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The Life and Death of Peter Sellers
Comedy, Drama, Romance
The turbulent personal and professional life of actor Peter Sellers (1925-1980), from his beginnings as a comic performer on BBC Radio to his huge success as one of the greatest film comedians of all time; an obsessive artist so dedicated to his work that neglected his loved ones and sacrificed part of his own personality to convincingly create that of his many memorable characters.
View on IMDbAppeals to viewers drawn to psychologically revealing artist biographies about the costs of performance, celebrity, and emotional evasiveness.
- Tone
- bittersweet, melancholic, darkly comic
- Payoff
- reflection, heartbreak
- Pacing
- steady
- Intensity
- moderate
- Structure
- linear
- Themes
- identity, artistic obsession, fame, family strain, self-destruction
- Setting
- mid-twentieth-century, British entertainment industry and domestic interiors