Being There
Mar. 25th, 2006 11:49 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
poliphiloMy fascination with Peter Sellers has a lot to do with him looking like my father.
It's something to do with the forehead. And- harder to pin down- with the way he carries himself.
There are shots in Being There where it's definitely my father up there on screen.
Being There is one of my favourite movies. I watched it again last night. Sellers made a lot of cruddy films- many of them cruddier than they need have been because of his appalling behaviour on and off the set (Blake Edwards reckons he was certifiably insane)- but Being There is immaculate.
It's something to do with the forehead. And- harder to pin down- with the way he carries himself.
There are shots in Being There where it's definitely my father up there on screen.
Being There is one of my favourite movies. I watched it again last night. Sellers made a lot of cruddy films- many of them cruddier than they need have been because of his appalling behaviour on and off the set (Blake Edwards reckons he was certifiably insane)- but Being There is immaculate.
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Re: Merkin Muffley's Phone Call.
Date: 2006-03-25 04:55 pm (UTC)Hollywood recently attempted a "remake" with Tom Hanks, about which, the less said, the better.
Re: Merkin Muffley's Phone Call.
Date: 2006-03-26 01:31 am (UTC)Especially remakes of films of character.
Sellers was at his best in those charming, low budget British movies of the 1950s. He never set a foot wrong. Once he became a star and went to Hollywood he started screwing up.
Re: Merkin Muffley's Phone Call.
Date: 2006-03-26 03:56 am (UTC)Anyone with any respect for Sellars' talent should have refused to receive Blake Edwards after the exercise in grave-robbing called "The Trail of the Pink Panther".
Steptoe & Son
Till Death Us Do Part
The Ladykillers
The Pink Panther
...All of these have been hideously remade in the US. They should stick to what they do very well and leave British humour strictly alone. With a bit of experience, the Yanks can GET Brit-com, but they can't DO Brit-com.
(I think "The Pink Panther" is officially an American film, but with Edwards and Sellars dominating proceedings and Niven along for the ride it's basically a British comedy. Also, I've got a feeling it was made at Pinewood).
Re: Merkin Muffley's Phone Call.
Date: 2006-03-26 04:26 am (UTC)The Pink Panther should have been laid to rest with Sellers. It infuriates me that they're still trying to revive the franchise.