{"id":10091,"date":"2013-06-13T06:00:52","date_gmt":"2013-06-13T05:00:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.arte.tv\/sites\/olivierpere\/?p=10091"},"modified":"2013-06-12T21:19:53","modified_gmt":"2013-06-12T20:19:53","slug":"la-cite-petrifiee-de-john-sherwood","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.arte.tv\/sites\/olivierpere\/2013\/06\/13\/la-cite-petrifiee-de-john-sherwood\/","title":{"rendered":"La Cit\u00e9 p\u00e9trifi\u00e9e de John Sherwood"},"content":{"rendered":"

Demain vendredi 14 juin \u00e0 partir de 20h, dans le cadre de ses soir\u00e9es \u00ab\u00a0Cin\u00e9ma bis\u00a0\u00bb la Cin\u00e9math\u00e8que fran\u00e7aise propose un int\u00e9ressant post scriptum \u00e0 sa vaste r\u00e9trospective consacr\u00e9e au centenaire de la Universal il y a quelques mois avec deux films de science-fiction produits par la c\u00e9l\u00e8bre compagnie dans les ann\u00e9es 50.<\/p>\n

Il s\u2019agit de La Cit\u00e9 p\u00e9trifi\u00e9e<\/em> (The Monolith Monsters<\/em>, 1957) de John Sherwood et Le Peuple de l\u2019enfer<\/em> (The Mole People<\/em>, 1957) de Virgil Vogel.<\/p>\n

Ce double programme permettra surtout de v\u00e9rifier comment un film de s\u00e9rie peut porter l\u2019empreinte d\u2019un cin\u00e9aste, m\u00eame si celui-ci ne l\u2019a pas r\u00e9alis\u00e9\u00a0!<\/p>\n

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Bien que sign\u00e9 John Sherwood, La Cit\u00e9 p\u00e9trifi\u00e9e<\/em> \u00e9voque par bien des aspects les films de science-fiction de Jack Arnold. Ce n\u2019est pas un hasard. C\u2019est le r\u00e9alisateur de L\u2019Etrange Cr\u00e9ature du lac noir <\/em>qui devait \u00e0 l\u2019origine mettre en sc\u00e8ne La Cit\u00e9 p\u00e9trifi\u00e9e<\/em>, dont il pr\u00e9para le tournage mais auquel il dut renoncer en raison d\u2019une surcharge de travail et de son engagement sur The Tattered Dress<\/em>, un film noir avec Jeff Chandler, demeur\u00e9 in\u00e9dit en France.<\/p>\n

L\u2019implication de Jack Arnold dans le projet permet de retrouver des qualit\u00e9s propres \u00e0 ses films\u00a0: une approche s\u00e9rieuse d\u2019un postulat d\u00e9lirant, des images scientifiques dignes d\u2019un documentaire, une ambiance parano\u00efaque et un climat d\u2019inqui\u00e9tude. Arnold est l\u2019auteur de l\u2019histoire de La Cit\u00e9 p\u00e9trifi\u00e9e<\/i>, \u00e0 l\u2019instar de Tarantula<\/i> (1955) mais pas de ses autres films. Ces deux titres parmi plusieurs similitudes pr\u00e9sentent une fillette terrifi\u00e9e par une attaque monstrueuse et d\u00e9couverte en \u00e9tat de choc. Les premiers plans du film montrant la chute d\u2019un m\u00e9t\u00e9ore dans la campagne californienne sont emprunt\u00e9s au M\u00e9t\u00e9ore de la nuit<\/i> d\u2019Arnold r\u00e9alis\u00e9 quatre ans plus t\u00f4t et exploit\u00e9 en relief aux Etats-Unis. L\u2019art de l\u2019ellipse et de la litote cher \u00e0 Arnold est pouss\u00e9 dans ses ultimes retranchements dans La Cit\u00e9 p\u00e9trifi\u00e9e<\/i> puisqu\u2019on d\u00e9couvre les cons\u00e9quences d\u2019une invasion de cristaux venus de l\u2019espace sans jamais en voir \u2013 ni en comprendre vraiment \u2013 les m\u00e9canismes. Le film cherche \u00e0 nous effrayer en se contentant de montrer des cailloux noirs qui au contact de l\u2019eau r\u00e9v\u00e8lent de curieuses et dangereuses propri\u00e9t\u00e9s chimiques. Ils ont le pouvoir de changer en pierre les humains qui s\u2019en approchent. Le th\u00e8me de la p\u00e9trification est plut\u00f4t bien illustr\u00e9 par le film qui n\u2019en exploite pas toutes les possibilit\u00e9s figuratives et ne s\u2019\u00e9carte jamais d\u2019une sobri\u00e9t\u00e9 un peu terne.<\/p>\n

L\u2019id\u00e9e selon laquelle John Sherwood ne fut qu\u2019un ex\u00e9cutant respectueux des volont\u00e9s de Jack Arnold se v\u00e9rifie jusque dans la distribution, sans doute effectu\u00e9e par Arnold\u00a0; on retrouve au g\u00e9n\u00e9rique du film son acteur f\u00e9tiche Grant Williams, celui qui fut l\u2019inoubliable homme qui r\u00e9tr\u00e9cit dans chef-d\u2019\u0153uvre du m\u00eame nom.<\/p>\n

La filmographie de John Sherwood (qui officia surtout comme assistant r\u00e9alisateur et r\u00e9alisateur de seconde \u00e9quipe sur des films hollywoodiens prestigieux) est d\u00e9finitivement li\u00e9e au nom de Jack Arnold. Non seulement il l\u2019assista sur son excellent western Une balle sign\u00e9e X <\/i>en 1959, mais il signa auparavant La cr\u00e9ature est parmi nous<\/i> en 1956, troisi\u00e8me \u00e9pisode des aventures de l\u2019\u00e9trange cr\u00e9ature du lac noir brillamment commenc\u00e9es avec le classique de Jack Arnold et sa suite La Revanche de la cr\u00e9ature<\/i>.<\/p>\n

Quant au deuxi\u00e8me film de la soir\u00e9e, Le Peuple de l\u2019enfer<\/i>, on ne l\u2019a jamais vu mais on fait confiance \u00e0 Jean-Fran\u00e7ois Rauger qui parle d\u2019un \u00ab\u00a0m\u00e9lange de science-fiction et de r\u00e9cit d’aventures, (qui) n’h\u00e9site pas devant la fantaisie la plus d\u00e9brid\u00e9e et les id\u00e9es les plus absurdes.\u00a0\u00bb<\/p>\n

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