{"id":5748,"date":"2012-03-26T08:22:26","date_gmt":"2012-03-26T07:22:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/olivierpere.wordpress.com\/?p=5748"},"modified":"2016-08-29T13:24:11","modified_gmt":"2016-08-29T12:24:11","slug":"the-swimmer-de-frank-perry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.arte.tv\/sites\/olivierpere\/2012\/03\/26\/the-swimmer-de-frank-perry\/","title":{"rendered":"The Swimmer de Frank Perry"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_5749\" style=\"width: 650px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5749\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-5749\" title=\"The Swimmer (1968)\" src=\"https:\/\/www.arte.tv\/sites\/olivierpere\/files\/2012\/03\/the-swimmer2.jpg\" alt=\"The Swimmer (1968)\" width=\"640\" height=\"509\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.arte.tv\/sites\/olivierpere\/files\/2012\/03\/the-swimmer2.jpg 1500w, https:\/\/www.arte.tv\/sites\/olivierpere\/files\/2012\/03\/the-swimmer2-351x280.jpg 351w, https:\/\/www.arte.tv\/sites\/olivierpere\/files\/2012\/03\/the-swimmer2-964x768.jpg 964w, https:\/\/www.arte.tv\/sites\/olivierpere\/files\/2012\/03\/the-swimmer2-580x461.jpg 580w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-5749\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Swimmer (1968)<\/p><\/div>\n<p>C\u2019est un des secrets les mieux gard\u00e9s du cin\u00e9ma am\u00e9ricain. Longtemps inconnu et invisible, anomalie hollywoodienne comme les studios savaient en produire dans les ann\u00e9es 60 et 70, pour le meilleur et pour le pire, <em>The Swimmer<\/em> (1968) est un film magnifique. Un homme, Neddy Merrill, fait sa r\u00e9apparition surprise dans la piscine d\u2019un couple d\u2019amis apr\u00e8s une longue absence. Nous sommes dans la vall\u00e9e du Connecticut, dans la bonne soci\u00e9t\u00e9 WASP o\u00f9 le temps (grand sujet de <em>The Swimmer<\/em>) semble s\u2019\u00eatre arr\u00eat\u00e9 entre deux cocktails et une barbecue party. Au gr\u00e9 de la conversation, Neddy d\u00e9couvre qu\u2019il lui est possible de nager de piscine en piscine jusqu\u2019\u00e0 sa maison, et d\u00e9cide de relever le d\u00e9fi. \u00ab\u00a0I am swimming home\u00a0\u00bb deviendra le leitmotiv du film, le seul de l\u2019histoire du cin\u00e9ma (\u00e0 notre connaissance) o\u00f9 le personnage principal est en maillot de bain de la premi\u00e8re \u00e0 la derni\u00e8re image. Cet homme, c\u2019est Burt Lancaster, 52 ans et dans une forme physique \u00e9blouissante entretenue par des s\u00e9ances de sport et de musculation intensives avant le tournage (r\u00e9alis\u00e9 en 66, le film attendra deux ans avant de conna\u00eetre une sortie confidentielle). Burt Lancaster a toujours consid\u00e9r\u00e9 <em>The Swimmer<\/em> comme son plus grand r\u00f4le et son meilleur film, malgr\u00e9 sa faible notori\u00e9t\u00e9 en regard des nombreux classiques interpr\u00e9t\u00e9s par la star tout au long de sa carri\u00e8re. Au-del\u00e0 d\u2019un probable d\u00e9lire narcissique de Lancaster sublime en athl\u00e8te d\u00e9sorient\u00e9, on ne peut que comprendre son attachement au film dont il est de toute \u00e9vidence le v\u00e9ritable auteur. Frank Perry, curieux cin\u00e9aste \u00e0 la filmographie erratique, quitta m\u00eame le plateau pour \u00ab\u00a0divergences artistiques\u00a0\u00bb et quelques sc\u00e8nes furent tourn\u00e9es par Sydney Pollack, qui venait de mettre en sc\u00e8ne Lancaster dans <em>Le Chasseur de scalps<\/em>. <em>The Swimmer<\/em> est une all\u00e9gorie d\u00e9senchant\u00e9e sur les mirages de \u00ab\u00a0l\u2019American Way of Life\u00a0\u00bb, une critique du culte de la r\u00e9ussite sociale, la description impitoyable d\u2019un monde bourgeois superficiel, aseptis\u00e9 et autarcique. <em>The Swimmer<\/em>, dans les marges du \u00ab\u00a0Nouvel Hollywood\u00a0\u00bb, est un bel objet postmoderne toujours \u00e0 deux brasses du kitsch absolu mais dont le culot, \u00e9norme, s\u2019accompagne d\u2019une extraordinaire intelligence. Chaque plan ressemble \u00e0 une pochette de disque \u00ab\u00a0easy listening\u00a0\u00bb tandis que le r\u00e9cit, rythm\u00e9 par les immersions aquatiques du nageur qui sont autant de voyages \u00e0 travers la m\u00e9moire et le temps, d\u00e9voilant par bribes les blessures et les \u00e9checs d\u2019une vie. Ce voyage au bout du n\u00e9ant se permet des incartades bucoliques au ralenti comme cette incroyable course entre Neddy et un \u00e9talon noir, ou sa br\u00e8ve \u00e9chapp\u00e9e avec une troublante adolescente en bikini. Puisque <em>The Swimmer<\/em> a \u00e9t\u00e9 trop rarement vu et comment\u00e9, on se gardera d\u2019en d\u00e9voiler ici la fin, stup\u00e9fiante de tristesse, digne d\u2019une chute de <em>La Quatri\u00e8me Dimension<\/em> film\u00e9e par Alain Resnais.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_5750\" style=\"width: 650px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5750\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-5750\" title=\"The Swimmer (1968)\" src=\"https:\/\/www.arte.tv\/sites\/olivierpere\/files\/2012\/03\/the-swimmer.jpg\" alt=\"The Swimmer (1968)\" width=\"640\" height=\"475\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.arte.tv\/sites\/olivierpere\/files\/2012\/03\/the-swimmer.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.arte.tv\/sites\/olivierpere\/files\/2012\/03\/the-swimmer-377x280.jpg 377w, https:\/\/www.arte.tv\/sites\/olivierpere\/files\/2012\/03\/the-swimmer-1024x760.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.arte.tv\/sites\/olivierpere\/files\/2012\/03\/the-swimmer-580x430.jpg 580w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-5750\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Swimmer (1968)<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>C\u2019est un des secrets les mieux gard\u00e9s du cin\u00e9ma am\u00e9ricain. 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