A few additional thoughts since having viewed this film from the start this time ! My first viewing about 3 years ago began
about 45 minutes after the. Film began ! This viewing from the beginning had me feeling the need to type a much bolder
review ! Watching his unique body movements , for example in the kitchen, moving lightly and suddenly more assertively
was a clever idea, which i felt may have been the true man as in his real life of confused feelings, one moment of inferiority
and the next an unexpected sense of normalcy ? An exaggerated man living with a myriad of psychological complexities !
If some truth there, those confusions may have driven him to a level of irrevocably uncontrolled madness ? In my un professional opinion , i have a sense of a predatory victim who tied himself in to knots , which he could not untie, thereby a loss of self control ?
His multiple female relationships, marriages and female partnership attempts all seem to have been known failures ?
I do not recall any Parkinson or other interviewers mentioning any fatherly influences, only his mother briefly referred to !
So, bottom line a predatory man , whose demeanor may have scared women away? That said i did get the impression that Britt cared for him, faults included and very possibly did her best to be patient and help him ? Sadly she failed !
To sum up, this was a well made and acted film, , albeit i feel it might have been a lot more popular as a stage play ?
I am not a controversial type so would not go against any of the reviewers accolades. Peter Sellers, as much as I admire him now and in the past, he is possibly the one brilliant actor, comedian, and of course brilliant Goon Show member that for some unknown, personal reason I feel glad that he remained an untouchable enigma, somehow not of this world in my mind only ! And now, reading his feelings about the finished product, my very personal confusion about this man, has become less complicated in my outlook and even slightly more comprehension of the real P S ?
He apparently was so sensitive, vulnerable and vpossibly confused about himself. , his own mother , his childhood and what do we know about his father , extended family , school friends etc. Etc. His marriage with Britt and countless other relationships , none of which he referred to as long term happy unions ? I confess all my foregoing feelings may be totally inaccgurate, as I have never read anything written by him or other authors, or journalists ? So, these feelings are pure guess work on my part ? Prior to this time on September 2nd 2021 I had never heard about this narrative or stage play ,which the Sellers part was taken by DONALD PLEASANCE according to TRiVEA indicated here by IMDB ! And also a different actress ?
Ngmnb I do feel, that in the case of this narrative, it could be far more successful with alternative actors for the main parts ? That said, I wish to repeat that, as I say above, my opines are very personal and as we ca n see majority of reviewers considered this film very successful , even to the extent that , P S was at his finest in this version ! So, in short, why would any sensible producer consider sinking his, or her cash in to a remake ?
If some truth there, those confusions may have driven him to a level of irrevocably uncontrolled madness ? In my un professional opinion , i have a sense of a predatory victim who tied himself in to knots , which he could not untie, thereby a loss of self control ?
His multiple female relationships, marriages and female partnership attempts all seem to have been known failures ?
I do not recall any Parkinson or other interviewers mentioning any fatherly influences, only his mother briefly referred to !
So, bottom line a predatory man , whose demeanor may have scared women away? That said i did get the impression that Britt cared for him, faults included and very possibly did her best to be patient and help him ? Sadly she failed !
To sum up, this was a well made and acted film, , albeit i feel it might have been a lot more popular as a stage play ?
I am not a controversial type so would not go against any of the reviewers accolades. Peter Sellers, as much as I admire him now and in the past, he is possibly the one brilliant actor, comedian, and of course brilliant Goon Show member that for some unknown, personal reason I feel glad that he remained an untouchable enigma, somehow not of this world in my mind only ! And now, reading his feelings about the finished product, my very personal confusion about this man, has become less complicated in my outlook and even slightly more comprehension of the real P S ?
He apparently was so sensitive, vulnerable and vpossibly confused about himself. , his own mother , his childhood and what do we know about his father , extended family , school friends etc. Etc. His marriage with Britt and countless other relationships , none of which he referred to as long term happy unions ? I confess all my foregoing feelings may be totally inaccgurate, as I have never read anything written by him or other authors, or journalists ? So, these feelings are pure guess work on my part ? Prior to this time on September 2nd 2021 I had never heard about this narrative or stage play ,which the Sellers part was taken by DONALD PLEASANCE according to TRiVEA indicated here by IMDB ! And also a different actress ?
Ngmnb I do feel, that in the case of this narrative, it could be far more successful with alternative actors for the main parts ? That said, I wish to repeat that, as I say above, my opines are very personal and as we ca n see majority of reviewers considered this film very successful , even to the extent that , P S was at his finest in this version ! So, in short, why would any sensible producer consider sinking his, or her cash in to a remake ?