{"id":28530,"date":"2026-01-19T12:05:34","date_gmt":"2026-01-19T11:05:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.arte.tv\/sites\/olivierpere\/?p=28530"},"modified":"2026-02-09T12:06:52","modified_gmt":"2026-02-09T11:06:52","slug":"la-neuvieme-configuration-de-william-peter-blatty","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.arte.tv\/sites\/olivierpere\/2026\/01\/19\/la-neuvieme-configuration-de-william-peter-blatty\/","title":{"rendered":"La Neuvi\u00e8me Configuration de William Peter Blatty"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Voici une \u00e9dition BR (chez Intersections) attendue et r\u00e9ussie pour un film rare, maudit, per\u00e7u comme une anomalie dans le paysage du cin\u00e9ma am\u00e9ricain du d\u00e9but des ann\u00e9es 1980 : <em>La Neuvi\u00e8me Configuration<\/em> (<em>The Ninth Configuration<\/em>), \u00e9crit et r\u00e9alis\u00e9 par l&rsquo;\u00e9crivain-sc\u00e9nariste William Peter Blatty, essentiellement connu pour <em>L&rsquo;Exorciste<\/em>, qu\u2019il a \u00e9crit et produit. Le film peut se voir comme le deuxi\u00e8me segment d&rsquo;une trilogie informelle, et de forte inspiration catholique, sur le Mal, entre <em>L&rsquo;Exorciste <\/em>et <em>L&rsquo;Exorciste<\/em>, la suite (qui devait au d\u00e9part s&rsquo;appeler Legion, comme le livre de Blatty), tous adapt\u00e9s de ses propres romans. Contrairement aux deux autres, persistent dans ce film des \u00e9l\u00e9ments de farce et d&rsquo;humour noir, qui viennent rappeler que Blatty avait fait ses d\u00e9buts \u00e0 Hollywood en tant que sc\u00e9nariste de Blake Edward. La chose est dite par William Peter Blatty lui-m\u00eame dans un passionnant entretien d&rsquo;archive, propos\u00e9 dans les suppl\u00e9ments du Blu-ray : sur le tournage chaotique de son premier film, <em>La Neuvi\u00e8me Configuration<\/em>, il se rend compte, hors de sa zone de confort, qu&rsquo;il n&rsquo;est sans doute pas aussi bon cin\u00e9aste que sc\u00e9nariste-\u00e9crivain. Son film en est la preuve. In\u00e9gal, cryptique, parfois assommant dans sa profusion de dialogues. Mais quelle ambition ! Seuls un Kubrick ou un Polanski, voire un Friedkin qui se d\u00e9sint\u00e9ressa vite du projet, auraient pu mener \u00e0 bien un tel monstre\u2026 s\u2019ils avaient \u00e9t\u00e9 catholiques ! Tel quel, <em>La Neuvi\u00e8me Configuration<\/em> se pr\u00e9sente comme une aberration, m\u00eame si ses origines litt\u00e9raires le relient \u00e0 un courant satirique et anti-establishment repr\u00e9sent\u00e9 par Terry Southern (<em>Docteur Folamour<\/em>) ou Joseph Heller (<em>Catch 22<\/em>). L\u2019aspect comique du film n\u2019est sans doute pas le plus ma\u00eetris\u00e9, avec cette id\u00e9e d\u2019un asile psychiatrique dans une immense forteresse isol\u00e9e o\u00f9 sont intern\u00e9s des v\u00e9t\u00e9rans du Vietnam suspect\u00e9s de simuler la folie, et un astronaute qui a abandonn\u00e9 sa fus\u00e9e avant le d\u00e9collage. On est devant une v\u00e9ritable cour des miracles constitu\u00e9e de plusieurs seconds couteaux et gueules cass\u00e9es du Nouvel Hollywood (Jason Miller, Joe Spinell, Scott Wilson, Neville Brand, Richard Lynch\u2026), qui s\u2019en donnent \u00e0 c\u0153ur joie, dans une sorte d\u2019happening th\u00e9\u00e2tral pas toujours tr\u00e8s digeste. La dimension religieuse, ou m\u00e9taphysique, se r\u00e9v\u00e8le plus passionnante, avec le personnage du psychiatre (Stacy Keach, remarquable) qui d\u00e9barque dans l\u2019asile et semble lui aussi atteint de troubles psychiques, tourment\u00e9 par des cauchemars. Le docteur se transforme en figure christique, accomplissant un miracle et parvenant \u00e0 \u00ab sauver \u00bb l\u2019astronaute par son sacrifice. Le film connut une production et un tournage (d\u00e9localis\u00e9 en Hongrie, en RFA et en Autriche) tourment\u00e9s, puis une distribution assez catastrophique. Difficile \u00e0 classer \u2013 ce n\u2019est ni un film fantastique, ni une com\u00e9die, mais une sorte d\u2019all\u00e9gorie sur le mal et la r\u00e9demption, travers\u00e9e par des visions surr\u00e9alistes. <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Demeur\u00e9 in\u00e9dit en France, <em>La Neuvi\u00e8me Configuration<\/em> b\u00e9n\u00e9ficie enfin d&rsquo;une \u00e9dition BR en France \u00e0 la hauteur de sa r\u00e9putation, dans sa version \u00ab director&rsquo;s cut \u00bb et restaur\u00e9e, avec des suppl\u00e9ments de qualit\u00e9, \u00e9crits et vid\u00e9o, qui permettent de mieux comprendre et appr\u00e9cier ce bien \u00e9trange cocktail de folie, de carnaval, de philosophie et de mysticisme&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-28531\" src=\"https:\/\/www.arte.tv\/sites\/olivierpere\/files\/3d-neuvieme_configuration_br-0.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"560\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.arte.tv\/sites\/olivierpere\/files\/3d-neuvieme_configuration_br-0.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.arte.tv\/sites\/olivierpere\/files\/3d-neuvieme_configuration_br-0-200x280.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Voici une \u00e9dition BR (chez Intersections) attendue et r\u00e9ussie pour un film rare, maudit, per\u00e7u comme une anomalie dans le\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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