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Oliver Sacks: My Own Life shows a man like no other – Sydney Morning Herald
This documentary on the late neurologist and author reveals him as even more singular than his readers might have thought.
Sacks’ signature quality can be described as a disarming, innocent enthusiasm.
Improbably, Sacks found himself on the bestseller list, and even became a pop culture identity of sorts, played by Robin Williams in the Oscar-nominated adaptation of his book Awakenings, and later caricatured by Bill Murray in The Royal Tenenbaums.
Sacks’ critics have accused him of voyeurism, but his signature quality can equally be described as a disarming, innocent enthusiasm, encouraging us to marvel at the sheer…
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