Gene Wilder
I love Gene Wilder. I mean it. I really love him.
At the moment, I’m watching him in one of his best performances in Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory:
Where is fancy bred?
In the heart?
Or in the head?
It’s my second favorite Gene Wilder role. My favorite — one you don’t often see — is where he played The Fox in Stanley Donen’s film version of Antoine de Saint-Exupery’s The Little Prince. The scene with The Fox sitting in the wheat field is truly beautiful…
It’s only with the heart that one can see clearly.
What’s essential, is invisible to the eye.
Check out this great NPR interview with Wilder.
NPR : Gene Wilder: A Seriously Funny Man
He’s been a mad scientist, a gun-slinging cowboy, a twisted chocolate maker and other zanily hilarious characters. But actor Gene Wilder still doesn’t consider himself a funny man.
Posted by RebeccaHartong on April 30, 2006 under Uncategorized
Here’s an even better NPR interview:
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I was rather fond of Silver Streak…
He is the best actor ever! I am collecting all his movies but my favorite movies so far is Willy Wonka and Haunted Honeymoon.