1:45 PM PDT 10/20/2017 by Tatiana Siegel The film will chronicle the final days of the world-renowned neurologist, who authored such books as ‘Awakenings’ and ‘The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat,’ both of which were adapted for the screen. Paul G. Allen’s Vulcan Prods. has boarded the documentary Oliver Sacks: His Own Life about the late […]
October 1, 2019 by Owen Gleiberman The title of the new documentary “Oliver Sacks: His Own Life” bounces off the title of the essay that Sacks published in The New York Times on Feb. 19, 2015 (“My Own Life”), days after he’d received a diagnosis of terminal cancer. (He died on Aug. 30, 2015.) It‘s […]
September 10, 2019 by Stephen Farber Author and neurologist Oliver Sacks, best known for inspiring the Robin Williams-Robert De Niro movie ‘Awakenings,’ is profiled in this documentary. Telluride, like many festivals, always showcases fine documentaries. One of the strong entries this year, about celebrated neurologist and author Oliver Sacks, is directed by Ric Burns, the […]
September 27, 2019 by Shayla Love Sacks was an expert in many areas, but not culture. When Michael Jackson died, Sacks said, “What is Michael Jackson?” I was supposed to meet Oliver Sacks on a morning in May 2016. I was in a master’s program for science journalism at Columbia University, and Sacks—a neurologist and […]
Oliver Sacks: His Own Life (Sept. 23) Ken Burns’ eminent documentarian brother Ric Burns interviewed celebrity neurologist Oliver Sacks (played by Robin Williams in Awakenings) after his terminal cancer diagnosis, and also his family, friends and famous colleagues (Jonathan Miller, Temple Grandin, Paul Theroux). His wild, unlikely life shed fascinating new light on the human mind, and […]
Oliver Sacks lived a lot of life, putting primacy on the brain throughout his career as a neurologist as the most incredible thing in the universe. But during that life, which ended in 2015, he also battled drug addiction, cancer, homophobia, and a medical establishment that wouldn’t take him seriously for decades. His towering achievements and […]
