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NOW THAT JOHN CLEESE seems to be in semiretirement, Roberto Benigni could be described as the funniest person in the movies today. The Italian comedian, star of the two biggest hits (Johnny Stecchino and Il Monstro) in Italy's history, is to comedy what Jackie Chan is to martial arts.

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No movie reflects this profound truth better than Roberto Benigni's.

Benigni, however, is still waiting to be discovered by American audiences--as Chan was, until recently.

Except for small parts in two independent films by Jim Jarmusch, Benigni has appeared in only one American film. (Blake Edwards had the rare taste to hire Benigni to play Inspector Clouseau Jr.

in Son of the Pink Panther.) He may not translate well here because of subtitles, and his subtitles come fast and furious. Not a sensational physical comedian, Benigni is at his funniest during a tirade--in Jarmusch's Night on Earth, he literally talks a priest to death; in his masterpiece, Johnny Stecchino, he denounces an entire opera house full of people.

In full verbal fury, Benigni is more