{"id":25741,"date":"2020-05-06T18:20:17","date_gmt":"2020-05-06T17:20:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.arte.tv\/sites\/olivierpere\/?p=25741"},"modified":"2020-05-06T21:28:15","modified_gmt":"2020-05-06T20:28:15","slug":"and-soon-the-darkness-de-robert-fuest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.arte.tv\/sites\/olivierpere\/2020\/05\/06\/and-soon-the-darkness-de-robert-fuest\/","title":{"rendered":"And Soon the Darkness de Robert Fuest"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Deux jeunes touristes britanniques, parties en vacances \u00e0 v\u00e9lo, sont pers\u00e9cut\u00e9es par un psychopathe invisible sur une route d\u00e9partementale d\u00e9serte du nord de la France. Ce r\u00e9sum\u00e9 succinct permet d\u2019appr\u00e9cier l\u2019originalit\u00e9 du thriller de Robert Fuest. <em>And Soon the Darkness<\/em> (1970) se d\u00e9marque fortement de la plupart des films de genre anglais de la m\u00eame p\u00e9riode, partag\u00e9s entre \u00e9pouvante gothique tardive, fantastique pop et incursions dans le psych\u00e9d\u00e9lisme. Robert Fuest, ancien chef d\u00e9corateur, s\u2019illustrera au sein de ces diverses tendances, avec <em>L\u2019Abominable docteur Phibes<\/em> et sa suite (1971-72), et <em>Les D\u00e9cimales du futur<\/em> (1973). \u00c9crit et coproduit par Brian Clemens (cr\u00e9ateur de la s\u00e9rie \u00ab\u00a0Chapeau melon et bottes de cuir\u00a0\u00bb dont Fuest r\u00e9alisa plusieurs \u00e9pisodes), <em>And Soon the Darkness<\/em>\u00a0se signale par son d\u00e9pouillement, loin de la surcharge et des extravagances visuelles qui firent la r\u00e9putation du cin\u00e9aste. Une poign\u00e9e de personnages masculins et f\u00e9minins inqui\u00e9tants, des d\u00e9cors naturels qui deviennent anxiog\u00e8nes \u00e0 force de banalit\u00e9 suffisent \u00e0 Clemens et Fuest pour instaurer un climat d\u2019angoisse et de suspens qui va crescendo jusqu\u2019au climax final. Contrairement \u00e0 ce que le titre voudrait indiquer, le film se d\u00e9roule en plein soleil, et l\u2019absence de zones d\u2019ombres dans un paysage d\u2019une grande platitude accentue l\u2019isolement de l\u2019h\u00e9ro\u00efne, dans un milieu hostile ou indiff\u00e9rent dont elle ne ma\u00eetrise pas la langue. Les deux \u00e9tudiantes anglaises en minishorts sur une route de campagne constituent des proies faciles pour un maniaque sexuel. C\u2019est \u00e9videmment la plus d\u00e9lur\u00e9e, excit\u00e9e par la pr\u00e9sence d\u2019un myst\u00e9rieux bell\u00e2tre qui les suit en scooter, qui va dispara\u00eetre la premi\u00e8re, attaqu\u00e9e dans une clairi\u00e8re. Les deux auteurs retardent le moment de l\u2019agression, et ne montrent aucune sc\u00e8ne de violence \u00e0 l\u2019\u00e9cran. Cette absence de complaisance est \u00e0 porter au cr\u00e9dit de la mise en sc\u00e8ne de Fuest, qui parvient \u00e0 styliser des moments d\u2019attente et de silence sans jamais que la tension se rel\u00e2che. La suite du film relate les vains efforts de son amie pour la retrouver, et \u00e9chapper aux hommes qui pourraient \u00eatre l\u2019assassin. <em>And Soon the Darkness <\/em>fonctionne alors comme un \u00ab\u00a0whodunit\u00a0\u00bb basique, avec son lot de fausses pistes et de pr\u00e9sum\u00e9s coupables. On notera que le tueur psychopathe se r\u00e9v\u00e8le une figure de l\u2019autorit\u00e9. Cela contribue \u00e0 faire de <em>And Soon the Darkness <\/em>un film de son \u00e9poque, qui visait principalement une audience jeune et participait \u00e0 un climat contestataire. <em>And Soon the Darkness <\/em>offre \u00e0 Pamela Franklin l\u2019un de ses meilleurs r\u00f4les, avant son \u00e9clipse des \u00e9crans de cin\u00e9ma et sa retraite pr\u00e9matur\u00e9e apr\u00e8s plusieurs s\u00e9ries et t\u00e9l\u00e9films. Elle est excellente en jeune femme d\u00e9termin\u00e9e et courageuse, loin des st\u00e9r\u00e9otypes des victimes terroris\u00e9es. L\u2019actrice brune au physique juv\u00e9nile avait acquis une certaine notori\u00e9t\u00e9 gr\u00e2ce \u00e0 plusieurs thrillers et films fantastiques tourn\u00e9s dans les ann\u00e9es 60-70, des <em>Innocents<\/em> de Jack Clayton (\u00e0 l\u2019\u00e2ge de onze ans) \u00e0 <em>La Maison des damn\u00e9s<\/em> de John Hough. Son dernier film est <em>Soudain les monstres<\/em> de Bert I. Gordon (1976), o\u00f9 elle \u00e9tait attaqu\u00e9e par des animaux g\u00e9ants.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>And Soon the Darkness <\/em>\u00e9tait demeur\u00e9 in\u00e9dit en France. Cette \u00e9dition blu-ray permet aux cin\u00e9philes fran\u00e7ais de le d\u00e9couvrir enfin. A noter la pr\u00e9sence au g\u00e9n\u00e9rique de Jean Carmet dans le r\u00f4le d\u2019un cafetier.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>And Soon the Darkness<\/em> est disponible en combo Blu-ray \/ DVD dans la collection \u00ab\u00a0Make My Day\u00a0!\u00a0\u00bb \u00e9dit\u00e9e par Studiocanal, en double programme avec <em>Fright<\/em> de Peter Collinson, autre thriller anglais hautement recommandable lui aussi.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-25742\" src=\"https:\/\/www.arte.tv\/sites\/olivierpere\/files\/and-soon-the-darkness-fright-combo-5053083208622_0.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"1000\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.arte.tv\/sites\/olivierpere\/files\/and-soon-the-darkness-fright-combo-5053083208622_0.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.arte.tv\/sites\/olivierpere\/files\/and-soon-the-darkness-fright-combo-5053083208622_0-280x280.jpg 280w, https:\/\/www.arte.tv\/sites\/olivierpere\/files\/and-soon-the-darkness-fright-combo-5053083208622_0-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.arte.tv\/sites\/olivierpere\/files\/and-soon-the-darkness-fright-combo-5053083208622_0-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.arte.tv\/sites\/olivierpere\/files\/and-soon-the-darkness-fright-combo-5053083208622_0-580x580.jpg 580w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Deux jeunes touristes britanniques, parties en vacances \u00e0 v\u00e9lo, sont pers\u00e9cut\u00e9es par un psychopathe invisible sur une route d\u00e9partementale d\u00e9serte\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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