The DU Lounge

He was brilliant in "Dr. Strangelove". But just about everything else, I can take or leave him.

I love the concept of Grand Fenwick. I have a fascination with very small countries, fictional or real, and that may have something to do with it. But with "TMTR", the mind-movie I see when I read the books is better than the actual film. In my own version, Duchess Gloriana is the very young woman portrayed in the book, seemingly innocent and naive, but actually a capable leader with a spine of steel. All of that gets lost in Peter Sellers' unsubtle drag performance.

If I were to make my own film of the book, I would cast someone like Amy Adams. She's too old for the role now, but that idea, at least.