Title : The Ghost of Peter Sellers (2018) DOC NYC 2018
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The Ghost of Peter Sellers (2018) DOC NYC 2018
What exactly happened and why was something that director Medak has been trying to work out over the last forty odd years. In an effort to put it to rest and move on Medak revisits the film, talks to those still alive, and finds a treasure trove of information he was completely unaware of.
Medak says at the start that this is the sort of making of that is usually done either after everyone is dead or by people not involved in the film under scrutiny. He reckons that this maybe the first time someone involved with a story like this has gone back to see what went wrong. The result is a masterpiece of a film that could only be better if we could see the finished film. (or maybe not because it looks like a stinker)
The simple answer to what went wrong is Peter Sellers. Sellers was a comic genius but a deeply disturbed man who was known to be difficult. Medak thought he would have a fighting chance but he was dead wrong, Sellers was not giving quarter to anyone. Sellers was by all accounts functional, but mentally ill. He was moody, manic and prone to poor behavior. He had to be the center of attention, so when one of the first scenes filmed was found to be hysterical, despite his having no part in it, he wanted out of the film. Years later, when Medak met Sellers after years of estrangement he would have no recollection of what actually happened.
Make no bones about it, this film makes it clear that people with mental illness need to be treated.
Medak has made a very complex film. There is a great deal going on and there is no way that I can hope to express how really good this film is or what all the threads are. We have the story of the film, of Medak's journey to find closure, a "you are there" look at Seller's and detailed look at how movies get made, a discussion of mental illness and a couple of others as well. All of them are tied together beautifully by Medak who makes every bit vital to understanding what happened. He has also created a film that will make you laugh out loud at the insanity of it and yet will reduce you to tears in the end. Frankly I need another time or two through to be able to really do the film justice.
I should let you know we also get a really good look at the mess of a film that is THE GHOST IN THE NOONDAY SUN. The film was actually finished and apparently kind of released in 1984. The film was shelved after completion in part because so much was not filmed that the studio deemed it not finished, except it was as best as could be hoped to be finished. The film, from what is in the documentary, looks really weird. It very much looks like an insane bit of Spike Milligan nonsense at his most WTF. Milligan, who wrote the screenplay was rushed down to Cyrus to fix the script as they shot but he only made it less coherent and more surreal. In a weird way the bits look silly funny but you know that they probably would never make a feature film. (But we'll see I've tracked down a copy for viewing down the road)
On it's own Peter Medak's THE GHOST OF PETER SELLERS is a must see for anyone who loves the movies. It is a wonderful look at film, at stars and what can go horribly wrong and how it can affect our lives. It is a hell of a tale expertly and grippingly told.
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