{"id":20106,"date":"2017-03-05T06:36:20","date_gmt":"2017-03-05T05:36:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.arte.tv\/sites\/olivierpere\/?p=20106"},"modified":"2017-03-06T12:12:53","modified_gmt":"2017-03-06T11:12:53","slug":"masque-arrache-de-david-miller","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.arte.tv\/sites\/olivierpere\/2017\/03\/05\/masque-arrache-de-david-miller\/","title":{"rendered":"Le Masque arrach\u00e9 de David Miller"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Rimini \u00e9ditions propose en DVD une perle du film noir, trop rarement comment\u00e9e et injustement oubli\u00e9e\u00a0: <em>Le Masque arrach\u00e9<\/em> (<em>Sudden Fear<\/em>, 1952), production ind\u00e9pendante r\u00e9alis\u00e9e par David Miller, avec Joan Crawford (photo en t\u00eate de texte), Jack Palance et Gloria Grahame.<\/p>\n<p>Au d\u00e9but des ann\u00e9es 50 la star Joan Crawford n\u2019est plus la d\u00e9esse des studios MGM et Warner. Elle cherche \u00e0 raviver son \u00e9toile p\u00e2lissante dans des films capables de lui offrir des r\u00f4les de femmes m\u00fbres mais encore d\u00e9sir\u00e9e, et d\u00e9sirante, en couple avec des hommes plus jeunes qu\u2019elle. Le chef-d\u2019\u0153uvre m\u00e9connu de cette p\u00e9riode ingrate de sa carri\u00e8re est sans doute <em>Feuilles d\u2019automne<\/em> (1956) de Robert Aldrich, mais <em>Le Masque arrach\u00e9<\/em> se r\u00e9v\u00e8le une excellente surprise. Joan Crawford y interpr\u00e8te Myra Hudson une dramaturge \u00e0 succ\u00e8s, riche et c\u00e9l\u00e8bre, mais sentimentalement esseul\u00e9e, qui tombe amoureuse d\u2019un acteur qu\u2019elle avait renvoy\u00e9 des r\u00e9p\u00e9titions sa derni\u00e8re pi\u00e8ce \u00e0 Broadway. Le jeune couple se marie et s\u2019installe \u00e0 San Francisco. Gr\u00e2ce \u00e0 un magn\u00e9tophone install\u00e9 dans son bureau et laiss\u00e9 branch\u00e9 par inadvertance, Myra d\u00e9couvre en \u00e9coutant la bande que son mari ourdit avec la complicit\u00e9 de sa ma\u00eetresse une machination pour se d\u00e9barrasser d\u2019elle et h\u00e9riter de sa fortune. L\u2019homme qui lui a permis de redevenir une femme est aussi celui qui va tenter de l\u2019assassiner, et Myra n\u2019a personne avec qui partager son secret.<\/p>\n<p><em>Le Masque arrach\u00e9<\/em>, avec son histoire cruelle aux multiples rebondissements, met en sc\u00e8ne l\u2019inqui\u00e9tude de la star, consciente du d\u00e9clin de son pouvoir de s\u00e9duction et de son \u00e9rotisme. C\u2019est le cauchemar d\u2019une femme m\u00fbre qui voit un homme plus jeune qu\u2019elle la trahir, et qui pr\u00e9pare sa vengeance. Le mari mal\u00e9fique est interpr\u00e9t\u00e9 par Jack Palance. Sans doute le titre fran\u00e7ais fait-il r\u00e9f\u00e9rence au visage de l\u2019acteur, v\u00e9ritable masque tour \u00e0 tour viril et effrayant. Gloria Grahame, dans le r\u00f4le de sa ma\u00eetresse, poss\u00e8de une sensualit\u00e9 un peu perverse qui s\u2019oppose \u00e0 la duret\u00e9 des traits de Crawford. Le visage de Crawford tordu dans des grimaces de terreur, typique du jeu hyper expressif de l\u2019actrice, \u00e9voque lui aussi un masque de souffrance et de d\u00e9ception. <em>Le Masque arrach\u00e9<\/em> annonce le basculement dix ans plus tard de la filmographie de Joan Crawford dans l\u2019horreur pure et le Grand-Guignol avec <em>Qu\u2019est-il arriv\u00e9 \u00e0 Baby Jane\u00a0?<\/em> de Robert Aldrich, o\u00f9 elle sera une nouvelle fois une victime pers\u00e9cut\u00e9e, martyris\u00e9e dans son \u00e2me et sa chair. Le masochisme de la star d\u00e9chue atteindra une phase terminale avec sa reconversion forc\u00e9e dans des films fantastiques de s\u00e9rie B. En attendant, <em>Le Masque arrach\u00e9<\/em> est loin d\u2019\u00eatre un film d\u00e9cadent. Le jeune Fran\u00e7ois Truffaut lui consacra un article enthousiaste (son premier publi\u00e9 dans Les Cahiers du Cin\u00e9ma) dans lequel il louait la mise en sc\u00e8ne inventive de David Miller, le r\u00e9alisateur trop discret et sous-estim\u00e9 de <em>Seuls sont les indompt\u00e9s<\/em>. <em>Le Masque arrach\u00e9<\/em> contient de nombreux morceaux de bravoure et de suspens, et propose une belle utilisation des d\u00e9cors naturels de San Francisco. De son d\u00e9but sentimental \u00e0 sa conclusion fr\u00e9n\u00e9tique, le film ne poss\u00e8de aucun temps mort, croisement original entre le \u00ab\u00a0woman\u2019s picture\u00a0\u00bb \u00e0 l\u2019eau de rose et le thriller noir comme l\u2019encre.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_20108\" style=\"width: 4287px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-20108\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-20108\" src=\"https:\/\/www.arte.tv\/sites\/olivierpere\/files\/miller_sudden_fear_04.jpg\" alt=\"Jack Palance et Joan Crawford dans Le Masque arrach\u00e9\" width=\"4277\" height=\"3240\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.arte.tv\/sites\/olivierpere\/files\/miller_sudden_fear_04.jpg 4277w, https:\/\/www.arte.tv\/sites\/olivierpere\/files\/miller_sudden_fear_04-370x280.jpg 370w, https:\/\/www.arte.tv\/sites\/olivierpere\/files\/miller_sudden_fear_04-768x582.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.arte.tv\/sites\/olivierpere\/files\/miller_sudden_fear_04-1014x768.jpg 1014w, https:\/\/www.arte.tv\/sites\/olivierpere\/files\/miller_sudden_fear_04-580x439.jpg 580w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 4277px) 100vw, 4277px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-20108\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Jack Palance et Joan Crawford dans <em>Le Masque arrach\u00e9<\/em><\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rimini \u00e9ditions propose en DVD une perle du film noir, trop rarement comment\u00e9e et injustement oubli\u00e9e\u00a0: Le Masque arrach\u00e9 (Sudden\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":116,"featured_media":20107,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[9],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v20.8 - 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