Same.
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I liked The Party and A Shot in the Dark. He was funny. Hated him in Lolita.
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Sellers can be hard to stand in Kubrick's films; I was turned off by his characters, but he's refreshingly funny in others like The Party and A Shot in the Dark. Being There, I have to say it's his greatest role; very hard to pull off for most actors.
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I hated it. MacLaine was good. Couldn’t stand Sellers.
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Thanks.
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Forget Forrest Gump; this is the one to see.
i couldn't agree more!
cursed, scarred & forever possessed

The outtakes were a horrible choice. It's not a 90s sitcom.

JohnnyBoy said...
I need to check out Billy Elliot.
It didn't do anything for me the first time so I thought I would give it another go.
I really like the opening credits with him jumping up and down to that music.
How you die does not redeem how you lived. - A black pastor on the life and death of Charlie Kirk

JustinCase said...
Fail Safe
Heart/Lonely Hunter
Breakin 2
Also Unfinished Life and Billy Elliot that I want to rewatch.
I need to check out Billy Elliot.
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JohnnyBoy said...
No problem, which ones?
Fail Safe
Heart/Lonely Hunter
Breakin 2
Also Unfinished Life and Billy Elliot that I want to rewatch.
How you die does not redeem how you lived. - A black pastor on the life and death of Charlie Kirk

WarrenPeace said...
I have not watched it to the end yet but so far I am!
And I have a couple of movies on hold at the Lib. that you suggested.
Will let you know what they are and my thoughts after watching them.
No problem, which ones?
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I have not watched it to the end yet but so far I am!
And I have a couple of movies on hold at the Lib. that you suggested.
Will let you know what they are and my thoughts after watching them.
"Please vote to preserve the unique character of Warren…" - Robert Duvall

Did you like the movie?
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I haven't tried Alice B. Tolkas yet. I think that's the name of a gay group that Harvey Milk was a member of.
I think you're right.
A search brings up a gay/lesbian political group with that name based in San Francrisco, home of Milk and her birthplace.
https://alicebtoklas.org/
Apparently she was a real life woman who was lovers with Gertrude Stein and they hosted authors and artists in their Paris home.
I don't see anything about her leading any political movements.
How you die does not redeem how you lived. - A black pastor on the life and death of Charlie Kirk

Looks like another version of The Day After.
It is.
Only it's more localized on a family and a small community.
As I said, the moments up to the flash create the creepy, eerie feeling and makes me think I am there.
Where the blast moments in Day After are cool looks SFX!
LOL
When my dad and I watched it I remarked the lucky ones die first.
Yeah I hope it never comes down to it, and it might with our proxy war against Russia in Ukraine, I would run outside hoping to get vaporized right away.
Would you try and survive in a radioactive wasteland and die slowly and painfully or would you try and get zapped?
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Didn't know it existed. Looks like another version of The Day After. Will add.
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Added Fail Safe to my list.
I dunno if we talked about this one yet but another nuke war based movie is called Testament.
For me the scene where the bombs go off depicts the feeling of impending doom with the suspense perfectly.
You don't see the mushroom cloud but what they do with so little is enough to create such an eerie feeling.
I really felt like I was in the room with them.
Check it out and see if it brings up the same feeling at all for you.
Sorry for the poor quality.
It's all I could find.
P.S.
The man who is wearing the tie and boots who first comes out onto the street and says, "Carol," is a young Kevin Costner.
How you die does not redeem how you lived. - A black pastor on the life and death of Charlie Kirk

Try Fail Safe instead if you haven't seen it yet. It's more serious and well-acted. Virtually the same topic.
I haven't tried Alice B. Tolkas yet. I think that's the name of a gay group that Harvey Milk was a member of.
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Agreed about Strangelove.
Plus the movie is too long and boring.
Though I do appreciate him playing in three roles including the US president.
I think he is talented where he can do different accents.
Sellers overall is the type of actor I can appreciate who does different looks and sounds for the roles.
I started to check him out in I love you Alice B Toklas.
He plays a mainstream, uptight establishment lawyer who then somehow drops out and becomes a hippy.
I have not gotten to the latter part yet but so far so good.
It's kind of in the same vein as BT of a satire of sorts or a humorous look of the times.
This time it is hippie counter culture instead of the rich and powerful.
How you die does not redeem how you lived. - A black pastor on the life and death of Charlie Kirk

He also seems like an emotionless robot instead of human.
How can he not know emotions?
Pretty sure he's autistic. His act will wear thin in time, so the best thing to do is show him off for a minute and then disappear, leaving everybody fascinated with his profound thoughts.
Feel free to share any thoughts as well as what do you think of this out of any other Sellers movies you have seen?
I hated Peter Sellers in Dr. Strangelove and Lolita; he's not funny or is too talkative. I used to be negative about him until I saw his brilliant, funny performances in The Party and A Shot in the Dark. The Blockhouse is an interesting, overlooked bleak picture because of the fictional situation. He played the role of Charlie Chan correctly in Murder by Death. I still need to watch more of his films such as What's New Pussycat? and The World of Henry Orient.
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I was rewatching a bit of it and it really is funny at how everyone misunderstands him and keeps on acting as if he is saying genius things by misinterpreting them.
Poor Eve didn't get it when he said, "I like to watch," and she goes ahead and does her thing and he was not even paying attention.
I feel conflicted if that scene was needed or not.
I saw the part with the maid where she ends up in a poverty situation but she was right about how white privilege is what helped that idiot get to where he was.
He also seems like an emotionless robot instead of human.
How can he not know emotions?
Feel free to share any thoughts as well as what do you think of this out of any other Sellers movies you have seen?
I think this one is my favorite including from the Pink Panther ones which just don't seem as clever or intelligent.
While they can be fun they are based more on slap stick IMO while BT is about being witty.
I started to watch, What's New Pussycat but gave up after about 2 minutes in because it just looked stupid.
Plus it was written by Woody Allen and I have a bias against him from his previous scandal.
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Plus she was too weird but meant well. Probably too sheltered to express her feelings normally.
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I agree.
I don't think he wanted to ruin Eve's viewpoint of Chuancy esp. since she just lost her husband.
Interesting that she was younger but yet she was not a gold digger nor a trophy wife.
Or at least it didn't seem like it.
I think she and Ben really were in love with each other instead of using each other the way some power couples do like Trump and Melania.
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"I think the private doctor was the only one who knew but decided to let it go at that. What's the harm anyway?"
I meant to say:
"I think the private doctor was the only one who knew but decided to let it go at that. He must have thought to himself, 'What's the harm anyway?'"
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