and their faces would light up. I think he believed it was probably one of the greatest joys of his life was seeing those reactions from all the younger generations. He is definitely missed and I think every actor should take a moment to learn from him not only in how he performed on stage and screen but, how he carried himself throughout interviews and out in public. A lot of people you can see forget about the show and it becomes about the business.

"You stole fizzy lifting drinks"!!!

That scene was that much better because of Gene's recommendation of the opening scene of him walking with a cane only to jump up, making the character totally unpredictable. Calm, quirky, happy one moment, next moment he's scolding you like a boss and you 100% buy it.

That scene is just phenomenally well done... best scene in the whole movie. Peter Ostrum (Charlie) and Jack Albertson (Uncle Joe) play incredibly well alongside Wilder - an especially huge achievement for Ostrum considering his age.

@Jesse Montgomery He had range too, beyond the typecasting. In his "One Hour Photo" he was just incredible! I'd always said I wanted to see Robin Williams take on a dark role... possibly a serial killer or someone losing their mind. It's the juxtaposition itself that would be truly terrifying to watch... the subversion of expectations. It's why he's one of the most effective at sad scenes - when he cries in a scene it's devastatingly effective because of the clown mask we were used to. So, for such a long time I was desperate to see him take on a really serious role... Then, he did "One hour photo" ... and I was overjoyed, cus he did it so damned well... and, even though it was still a sympathetic character, the unsettling way he played it was just genius. I still wish we'd seen him as a serial killer, just once. Forget likeable Dexter, this would creep you to your core : / He was so much more than everyones favourite Jester. It's such a shame he got bit by cocaine and never truly felt the love the world had for him : (

Class. Dismissed. XD

Were/Wherewolf? There wolf There castle

This cracks me up every. single. time.

When?

@@Guvikz 6:55

Slimy Boy i know, right? I remember looking forward to that scene and fighting w my bro who wanted to skip it cuz it was ‘boring’

Hes an absolutely terrible actor though. Being in a couple movies a few people like does not make him a great actor. In every movie he is in he could easily be replaced by someone who isn't so bad and the movie would be better for it. Take off the nostalgia goggles.

@@CanadianCCP idk... maybe the humor is a bit niche.. his style is unusual. Im not sure that makes him a bad actor.

fully agree @Slimy Boy, pulling off a move like that is actually much harder than you´d think, I don´t know where you are from in the world but there's a British actor by the name David Jason who was one of the stars in a very well known British sitcom called Only Fools and Horses. He does a similar scene where he goes to lean on a bar top and just falls straight down, I´ll post a clip at the end of this comment for anyone who´s not seen it, well worth a watch if you´ve not! Obviously it´s natural reaction to brace yourself for a fall, but he manages to do it without moving his body an inch, completely rigid. enjoy ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-63rcdLeXiU8.html

CanadianCCP you disappoint me. From the bottom of my goddamn heart I want you to know, you’ve made me very unhappy.

That's a perfect way to describe that movie

also can be said about zombielands

"That comedy can exist in a subject without it being at the subject's expense." Is basically why Leslie Neilson became the popular comedic actor he did. He was a serious actor until Airplane, where the creators felt that all the comedians they tried for the role were trying to be funny. Which wasn't working for them. So they got him and found his delivery worked for what they wanted and thus he became the comedic superstar he did becuase he could preform it seriously if needed and still get a big luagh. I feel we are missing these kinda comedians nowadays.

I like that explanation a lot.

ponient

he saw what hollywood and the world was, knew he was powerless against it

He also had to live through WWII, where he had to watch millions of people who shared the same religion as him be essentially massacred

I disagree he always looked very uplifted an he make me happy just looking at him

Or hung over...(blazing saddles)

I genuinely believe you can't know joy without knowing pain and as wonderful as the destination is the journey leaves it's scars on all who have been down that road

Leslie Nelson too...great people to get us through

Nothing can make up for 2020

@@numinous2506 No, but anything with Gene Wilder is always worth a smile.

FACTS I cry every time I think about him too much XD

I'm not religious but I can give that an "Amen, Brother"

I love the notion that Gene would give the other actors a possibilty to play on their strenghts.. In Smarter Brother I feel that Leo McKern almost steals the show when he i.e. dazzles us all with his knowledge of mathematics… Gene also had the talent for finding good charachters to play varied roles...

And he did it all for you to compliment him.

He committed beastiality

Without a doubt. Rare nowdays.

Well no but that scene where he stabs himself in the leg was indeed perfect

Arctica Frostbite he made it look easy too!

There's one thing about this video that I appreciate, and it's that the narrator designates Wilder as a performer, not an actor, which solidified something that's been dancing around in the back of my mind for a while and helped me give it words. We rarely see performers come out of Hollywood anymore. We have tons of actors, but no true performers. To me, the difference is an actor simply hits their mark, parrots their lines in the script and collects a paycheck. Even method actors are simply parrots, they just happen to take it a step further and parrot body language along with script lines. A performer, though, takes time to think through their character, to get to know who their character is and figure out what kind of person they are until they know if a problematic line or scene won't work by instinct, and by the same instinct they know how to fix it on the fly. They become the character so thoroughly that the two identities are inseparable, sometimes to the point where the performer changes their life after the role because of some new trait or understanding they got from the character. A recent example is Viggo Mortensen as Aragorn; Viggo slipped so fully into the role that he not only kept Aragorn's sword with him at all times during shooting (since that's what a ranger would have done) but he also bought Aragorn's horse and brought it home with him due to the bond Viggo made with the horse during shooting. Gene Wilder was a performer in the same way; when the narrator comments on how Wilder wouldn't try to one up Richard Pryor but simply react to Pryor's adlibs and give him something to work with; he wasn't acting like a character, he was behaving like the character would if they were a real person.

As an actor, I agree.

Lol I think most people don't understate it like that, most milquetoast compliment ever

Gene wasn't super happy. He did say that to placate Conan. When you deal with a lot of stuff, sometimes you just want to make everyone else feel better than you

Wilder and Pryor weren't friends. Pryor's daughter was interviewed about it. They worked well together but were just different people and didn't spend time together outside the movies.

Sorry mate, they were professional together, but didnt really get along that well. You're just romanticizing him.

The death of Gilda Radner did take a toll on him. She died of cancer in 1989.

They had ZERO friendship off the movie set. They both admit this. They never hung out..they never kept in touch..they never visited each other besides the time that Pryor was near the end and Gene went to visit him as a somewhat "final goodbye" visit because he and the world knew Richard's time was near.

Gene Wilder said that he had wanted to spend more time with Pryor outside of their professional work, but that Pryor clearly didn't want that, and he respected the boundary.

That's a very sweet thing to say, that I hadn't considered but feel is totally true.

@James Harrison I dunno it was so devoid of the original charm and feeling that it kinda was a slap on the original

I agree, I am just glad there are a couple of his movies I have not seen yet. Time to search them down and watch every one.

I am grateful we live in a time where we can have access to a body of all these films though. Your life can still overlap with these films

@James Harrison no it was so bad

Vipermad Gene Wilder + Mel Brooks was pure magic! 1+1=3 but I’m also a huge fan of Sherlock Holmes smarter brother

Vipermad not sure about that but...

wonka is in that list too.

@@ViktoriousDead I do not care

@@stripeytawney822 make your own list

Such a good movie

Now you know how I feel when I missed my chance to meet Stan Lee.

Me re: anthony bourdain

@@funnyman10912 [Excelsiors in a sad tone]

Wanderlust. My brother is the same way. I made the mistake of trying to help him settle down. My mistake, sorry bro. Scott, I miss you man.

@@sid2112 Yeah totally wanderlust. Thanks for the clarity man! :)

@@sid2112 My dad must have wanderlust too; still hasn't found those cigarettes he mentioned.

I think the audio was copyright claimed. A pity, I love that scene.

@@XistoKente yes sadly

That was the beauty of that film. They set it up as a slow burn. You have to discover it's a comedy, it doesn't beat you over the head with it. It just slowly gets weirder, and weirder.

The film is actually far funnier when you watch the original Frankenstein films and realize it's almost exactly scene for scene, and adds context to the villagers being upset about it happening "Nine times before."

Start to finish, that movie is just about perfect. The scene with the performance of Puttin' On The Ritz never fails to make me laugh until my stomach hurts. And lest we forget the late great Madeline Kahn, and Chloris Leachman, and Marty Feldman. So much damn talent in that movie.

I’m confused

You know it was made in black and white on purpose, like the 1930s Universal films it was parodying? Normal 1970s films were in colour. So it's not really a black and white film per se, more a parody of one.

good comparison...i wish all 3 were my neighbors at one time.

That and when Richard's sister mentions his being black, and he acts surprised. "Does dad know!?" Two of the best bits of the film, and the film is brilliant.

haha...Great movie ! who ever thought of teaming those 2 up was an evil genius

My favorite was when Richard's held at gunpoint by an attractive woman, and she asks "any last requests?" , and he responds "Would a f*** be out of the question?". My brother and I laughed our asses off.

I stopped laughing about it, till I saw this comment. 😂😂 when he takes his hand away to look at it, i fucking die. Lmao

I only JUST noticed the pad under his pants. I always figured there had to be one, just from the lack of blood, but I never saw the outline of it until the 2nd time this video showed it.

Burned into my Mind: "I would rather be known for my OWN contributions to Medical Science than my ACCIDENTAL RELATIONSHIP to a FAMOUS COO-KOO!

"Class dismissed..."

Him slowly crossing his legs to hide it kills me every single time.

For me it was Willy Wonka. ♥️

Amazing blue eyes...

@@tiffanykane692 the Johnny Depp Willy wonka >:3

@@kishascape you say on a video about Gene Wilder

@@kishascape tht is awful !

Yeeessss

You shouldn't kill your friends

@@swip Depends on the friends.

That was a sly burn on your friends there. "They say something mildly funny..." So you consider your friends "mildly" funny at best? That's a bit mean. I'm sure they're doing their best.

@@uosdwiSrdewoH Its not that it’s just not usually a joke that I respond to. I usually find my friend’s jokes hilarious when I’m not bummed tf out.

Yes definitely…..think Norm McDonald too!….👍🏻

*FrankenSTEEN*! 😅

Teaming him up with Richard Pryor was genius.

*frunkensteen!*

You ain't lying.

Gotta check it out

I just ordered it on blu-ray

@@dakken74 Thoughts?

@@vincent2053 I really liked it. It wasn't as consistently funny as Blazing Saddles or young frankenstein but when it was funny it was really funny.

He was also great in "The Last remake of Beau Gest"

"Damn your eyes!" "Too late."

He said that about showbusiness.

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@@bettyschneider5268 lmao

@@bettyschneider5268 That might be the most insane thing I've ever read in a RU-vid comments section... that's saying a lot lol

@@bettyschneider5268 i want whatever you're smoking!

Is Nicholas Cage nothing to you?

@@BollywoodBonanzaB bruh

Frienship ended with Nicholas Cage

Will Ferrel is pretty good. No Gene, but probably inspired by him. If Chris Farley was still around, he'd probably fit the bill for comedic freakouts. Nobody freaks out like Chris Farley. But yeah, as much as I'm no fan of Nic Cage; I gotta admit he's good at freak outs

"I'm hysterical. I'm having hysteria because I'm hysterical." is what I think when I see people comparing Gene Wilder to Nicholas Cage.........

Robin Williams was the one that effected me the most. ..Gene's passing is up there too...maybe tied for first.

Kevin Conroy affected me not really knew him personally but his voice acting as Batman was truly remarkable.

agree and just checked out Mel Brooks ImdB and he is still alive and active in acting, producing and writing......

Gene Wilder and Mel Brooks for actor Director combo and Gene Wilder and Richard Pryor For greatest actor comedian combo.

Would Cheech and Chong be satire? All I could think of duo wise

@@joshferguson1124 Very old but Laurel and Hardy are another classic duo. Who's on first anyone?

rememeber this line- do u care whatg happens to it? to what? the roman empire? F---k it! lol

Sorry for that guys insane comment, but that was a solid joke :-)

After quarantine: wait strike that reverse it

Back in quarantine: “here we go again”

"Quarantine" is for very sick people who are highly contagious. If you self isolate for other reasons, then I suggest that you break that programming. Healthy people do not "Quarantine", no matter what that big (or small) hypnotic, black scrying mirror tells you to do.

@@matthewronson5218 you isolate yourself to stop yourself from getting the virus. So yeah healthy people quarantine all the time.

This is the way I live.

How do you figure

@Dr. Hughie L Mungus M.D. suffering from success lmao

@@jeso317 Over Exaggeration is probably the simplest way to put it, I'm no expert from what I can tell the old school guys like Gene and Pryer both were very animated and acted in exaggerated manners, but Carrey was over the top. It was always about funny faces and goofy voices for his comedy, very little cleverness or anything, and it's more to blame on the producers who decided carrey did well so we need that in all our movies and suddenly you get movies like the ones eddie murphy and will farrel are known for

Carrey pushed things to a level that was impossible to match without either doing it terribly or seeming like you are copying him.

Jim carrey use to be funny but he not even come close to Gene Wilder level of talent will wonka is almost 50 years old an people still love it

I picked it up on blu-ray when I was in Japan. I showed it to my Polish-Israeli friend while we were there, and she (rightfully) absolutely loved it.

I agree, once the roles or the movies were not so good, he stopped acting.

Too bad general audiences flock to the garbage Hollywood churns out back to back, occasionally they get lucky. More and more I look for those gems made away from main street Hollywood

Agreed! A beautiful memoir filled with amazing insight and wisdom.

I would listen to that. I normally hate audiobooks

@@Sylkenwolf Me too! But this would actually be extra entertaining.

@@vipermad358 definitely would!

The book is great and the audio of him reading the memoir is even better. I have it on CD, that should tell you how long ago I bought the book. I highly recommend as well!!!

Dude that was physically painful to read. I did a similar thing once where I stabbed a cardboard box with a broken pocket knife and it folded onto my hand, and I still, to this day, have a scar lol

I stabbed my hand with a very sharp wooden pencil once. The tip was embedded in my hand and left a colored scar. And years before that (when I was very young) I dropped a glass and had to get my hand stitched after I tried cleaning up the pieces.

Thanks for watching!

Do you mean the Frisco kid? That is one of my favorite movies ever so so so so good

@@evelynvongizycki1017 Yeah! That's the one! Good catch.

Masterpiece? Don't know about that one bub.

i second that. comedic gold there.

Michael Coletti why? Is there a stronger word your thinking of?

kmccurdy21 He’s probably trying to spell perfection.

I love the movie too! But when I show it to younger people, they just don't get it.

Not to be a troll but 100 dollars says Nick learned that shit from Gene lol

@@mamaslittleman6104 ok now I'm imagining a Star Wars scenario with Gene as the master jedi and Nick as the padawan and it's freakin' hilarious

Mama's Little Man I can actually see that lmao. That’s my head canon from now on, thank you.

i much prefer Gene Wilder, and think he is way beter than Nicholas Cage when it comes to freak outs, Gene never made it feel to me as if he was overacting, his freakouts feel genuine and real and not acted, while Nicholas Cage most of the time feels like he did it right once, then decided to amp it up to 15 and go with that take, and it makes it feel like a kid throwing a tantrum, and while i do like Nicholas Cage, he is one of the most overacting actors in hollywood and it can really take away from the rest of the movie. i think alot of it comes down to body language and facial expressions, and Gene was just more capable in acting with only his face and body than Nicholas is.

@Alexander Supertramp I hope you're joking lol!

*KMFDM* is that you?

Dementia is an awful curse for the old.

Recently lost my Grandmother to Lewy Body Disease, it was really bad at the end. She would have moments of clarity in which she slowly started to realize she spent most of her time in an incognizant state. She lost the will to live, because when she was out of it, she was filled with a childlike fear, and when she was alert and aware, she felt like she was losing her identity and agency. I think having that sort of end is the scariest thing I can imagine... still living while ceasing to exist as I know myself.

@@keystonelyte I think the scariest death would be something similar, trapped, perfectly fine and aware but kinda being forced to inevitably encounter your death with no escape. Like being trapped in a cave slowly filling with water. You can’t escape at all and can only hope

mockmonkey1 Same. Crazy.

Raven Le Faye my favourite, they made a great team in that.

Underrated and under appreciated movie.

Raven Le Faye Its time to rewatch that....

Oh, very much agreed. 'The Frisco Kid' is a film that threatens to become a one-note gag about Yiddish stereotyping, yet transcends its goofy premise to become a stirring, gentle meditation about decency and kindness. My love for it is unconditional.

Have it on DVD and will be watching it again, he was so natural & his work with Richard Pryor was brilliant. Don't think anyone could remake the films he did, it's like watching a pink panther film with someone else playing inspector Clauso instead of Peter Sellers as he was so natural as well.

hahahahahahahah

Maybe you just forgot?

I was about to say a joke, but I won't.

I lost my grandfather to Alzheimer's, believe you me, it is a terrible way to lose someone. When I heard this is was took Me. Wilder from us I cried for a good day or more.

Me too, he came off really sharp in his, I believe, TCM interview where he dissed the new Charlie and Chocolate Factory movie. He also criticized Tim Burton for not being focused on original content anymore. Some might call those “old man tangents,” but I just call them fair points.

Evil You From The Future I was going to say that, but I forgot what we we’re talking about

My favorite was between him & Igor. Dr F "What a FILTHY job!" Igor"Oh I don't know, could be worse" Dr F "HOW??" Igor "Could be raining"

@@billolsen4360 Dr. F: Werewolf? Igor: There wolf, there castle.

Good call, mono with! Whole heartedly agree.

Huh, he would definitely have had an interesting take on the character.... if only.

That line makes me think of Londo from Babylon 5, it would have been a very fitting line for him.

It's the popcorn that really makes that scene.

Omg yes

O MY GOD ITS PERFECT

Hahahahahahahaha

Well at least you’re not blind... get it. Ha

Yeah its still novice tube

"I loved your movie Young Frankenstein, it scared the hell out of me." -Homer Simpson

And tries to hide it like no one could've possibly noticed. So friggin' funny. I'm like, 'Who wants to tell him we ALL saw that?' Nah, let him rock. We don't want to blow up his spot, now do we?? No. No we do not. :D

I'll add in my one suggestion: Chris Farley

Wow, thanks so much for taking the time to check out my videos! More are coming in the future!

Literally just did that myself this morning.

Same.

Couldn't have said it better myself

Thanks for watching!

Well plus Rick wanted to be a family man too

@@Bobman-ml5qf hope he makes a cameo in that new Ghostbusters film

@@Bobman-ml5qf Moranis 'took a break' at the height of his career to look after his kids because his wife died of cancer a few years earlier. He's always been clear that he never retired, and he's going to be in a new film later this year. I don't think it's similar to Wilder's departure from film at all.

@@Bob3D2000 he had been on record for many years that he would return to film if he comes across a good script. so, yes, it is the same.

Rick talked about coming back after his kids were grown, but it's been nearly two decades since he said that.

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