{"id":26019,"date":"2020-09-30T12:26:13","date_gmt":"2020-09-30T11:26:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.arte.tv\/sites\/olivierpere\/?p=26019"},"modified":"2020-10-06T12:36:07","modified_gmt":"2020-10-06T11:36:07","slug":"theatre-de-sang-de-douglas-hickcox","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.arte.tv\/sites\/olivierpere\/2020\/09\/30\/theatre-de-sang-de-douglas-hickcox\/","title":{"rendered":"Th\u00e9\u00e2tre de sang\u00a0de Douglas Hickox"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>R\u00e9alis\u00e9 en 1973, <em>Th\u00e9\u00e2tre de sang<\/em> (<em>Theater of Blood<\/em>) fait partie des chefs-d\u2019\u0153uvre sous-estim\u00e9s du cin\u00e9ma anglais de cette p\u00e9riode. Le film de Douglas Hickox propose un m\u00e9lange parfait de fantastique, mais aussi d\u2019humour, de trivialit\u00e9 et de satire sociale. Le principe narratif du film, ainsi que son interpr\u00e8te principal (Vincent Price) sont emprunt\u00e9s \u00e0 un autre classique de l\u2019horreur, <em>L\u2019Abominable Docteur Phibes<\/em>\u00a0(1971) de Robert Fuest. Les deux films sont construits autour d\u2019une vengeance et d\u2019une s\u00e9rie d\u2019assassinats extravagants et sadiques. Dans <em>Th\u00e9\u00e2tre de sang<\/em>, les morts violentes ne s\u2019inspirent plus des sept plaies d\u2019\u00c9gypte comme dans le film de Fuest, mais de passages c\u00e9l\u00e8bres du r\u00e9pertoire shakespearien, astucieusement mis au go\u00fbt du jour. <em>Th\u00e9\u00e2tre de sang<\/em> est sup\u00e9rieur \u00e0 son mod\u00e8le car il se double d\u2019un hommage inattendu au dramaturge anglais. Le film ancre son histoire dans le patrimoine culturel de la perfide Albion, et se permet une charge amusante contre le snobisme, avec sa galerie de pseudo-intellectuels p\u00e9dants, r\u00e9duits en bouillie sanguinolente par un g\u00e9nial cabotin. Le plaisir est total. Vincent Price y trouve un r\u00f4le \u00e0 sa d\u00e9mesure, en parfaite symbiose avec le personnage de Edward Lionheart, com\u00e9dien outrancier qui revient d\u2019entre les morts pour se venger des critiques th\u00e9\u00e2traux qui l\u2019ont m\u00e9pris\u00e9 et ridiculis\u00e9 tout au long de sa carri\u00e8re. Douglas Hickox, qui venait de signer l\u2019un des meilleurs polars de la d\u00e9cennie (<em>La Cible hurlante<\/em>, avec un Oliver Reed tr\u00e8s \u00e9nerv\u00e9) r\u00e9cidive dans les exc\u00e8s visuels et la d\u00e9mesure des situations, tout en ancrant une nouvelle fois son film dans le contexte r\u00e9aliste de la grisaille londonienne. L\u2019utilisation r\u00e9currente d\u2019objectifs \u00e0 courte focale, tr\u00e8s \u00e0 la mode dans le cin\u00e9ma de genre des ann\u00e9es 70, d\u00e9forme les perspectives et contribue \u00e0 rendre inqui\u00e9tants les d\u00e9cors et les apparitions de Lionheart. Les mises en sc\u00e8ne macabres du com\u00e9dien fant\u00f4me dans un vieux th\u00e9\u00e2tre en ruine, avec une horde de clochards comme complices et spectateurs, pourraient trouver leur place dans le <em>Phantom of the Paradise<\/em> de Brian De Palma. Revoir <em>Th\u00e9\u00e2tre de sang<\/em> permet de saluer la m\u00e9moire de Diana Rigg, inoubliable Emma Peel, disparue le 10 septembre 2020. Elle interpr\u00e8te dans <em>Th\u00e9\u00e2tre de sang<\/em> la fille et l\u2019assistante de Lionheart, qui l\u2019accompagne dans sa s\u00e9rie de meurtres mais aussi dans sa manie du d\u00e9guisement en endossant plusieurs personnalit\u00e9s excentriques. <em>Th\u00e9\u00e2tre de sang<\/em> compte parmi ses films les plus notables, avec <em>Au service secret de sa majest\u00e9 <\/em>de Peter Hunt et <em>L\u2019H\u00f4pital <\/em>de Arthur Hiller.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Film disponible en combo dvd et blu-ray chez ESC, dans la collection \u00ab\u00a0British Terror\u00a0\u00bb, qui s\u2019enrichit \u00e9galement de <em>L\u2019Abominable Docteur Phibes<\/em>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-26020\" src=\"https:\/\/www.arte.tv\/sites\/olivierpere\/files\/theatre-de-sang-1973-combo.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1507\" height=\"2336\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>R\u00e9alis\u00e9 en 1973, Th\u00e9\u00e2tre de sang (Theater of Blood) fait partie des chefs-d\u2019\u0153uvre sous-estim\u00e9s du cin\u00e9ma anglais de cette p\u00e9riode.\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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