{"id":24084,"date":"2019-11-27T13:03:34","date_gmt":"2019-11-27T12:03:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.arte.tv\/sites\/olivierpere\/?p=24084"},"modified":"2020-04-03T17:48:02","modified_gmt":"2020-04-03T16:48:02","slug":"pacific-express-de-cecil-b-demille-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.arte.tv\/sites\/olivierpere\/2019\/11\/27\/pacific-express-de-cecil-b-demille-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Pacific Express de Cecil B. DeMille"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><em>Pacific Express<\/em>\u00a0(<em>Union Pacific<\/em>, 1939) de Cecil B. DeMille est l\u2019un des plus grands westerns de l\u2019histoire de cin\u00e9ma. C\u2019est aussi l\u2019un des titres fondateurs du genre \u00e0 la fin des ann\u00e9es 30, avec <em>La Chevauch\u00e9e fantastique<\/em>\u00a0de John Ford et\u00a0<em>Les Conqu\u00e9rants<\/em>\u00a0de Michael Curtiz, lorsque le western n\u2019est plus cantonn\u00e9 dans la s\u00e9rie B et acc\u00e8de aux gros budgets des productions de prestige. C\u2019est le cas de\u00a0<em>Pacific Express<\/em>\u00a0qui b\u00e9n\u00e9ficie de moyens importants, adapt\u00e9s aux dimensions de cette fresque \u00e9pique sur la construction des chemins de fer qui reli\u00e8rent l\u2019est et l\u2019ouest, participant ainsi \u00e0 l\u2019\u00e9dification et \u00e0 l\u2019unit\u00e9 de toute une nation.\u00a0<em>Pacific Express<\/em>\u00a0fait en outre partie dans l\u2019\u0153uvre de DeMille d\u2019une s\u00e9rie de films historiques,\u00a0<em>Une aventure de Buffalo Bill<\/em>\u00a0(<em>The Plainsman<\/em>, 1936),\u00a0<em>Les Tuniques \u00e9carlates<\/em>\u00a0(<em>North West Mountain Police<\/em>, 1940) et\u00a0<em>Les Conqu\u00e9rants d\u2019un nouveau monde<\/em>\u00a0(<em>Unconquered<\/em>, 1947), admirables et de grande envergure, consacr\u00e9s \u00e0 l\u2019histoire de l\u2019Am\u00e9rique et \u00e0 ses figures h\u00e9ro\u00efques, l\u00e9gendaires ou anonymes, fictives ou r\u00e9elles.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Nous sommes peu avant 1870, pendant la Guerre de S\u00e9cession. L\u2019un des derniers d\u00e9crets sign\u00e9s par Lincoln autorisait la compagnie ferroviaire Union Pacific Railroad \u00e0 s\u2019\u00e9tendre jusqu\u2019\u00e0 la Californie. L\u2019affairiste et politicien v\u00e9reux Asa Barrows, qui poss\u00e8de une compagnie rivale, va employer tous les moyens pour faire \u00e9chouer cette entreprise. Il engage Campeau un aventurier sans scrupules pour retarder la Union Pacific en semant le trouble parmi les ouvriers, allant jusqu\u2019au meurtre, au vol et au sabotage. Un agent du gouvernement, Jeff Butler, est charg\u00e9 d\u2019assurer l\u2019ordre et la protection du convoi afin de permettre \u00e0 la Union Pacific d\u2019atteindre la premi\u00e8re l\u2019Oc\u00e9an Pacifique. Il d\u00e9couvre que l\u2019un de ses anciens amis travaille pour Campeau. Pour ne rien arranger, ils sont amoureux de la m\u00eame jeune femme, Mollie, qui travaille \u00e0 l\u2019intendance du train de la Union Pacific. DeMille est le ma\u00eetre des \u00e9motions fortes et de sc\u00e8nes spectaculaires, que l\u2019on retrouve \u00e0 foison dans\u00a0<em>Pacific Express<\/em>, avec ses multiples p\u00e9rip\u00e9ties, son action non stop incluant cascades, fusillades mais aussi effets sp\u00e9ciaux \u2013 un impressionnant d\u00e9raillement dans un col de montagne enneig\u00e9. Avant de devenir un ma\u00eetre du film \u00e0 grand spectacle DeMille s\u2019\u00e9tait surtout illustr\u00e9 au temps du muet dans les drames mondains ou les com\u00e9dies sophistiqu\u00e9es. M\u00eame dans un western ses principaux sujets demeurent la guerre des sexes, les jeux de s\u00e9duction ou la rivalit\u00e9 amoureuse. Le triangle amoureux form\u00e9 par Robert Preston, Joel McCrea et Barbara Stanwick est \u00e9tincelant. Stanwick fut sans doute l\u2019une des plus brillantes actrices hollywoodiennes, aussi g\u00e9niale dans le drame que la com\u00e9die, le western que les \u00ab\u00a0women\u2019s pictures\u00a0\u00bb. Dans\u00a0<em>Pacific Express\u00a0<\/em>DeMille lui permet d\u2019exprimer une large palette d\u2019\u00e9motions et de sentiments, et il est bien difficile de r\u00e9sister \u00e0 son joli minois et \u00e0 son caract\u00e8re bien tremp\u00e9.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Cin\u00e9aste pas si classique que \u00e7a et souvent rattrap\u00e9 par un grain de folie, DeMille aimait les t\u00e9lescopages spatio-temporels presque autant que les ruptures de tons \u00e0 l\u2019int\u00e9rieur de ses films. On pourra le constater avec le dernier plan de\u00a0<em>Pacific Express<\/em>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Le chef-d\u2019\u0153uvre de DeMille est l\u2019une des nombreuses r\u00e9f\u00e9rences cin\u00e9philiques de Sergio Leone et ses sc\u00e9naristes Argento et Bertolucci lorsqu\u2019ils \u00e9crivent <em>Il \u00e9tait une fois dans l\u2019ouest<\/em>, western qui propose une approche critique et op\u00e9ratique du m\u00eame sujet. Les quatre personnages principaux des deux films \u2013 trois hommes et une femme \u2013 partagent \u00e9galement plusieurs points communs. Mais ceci est une autre histoire\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Pacific Express<\/em> est disponible en DVD et blu-ray, dans un nouveau master haute d\u00e9finition (ESC \u00e9dition et distribution).<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pacific Express\u00a0(Union Pacific, 1939) de Cecil B. DeMille est l\u2019un des plus grands westerns de l\u2019histoire de cin\u00e9ma. 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