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Late night movie
May. 5th, 2018 06:36 pmNice day here; we have the windows and back door open.
TCM was showing The Swimmer (1968) last night, and while I didn't set out to watch the whole thing, that's what I ended up doing. I had seen it once before, years and years ago. I remember it felt to me then like a super-extended Twilight Zone episode, and yep, that's still what it feels like.
Burt Lancaster is terrific as the guy who decides, one fine spring day, to swim across the county in one day, back to his house, using the swimming pools of his neighbors as "stepping stones." As the film progresses, it becomes clear that Something is Very Wrong -- the people he encounters seem to remember the past couple of years differently than him, folks who were formerly friendly now order him off their property, cutting remarks are made about unpaid bills and strained family relationships. A day that started out as spring is autumn by the end. As for the ending ... well, let's just echo Talking Heads and say, "This is not my beautiful house!"
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So, anyway. Good movie with a flawed score, very much worth watching.
TCM was showing The Swimmer (1968) last night, and while I didn't set out to watch the whole thing, that's what I ended up doing. I had seen it once before, years and years ago. I remember it felt to me then like a super-extended Twilight Zone episode, and yep, that's still what it feels like.
Burt Lancaster is terrific as the guy who decides, one fine spring day, to swim across the county in one day, back to his house, using the swimming pools of his neighbors as "stepping stones." As the film progresses, it becomes clear that Something is Very Wrong -- the people he encounters seem to remember the past couple of years differently than him, folks who were formerly friendly now order him off their property, cutting remarks are made about unpaid bills and strained family relationships. A day that started out as spring is autumn by the end. As for the ending ... well, let's just echo Talking Heads and say, "This is not my beautiful house!"
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So, anyway. Good movie with a flawed score, very much worth watching.