{"id":21805,"date":"2018-01-27T18:45:32","date_gmt":"2018-01-27T17:45:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.arte.tv\/sites\/olivierpere\/?p=21805"},"modified":"2018-02-02T18:46:05","modified_gmt":"2018-02-02T17:46:05","slug":"merdier-de-ted-post","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.arte.tv\/sites\/olivierpere\/2018\/01\/27\/merdier-de-ted-post\/","title":{"rendered":"Le Merdier de Ted Post"},"content":{"rendered":"

Rimini a \u00e9dit\u00e9 en blu-ray Le Merdier<\/em> (Go Tell the Spartans<\/em>) r\u00e9alis\u00e9 en 1978 par Ted Post.<\/p>\n

Sorti aux Etats-Unis cinq mois avant Voyage au bout de l\u2019enfer<\/em>, Le Merdier<\/em> est l\u2019un des premiers longs m\u00e9trages s\u00e9rieux consacr\u00e9s \u00e0 la guerre du Vietnam. Il y avait eu Les B\u00e9rets verts<\/em> de John Wayne en 1968 mais c\u2019\u00e9tait une \u0153uvre de propagande destin\u00e9e \u00e0 l\u00e9gitimer la pr\u00e9sence des troupes am\u00e9ricaines au Vietnam. Le film de Ted Post, r\u00e9alis\u00e9 apr\u00e8s la fin de la guerre, analyse les raisons de l\u2019\u00e9chec de cette intervention, en s\u2019int\u00e9ressant aux origines du conflit. L\u2019action se d\u00e9roule en 1964, lorsque la pr\u00e9sence am\u00e9ricaine se limitait \u00e0 quelques milliers de conseillers militaires, apr\u00e8s la cr\u00e9ation de la R\u00e9publique du Vietnam et le d\u00e9part des Fran\u00e7ais.<\/p>\n

Le commandant Barker (Burt Lancaster) re\u00e7oit l\u2019ordre de faire r\u00e9occuper un village \u00e0 l’abandon nomm\u00e9 Muc Wa<\/em>, o\u00f9 les Fran\u00e7ais s’\u00e9taient d\u00e9j\u00e0 battus pendant la guerre d\u2019Indochine. En possession de moyens techniques et humains d\u00e9risoires, il envoie un petit groupe d\u2019hommes, constitu\u00e9 de soldats am\u00e9ricains et sud-vietnamiens mais aussi de civils, en \u00e9claireurs. Le village va bient\u00f4t \u00eatre le th\u00e9\u00e2tre d\u2019un accrochage sanglant avec les troupes Vietminh.<\/p>\n

Le Merdier<\/em> doit son existence \u00e0 l\u2019opini\u00e2tret\u00e9 du sc\u00e9nariste Wendell Mayes (Autopsie d\u2019un meurtre<\/em>, Temp\u00eate \u00e0 Washington<\/em>), qui acheta les droits du roman de Daniel Ford en 1970. Mayes essuya le refus de tous les studios hollywoodiens, effray\u00e9s par un tel sujet, avant de pouvoir financer le projet gr\u00e2ce au soutien du r\u00e9alisateur Ted Post et de la star Burt Lancaster. Le premier voyait dans Le Merdier<\/em> l\u2019occasion de r\u00e9aliser un film personnel lui permettant d\u2019effacer une r\u00e9putation injuste de faiseur (issu de la t\u00e9l\u00e9vision, ses deux plus grands succ\u00e8s au cin\u00e9ma \u00e9taient le deuxi\u00e8me \u00e9pisode de La Plan\u00e8te de singes<\/em> et la suite de L\u2019Inspecteur Harry<\/em>, Magnum Force<\/em>). Le deuxi\u00e8me voulait avec ce film participer \u00e0 un projet engag\u00e9 en phase avec ses convictions politiques.<\/p>\n

Le Merdier<\/em> b\u00e9n\u00e9ficiera d\u2019un budget d\u2019un million de dollars, une somme d\u00e9risoire pour un film de guerre de cette ambition. Lancaster mettra la main au portefeuille pour que le tournage puisse \u00eatre men\u00e9 \u00e0 terme. Le c\u00f4t\u00e9 fauch\u00e9 de la production ne nuit pas trop au film qui s\u2019int\u00e9resse avant tout \u00e0 la psychologie des personnages et \u00e0 des affrontements moraux. Parmi les jeunes acteurs qui entourent Burt Lancaster, on reconna\u00eet Marc Singer (pas encore Dar l\u2019invincible<\/em>) et surtout Craig Wasson, le futur h\u00e9ros de Body Double<\/em>, tr\u00e8s convainquant en soldat id\u00e9aliste.<\/p>\n

Le titre original du Merdier<\/em>, Go Tell the Spartan<\/em>, signifie \u00ab\u00a0Va dire au Spartiates\u00a0\u00bb. Il fait r\u00e9f\u00e9rence aux 300 soldats qui moururent pendant la bataille des Thermopyles en 480 avant J.-C. Cette inscription est grav\u00e9e \u00e0 l\u2019entr\u00e9e d\u2019un village abandonn\u00e9 o\u00f9 sont enterr\u00e9s des soldats fran\u00e7ais tu\u00e9s pendant la pr\u00e9c\u00e9dente guerre d\u2019Indochine. Elle annonce l\u2019\u00e9ternel recommencement de combats meurtriers et le sacrifice inutile de jeunes appel\u00e9s.<\/p>\n

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