{"id":23060,"date":"2019-01-10T14:52:20","date_gmt":"2019-01-10T13:52:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.arte.tv\/sites\/olivierpere\/?p=23060"},"modified":"2020-04-07T16:57:27","modified_gmt":"2020-04-07T15:57:27","slug":"toxic-de-michael-herz-et-lloyd-kaufman","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.arte.tv\/sites\/olivierpere\/2019\/01\/10\/toxic-de-michael-herz-et-lloyd-kaufman\/","title":{"rendered":"Toxic de Michael Herz et Lloyd Kaufman"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Estampill\u00e9 \u00ab\u00a0premier film gore 100% comique\u00a0\u00bb (ou l\u2019inverse\u00a0?) lors de sa sortie dans les salles fran\u00e7aises en mai 1985, <em>Toxic<\/em> (<em>The Toxic Avenger<\/em>) a lanc\u00e9 la mode de l\u2019horreur parodique, devenue la marque de fabrique de la soci\u00e9t\u00e9 de production Troma Entertainment, qui a d\u00e9velopp\u00e9 tout un merchandising autour du concept hautement r\u00e9pr\u00e9hensible mais tr\u00e8s lucratif de \u00ab\u00a0nanar volontaire\u00a0\u00bb, avec des films ressemblant d\u00e9j\u00e0 \u00e0 des produits d\u00e9riv\u00e9s pour f\u00e9d\u00e9rer une communaut\u00e9 de fans. Si on peut n\u00e9gliger sans regret la suite des productions Troma, ce premier opus demeure fid\u00e8le \u00e0 sa r\u00e9putation, et a conserv\u00e9 intact ses valeurs n\u00e9gatives. Humour b\u00eate et m\u00e9chant, exc\u00e8s d\u2019ultra-violence et de vulgarit\u00e9, irresponsabilit\u00e9, \u2026 Les amateurs du mensuel \u00ab\u00a0Hara-Kiri\u00a0\u00bb et de bandes dessin\u00e9es trash appr\u00e9cieront sans doute cette avalanche de mauvais go\u00fbt film\u00e9e en d\u00e9pit du bon sens, avec des acteurs qui grimacent comme des fous, et des dialogues orduriers. On reste sci\u00e9 par les sc\u00e8nes gore qui d\u00e9passent les limites, comme cet enfant \u00e9cras\u00e9 par des chauffards qui prennent des Polaroids des corps ensanglant\u00e9s de leurs victimes, utilis\u00e9s ensuite \u00e0 des fins sexuelles, ou des combats de rue qui ne l\u00e9sinent pas sur les d\u00e9membrements, \u00e9tripages et autres jets d\u2019h\u00e9moglobine. <em>Toxic <\/em>est une parodie des films de super-h\u00e9ros matin\u00e9e de br\u00fblot anarchisant et de pamphlet \u00e9cologiste. Nous sommes \u00e0 Tromaville, la ville la plus pollu\u00e9e et corrompue des Etats-Unis situ\u00e9e dans la banlieue de New York. Un gringalet employ\u00e9 \u00e0 passer la serpill\u00e8re dans un club de gymnastique fr\u00e9quent\u00e9 par une bande de voyous d\u00e9c\u00e9r\u00e9br\u00e9s est victime d\u2019une plaisanterie cruelle. D\u00e9guis\u00e9 en tutu, il se jette par la fen\u00eatre de d\u00e9sespoir et atterrit dans une cuve de d\u00e9chets toxiques. Il se m\u00e9tamorphose en colosse difforme au visage \u00e0 moiti\u00e9 fondu, bien d\u00e9cid\u00e9 \u00e0 nettoyer la ville des criminels, mafieux et politiciens v\u00e9reux qui y r\u00e8gnent en ma\u00eetres. Ultime avatar des films de violence urbaine crasseux tourn\u00e9s \u00e0 New York et ses environs, exploitant la vague d\u2019ins\u00e9curit\u00e9 essentiellement li\u00e9e \u00e0 la drogue qui perdura dans la cit\u00e9 jusqu\u2019au d\u00e9but des ann\u00e9es 90,<em> Toxic<\/em> \u00e9gr\u00e8ne et tourne en d\u00e9rision toutes les situations d\u2019agressions d\u00e9crites par ces films. Les gangs de punks et de junkies qu\u2019affronte le vengeur toxique semblent sortis d\u2019un film de la s\u00e9rie \u00ab\u00a0Death Wish\u00a0\u00bb avec Charles Bronson. La voix virile et chaleureuse de Toxic, en totale contradiction avec son apparence physique, est celle d\u2019un justicier masqu\u00e9 d\u2019un s\u00e9rial des ann\u00e9es 40 (c\u2019est sans doute le meilleur gag du film). Michael Herz (\u00e0 ne pas confondre avec Mikha\u00ebl Hers) et Lloyd Kaufman rudoient la grammaire cin\u00e9matographique et semblent parfois h\u00e9siter devant le style du film \u2013 le burlesque assum\u00e9 y c\u00f4toie des sc\u00e8nes de violence pas dr\u00f4les du tout. Moins soign\u00e9 formellement que <em>Street Trash <\/em>(euph\u00e9misme), moins personnel que les films de Frank Henelotter, Toxic demeure l\u2019un des dignes repr\u00e9sentants de l\u2019horreur trash new-yorkaise des ann\u00e9es 80, qui allait s\u2019\u00e9teindre en m\u00eame temps que l\u2019assainissement de la ville.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ressortie en salles le mercredi 9 janvier, distribu\u00e9 par Splendor Films.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Disponible \u00e0 la vente en combo DVD Blu-ray dans un coffret \u00e9dit\u00e9 par Bach Films, qui regroupe les quatre films de la saga <em>Toxic Avenger<\/em>.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Estampill\u00e9 \u00ab\u00a0premier film gore 100% comique\u00a0\u00bb (ou l\u2019inverse\u00a0?) lors de sa sortie dans les salles fran\u00e7aises en mai 1985, Toxic\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":116,"featured_media":0,"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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