I don't think Sellers is being forgotten. The Goons have a cult following and people still love the Pink Panther. And of course there was that rather good bio-pic with Geoffrey Rush.
I'd have put Sellers closer to the top. He was a genius. Stanley Kubrick said it, so it must be true. His best performances go further and deeper than anybody else's. They are hyper-real.
But perhaps "comedian" is the wrong category for Sellers. Forget Brando and Pacino and De Niro, I'd vote for him as best screen actor!
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Date: 2005-01-02 04:39 am (UTC)I'd have put Sellers closer to the top. He was a genius. Stanley Kubrick said it, so it must be true. His best performances go further and deeper than anybody else's. They are hyper-real.
But perhaps "comedian" is the wrong category for Sellers. Forget Brando and Pacino and De Niro, I'd vote for him as best screen actor!