Peter Sellers made many funny movies but awkward Inspector Clouseau in The Pink Panther(1963) is my favourite. Its not coincidence that its directed by the same director Blake Edwards who made my other favourite movie: Breakfast at Tiffany's.
First of all The Pink Panther is a comedy. Peter Sellers as clumsy Inspector Clouseau is the funniest police in the film history.
Secondly it is pure 60s with swinging music composed by Henry Mancini and hip outfits. Yes in the 60s people still knew how to dress! Specially when the outfits for the princes Dahla (Claudia Cardinale) and Simone Clouseau (Capucine) was designed by Yves Saint-Laurent.
The rest of the Pink Panther films make less sense than the first one. They are more based on Inspector Clouseaus incompetence and clumsiness and of course his ridiculous French accent. What i always found strange that Blake Edwards made The Trail Of The Pink Panther after Peter Sellers died and the parts with Clouseau are out takes from previous Pink Panther films.
Sellers mastered many different accents and was no doubt a genius.
I warmly recommend to get the Pink Panther DVD Box!
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