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Les Poup\u00e9es du diable (1936)<\/p><\/div>\n

L\u2019achat r\u00e9cent d\u2019un coffret DVD regroupant plusieurs petits classiques du fantastique am\u00e9ricain des ann\u00e9es 30 m\u2019a permit de voir ou revoir cinq titres fameux : Le Masque d\u2019or<\/em> (The Mask of Fu Manchu<\/em>, 1932), Les Mains d\u2019Orlac<\/em> (Mad Love<\/em>, 1935), Doctor X<\/em> (1932) et sa suite, et ces poup\u00e9es du diable autrefois admir\u00e9es \u00e0 la Cin\u00e9math\u00e8que fran\u00e7aise. Le Masque d\u2019or<\/em> permet d\u2019admirer Boris Karloff en chinois diabolique dans une bande raciste qui multiplie les raffinements sadiques et \u00e9rotiques (le personnage inoubliable de la fille de Fu Manchu interpr\u00e9t\u00e9e par Mirna Loy). Les Mains d\u2019Orlac<\/em>, hymne \u00e0 l\u2019amour fou ch\u00e9ri des surr\u00e9alistes est le dernier film en tant que metteur en sc\u00e8ne du g\u00e9nial directeur de la photographie Karl Freund qui d\u00e9buta sa carri\u00e8re en Allemagne, \u00e9claira plusieurs chefs-d\u2019\u0153uvre de l\u2019expressionnisme (Le Dernier des hommes<\/em>, Metropolis<\/em>) avant de partir \u00e0 Hollywood. Docteur X, enqu\u00eate sur des actes de cannibalisme en plein New York, est une curiosit\u00e9 sign\u00e9e Michael Curtiz qui poss\u00e8de la particularit\u00e9 d\u2019\u00eatre un des premiers films hollywoodiens en couleurs (deux couleurs pour \u00eatre exact, selon le proc\u00e9d\u00e9 2-strip Technicolor), mais le film de Curtiz est inf\u00e9rieur \u00e0 son Masques de cire<\/em> (Mystery of the Wax Museum<\/em>) r\u00e9alis\u00e9 un an plus tard. Mais le meilleur film du coffret demeure Les Poup\u00e9es du diable<\/em> (The Devil Doll<\/em>, 1936).<\/p>\n

La rencontre de Browning, Barrymore et Stroheim accouche d’un chef-d’\u0153uvre de l’insolite. Conte de f\u00e9e, m\u00e9lodrame, science-fiction, miniaturisation et travestissement. Quand le cin\u00e9ma am\u00e9ricain savait d\u00e9lirer\u2026<\/p>\n

Les Poup\u00e9es du diable<\/em> est sans doute, apr\u00e8s le sublime Freaks<\/em>, le plus g\u00e9nial des films parlants de Tod Browning. C\u00e9l\u00e8bre pour sa collaboration avec l’acteur transformiste Lon Chaney, \u00ab\u00a0l’homme aux mille visages\u00a0\u00bb, Browning trouve en Lionel Barrymore un digne successeur \u00e0 Chaney et ses compositions extravagantes. Barrymore interpr\u00e8te un banquier condamn\u00e9 \u00e0 tort qui s’\u00e9vade du bagne et se venge de ses ennemis gr\u00e2ce \u00e0 des sbires miniaturis\u00e9s. Le film est un m\u00e9lodrame noir (meurtres et vols de bijoux au programme), une terrible histoire de vengeance \u00e0 laquelle vient se greffer un argument fantastique, selon la tradition des surprenants m\u00e9langes de genres et de tons (la bouffonnerie et la trag\u00e9die). Les effets sp\u00e9ciaux sont extraordinaires et l’id\u00e9e fascinante de la miniaturisation, \u00e0 la source de plusieurs classiques du cin\u00e9ma fantastique, donne lieu \u00e0 des sc\u00e8nes tr\u00e8s po\u00e9tiques et angoissantes. La cruaut\u00e9 de l’histoire, qui condamne le pouvoir corrupteur de l’argent et fait l’\u00e9loge de l’amour paternel (le banquier veut r\u00e9tablir son honneur, mais op\u00e8re aussi dans l’ombre pour rendre sa fille riche et heureuse) porte sans conteste la marque de la personnalit\u00e9 d’Erich von Stroheim qui participa \u00e0 l’\u00e9criture du sc\u00e9nario. On a oubli\u00e9 de pr\u00e9ciser que Lionel Barrymore, pour rester incognito apr\u00e8s son \u00e9vasion, a la curieuse id\u00e9e de se d\u00e9guiser en grand-m\u00e8re (on se demande encore pourquoi), ce qui offre \u00e0 l’acteur l\u2019un des plus ahurissant num\u00e9ro de travestissement de l’histoire de cin\u00e9ma.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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