Blake understood comedy rhythms and more importantly had the technical expertise to translate them to film.
@oludotunjohnshowemimo434
3 жыл бұрын
The legendary creator of The Pink Panther, the late, great Blake Edward's.
@martm216
3 жыл бұрын
Blake Edwards was a great director and film maker. He provided a great framework for Sellers to work within. The Pink Panther films were as much the work of Blake Edwards as they were of Peter Sellers.
@arthagnan020
3 жыл бұрын
totally agree with you Martin Mitchell
@martm216
3 жыл бұрын
@@arthagnan020 thanks 🙂
@johncronin9540
2 жыл бұрын
One has to also give credit to the other actors working with him. When an actor ad libs, and is as funny as Sellers undoubtedly was, it’s hard for the other actors to not break character, start losing it, and ruining the take. So they have to be able to adapt to the ad libbing, and go with it. Easier said than done. If you watch Dr. Strangelove, in one scene, you can see the actor portraying the Soviet Ambassador trying desperately not to laugh behind Sellers performing the Strangelove character.
@martm216
2 жыл бұрын
@@johncronin9540 yes, the film was well cast. George C Scott in particular was superb. Sellers by all accounts was not easy to work with. I read somewhere that he was jealous that Scott was stealing some of the scenes.
@7550375503
6 жыл бұрын
An honest account regarding the brilliant Sellers.
@MrMrh1958
5 жыл бұрын
Genius borders madness!😂
@lawrencedoliveiro9104
5 жыл бұрын
The two of them worked really well together. Catch _The Party_ , if you haven’t already done so -- about half of that was improvised during shooting. Classic and funny.
@raymondlang
4 жыл бұрын
Ultimate classic, and so too I'm Alright Jack.
@susiefraser9182
2 жыл бұрын
Birdy num nums
@paulccrimmins
2 жыл бұрын
the Party is the funniest film I've ever seen. Hilarious ! 😂
@Ricky40369
2 жыл бұрын
Blake was an absolute genius. I adore everything he did around 1959 and 1960. Then it stopped.
@SmokeyJoe4991
2 жыл бұрын
Hahah
@DJ-bj8ku
4 жыл бұрын
Madness and genius are connected. So instead of mocking him, a skilled interviewer would’ve probed deeply into how Sellers’ madness created great art.
@vksasdgaming9472
3 жыл бұрын
There was no Peter Sellers except as physical entity. That entity had person of Peter Sellers surgically removed like some people have their teeth surgically removed. He was a canvas for others to project something else.
@kymbrenton
3 жыл бұрын
Sellers learn these things because he was a yogi he learnt these things through Ravi Shankar along with George Harrison. If your interested George Harrison was interviewed about Peter Sellers available on u-tube
@johncronin9540
2 жыл бұрын
I don’t see any mocking of him, your point is a valid one. But his problems made living with him extremely difficult. And he worked extensively with Blake Edwards through all those Pink Panther movies, so he had a close connection with Edwards, who sounds sympathetic in this interview, of which we are seeing only a glimpse. We don’t know where the interview went from there.
@DangerousDavies2008
Жыл бұрын
@@kymbrenton Sellers and John Lennon were quite similar they were both hard to live with and sometimes cruel and insensitive but incredibly talented and open minded. It’s quite spooky they both died within six months of each other.
@JulioLeonFandinho
2 ай бұрын
"madness and genius are connected" typical gratuitous crap statement that means absolutely nothing
@vantheman1238
8 ай бұрын
I believe that Peter was joking and that he was such a great actor he knew he could kid Blake Edwards. In fact he did it to Edwards constantly. How do I know this…….Peter talks to me about it everyday.
@your_royal_highness
Жыл бұрын
I was a contractor in my younger days and had to opportunity to go into the homes of wealthy people. I discovered that the difference between crazy and eccentric was merely resources. Money kept them out of institutions in many cases
@misfit2022
Жыл бұрын
If being a little eccentric helps bring out performances like Being There then I am all for it.
@CorridorJ
Жыл бұрын
Don’t think his family agrees with you
@vinceveedal
6 жыл бұрын
A lot of people have said Peter Sellers was insane. It's said in every video about him.
@forensicdarling
6 жыл бұрын
Rob Torcks He's He often mentioned his mad, mad self-destructive ways too. He was mad, but he was a mad legend.
@gumunduringigumundsson9344
5 жыл бұрын
You are individual white and grey brainmatter which at birth is more or less standard .. then a lot happens and each brain gets that more unique as entropy does its thing. Insane or sane.. lezdom is sane so why not Peter Sellers?
@2flyabove
4 жыл бұрын
I wonder to what degree Sellers' madness was due to taking drugs?!
@srb-ef3zs
3 жыл бұрын
exploited too, by many in Hollywood wishing to profit from his madness and geniusness!
@johncronin9540
2 жыл бұрын
That may be true, but the term “insane” is not a term psychiatrists and psychologists employ. He likely did have mental health issues, but was, to a certain degree, functional, in that he was able to function professionally. I do seem to remember that things were not so functional in his personal life, which was sad.
@allys744
4 жыл бұрын
I love that “I talked to God story”
@fredferd965
6 жыл бұрын
Good heavens! Blake Edwards is telling us that Peter Sellers really WAS cleuseau!!!!!!!!!! Oh, wow!!!!
@pcoldlight5631
3 ай бұрын
Brilliant observation. Thank you.
@alexdavies7394
4 жыл бұрын
Blake Edwards offers a lot of insight into Peter Sellers the man, insecurities included! This can be found in the book: "Peter Sellers: A Film History."
@georgeshelton6281
4 жыл бұрын
What's something the fictitious American president Bobby didn't say; when he attended Ben Randy's funeral, in North Carolina? He didn't say to all of the people that knew Ben Randy; throughout the years, "following our own philosophies can set us apart from our friends."
@georgeshelton6281
4 жыл бұрын
You know very well that I will always best remember Peter Sellers; as Chance Johnson the gardener, never as Inspector Clouseau from the live action 'Pink Panther' comedy series.
@ssnoc
3 жыл бұрын
Crazy like a fox ... the guy made Hollywood hundreds of millions of dollars - he was a sharp businessman and created a very intriguing personality for himself - thats genius not craziness.
@mibeatleman6767
2 жыл бұрын
A interesting bit of trivia about Peter Sellers, Sellers had a phobia of the color purple.
@nedmerrill6228
2 жыл бұрын
He would have run if he met Prince.
@Ometecuhtli
Жыл бұрын
Wasn't that after a series of heart strokes?
@termsofusepolice
Жыл бұрын
I think it was mainly just a, very justifiable, dislike of Oprah Winfrey.
@brynjenkins7979
9 ай бұрын
Also sometimes it’s just being British, we can be quite mad and quite normal, mostly at the same time
@federicomonti6146
5 ай бұрын
P.S. was definitely affected from a bipolar disorder, that actually bring to a personality disorder and to addictions. It worsen getting elder, especially if not treated. I struggle with this condition since when I was 18, 44 now, and I recognized his condition just reading his bio from wikipedia and I've then found confirms of this all around the web. Sadly his wife confirmed he had no treatment and this brought to his earl death, as happened to Jaco Pastorius or Kurt Kobain. For these people, like me, drugs are not recreational as for the others, we choose marijuana or stimulants just to be normal: I couldn't have had an enginery graduation withouth smoking a bunch of pot just before the examinations, other times cocaine was the only thing that let me get up from bed after weeks in it. when I've got the right diagnosis and the right drugs these ups and downs definitely reduced and I finally went stable and started living normally. More or less... 🙂
@jessiejames7492
4 жыл бұрын
he was a narcissist. his giggling fits and funny antics was a way to get attention. and the more people laughed the more he liked it.
@Jantonov1
3 жыл бұрын
That can be said of every lonely person with comedic talent in show business.
@PauloPereira-jj4jv
3 жыл бұрын
@@Jantonov1 ... narcisism is a specific "mental illness", although psichyatrists don't use this word anymore. A very serious mental condition. And not every artist, of course, is a narcisist.
@Jantonov1
3 жыл бұрын
@@PauloPereira-jj4jv I was really just responding to the op. Funny people using their comedic gift to garner unending attention is pretty common for a lot of comedians. It's lonely being funny. Especially if you have other underlying issues. Sellers happened to have many such conditions.
@PauloPereira-jj4jv
3 жыл бұрын
@@Jantonov1 .. yes, he could be that kind of person. You can see he really loved to be noticed. Not to mention his personal life problems, as we know. It's a shame, since he was a very talented man...
@MapleSyrupPoet
Жыл бұрын
Insightful 😊
@johncarey4186
6 жыл бұрын
The Universe is His show.
@charleswinokoor6023
4 жыл бұрын
Rose was capable of doing a good interview, but for some reason he couldn’t resist laughing gratuitously to the point of distraction.
@MacJaxonManOfAction
2 жыл бұрын
And interrupting ad nauseum.
@johncronin9540
2 жыл бұрын
Well, Rose has his own personal issues. But we’re seeing such a small segment of the interview.
@danielc1978
6 ай бұрын
Rose was one of the worst interviewers; he always interrupted the interviewees and would insert himself inappropriately into the conversations (no pun intended....)
@nevillecawasbardoliwallaob2736
5 жыл бұрын
Interesting !
@blackbird5634
10 ай бұрын
If Sellers' own words are to be trusted he HATED Edwards and the Pink Panther series after the 2nd movie. And the fact that he was a genius, and one of a kind, didn't suggest to Edwards that he was putting a straight jacket on an artist.
@VGLV888
2 жыл бұрын
✅☑️
@Tom-kt8lu
Жыл бұрын
Edwards was a greater genius.
@xdisruptor6630
3 жыл бұрын
Blake looks like Tim Cook
@DangerousDavies2008
Жыл бұрын
Sellers had 15 heart attacks during his life
@dennisdivine7448
Жыл бұрын
It sounds as if Peter Sellars suffered from serious mental health issues in his prime. As he became increasingly unstable personally and professionally in later years, one has to wonder if he was being neurologically challenged from the series of heart attacks he suffered through the '60s and '70s, making him even worse.
@andrewd.conard5088
Жыл бұрын
That and recreational drug use.
@CorridorJ
Жыл бұрын
Think he had a underlining personality disorder
@bluegtturbo
2 жыл бұрын
So... Maybe God did actually tell him... We don't know... 😁 It doesn't mean he's crazy!
@krisscanlon4051
Жыл бұрын
Crazy certifiable lol wow
@georgeshelton6281
4 жыл бұрын
Even though the 1980 Rated PG comedy movie called 'Being There;' was a good movie perhaps a sad one, what the one thing that bothered me the most was that, as Chance Johnson was listening and watching TV of what came about. I was seeing a short cartoon program; of all of these white guys, singing the song called it's called pardon my soul.
@georgeshelton6281
4 жыл бұрын
Need I explain it more? Here's where this short cartoon flick features; the black male cartoon character that, sounded like Michael Jackson. He said to all of these white folks in town; "try to come and stop me." He said it when he was becoming the unbeatable NBA player. And he was growing to be a giant.
@QuadMochaMatti
4 жыл бұрын
Madness, absolute madness you speak... Are you sure you're commenting to the proper post?
@georgeshelton6281
4 жыл бұрын
@@QuadMochaMatti It's not a joke of what I've seen and heard; while Chance Johnson/Peter Sellers was listening and watching TV, it's the truth. I still remember when I was listening and watching this 1980 Rated PG comedy movie called 'Being There.' Maybe you don't remember; what you don't realize is that, the Lord God is using the past.
@georgeshelton6281
4 жыл бұрын
@@QuadMochaMatti It's true that I heard these white guys singing, pardon my soul.
@tomkent4656
6 жыл бұрын
Sellers could be a nasty piece of work. Basically, he hated people!
@YouzTube99
5 жыл бұрын
@tom kent: Starting with himself.
@gumunduringigumundsson9344
5 жыл бұрын
Don´t we all, especially our selves. From time to time. Less and less with age preferably indeed. ;)
@tomkent4656
5 жыл бұрын
@@gumunduringigumundsson9344 But we're not all narcissistic sociopaths!
@gumunduringigumundsson9344
5 жыл бұрын
@@tomkent4656 who aint paint if paint is way of describing that that we all do sometimes do that.. he probably enjoyed to make his paint extra noticable probably just to annoy those that get annoyed by it. Auto ignore should be on those with too much paint too often.. right?
@seandarcy7651
5 жыл бұрын
Heard similar things about Mr Edwards from Tony Curtis
@glasshalffull8471
Жыл бұрын
I'm pretty Gods not in the film business these days, possibly hasn't been involved for quite some time, he would hate streaming services, but that's just my opinion, don't get me started on woke Disney.
@hazelrah321
2 жыл бұрын
Millions of people talk to God every day around the world - that's not "crazy". When people claim that God talked back....maybe.
@filmbuff-ru4xt
6 жыл бұрын
I don't call mental health problems a laughing matter somehow!
@chasleask8533
6 жыл бұрын
filmbuff 2013 oh yes, they are.
@alexdavies1662
6 жыл бұрын
+Chas Leask - Sorry but I find myself agreeing with classicfilm. I lived with people who had mental health problems and humour is the LAST word I'd use to describe the effect it had.
@alexdavies1662
6 жыл бұрын
+Chas Leask - Filmbuff is right. Mental health problems are nothing to smile about - especially if you have lived with it.
@chasleask8533
6 жыл бұрын
filmbuff 2013 yer gotta larf incha.
@colderbeer
6 жыл бұрын
So what?
@ramieltufail1711
5 жыл бұрын
He calls Sellers a genious and then goes on to call him crazy and mad. Wow.
@degsbabe
5 жыл бұрын
You don't think they go hand in hand sometimes? Ask Picasso, Van Gogh, Warhol, Kaufman.....Milligan. Sweet madness.
@nkt1
5 жыл бұрын
No, he called him a genius.
@jessiejames7492
3 жыл бұрын
not all of us understand genius .. so we call them mad..
@robertherndon4351
3 жыл бұрын
"Insanity is to art what garlic is to salad."
@dizzyology7514
2 жыл бұрын
@@robertherndon4351 In other words, you don't absolutely need to have it, but if just the right amount blends harmoniously with the other ingredients it gives the resulting dish a piquant flavor that can't be obtained in any other way. Nice analogy. Oh, and one other little thing: if you share a bed with someone else, be sure you're on the same page about the stuff. :-)
@someotherdude
6 ай бұрын
Wow Charlie Rose interrupts just as the guest is delivering the punchline.... now that is obnoxious
@MagicComicMoments-eo8ez
6 ай бұрын
not sure about this, what blake says is true, yes peter, was hard man to work with at times, so was blake, that show buss, yes peter, had split personailty, bipolla, which did not help. if you got him on bad day,
@glasshalffull8471
4 жыл бұрын
God should just stick with right wing politics.
@QuadMochaMatti
4 жыл бұрын
"god" should just go back to being a little asterix, lost in the vast sea of more important things.
@garykirk5924
6 жыл бұрын
Pretty shitty to speak ill of the dead , especially when they considered you to be their friend and you profited well very from their talent
@colderbeer
6 жыл бұрын
Oh come on ...you are taking his comments out of context.....Edwards LOVED Peter Sellers.
@gamleskalle1
3 жыл бұрын
No, fed up with only talk well bout the dead.
@adrianguinn3331
2 жыл бұрын
the truth is not speaking ill of the dead. if you dont want someone to tell stories about who you were when you were alive then dont do the things you dont want people to know. the rest of us dont owe you allegiance when you're dead lol what superstitious hogwash lol
@kurikokaleidoscope
6 ай бұрын
Fair comment
@hunterluxton5976
2 жыл бұрын
Sellers was just a mimic, nothing special. Blake agrees with the Rose that Sellers was a genius to be gracious and not show any loathing or contempt. He despised him deep down as he knew his talent was very limited. Sellers is known for 2 things Indpector Clauseau and the Goons. Barry Crier and Spike Milligan were the chief writers, Sellers was marginal.
@ChaseCahill
2 жыл бұрын
Ridiculous. And you're known for nothing.
@thewkovacs316
2 жыл бұрын
youre kidding....right?
@paolamura3497
Жыл бұрын
And what a mimic then!
@paulcampbell1596
Жыл бұрын
Sellers best work was before Hollywood got hold of him all the powerful Ealing studios British comedies from the late 1950s he worked with all the great British eccentrics from that period Terry Thomas and Alec Guinness and the like.... movies like "I'm all right Jack" "Two Way Stretch" to "The Lavender hill mob" were phenomenon, so you are clueless Luxton....do your homework before you comment.
@davestraughan
Жыл бұрын
Jesus really?
@southerncomfort7490
2 жыл бұрын
It is interesting this relationship between insanity (or depression) and originality. Thank God for people like this, but it makes them impossible to live with. I have noticed that all women who are good in bed are also crazy. Wonderful as a mistress, but to be married to them.....not a chance!! I can relate to what Mr. Edwards said about the "best of times and the worst of times."
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