Post by ck100 on Aug 12, 2021 14:22:08 GMT
Any of you ever seen this film starring Burt Lancaster? If so, what do you think of it?
On a whole, I like the film and liked Burt Lancaster's performance (was surprised Joan Rivers appears in this move) although I'm still trying to piece it together. The narrative and Burt's performance did engage me although I feel like it can be a little hard to make sense of what we're trying to get as the point of the story. I'll try not to post too much spoilers.
So it seems like this Ned guy is a well-to-do guy in a rich neighborhood swimming with friends. He gets an idea of going on a journey home on a specific path in just his swim trunks going from various neighbors', ex-girlfriend's and friends' houses swimming in their pools as he encounters the neighbors and friends. And as he makes conversation with these neighbors and friends, and before he swims in their pools, he really ends up on some journey of self-discovery involving regrets, mistakes, lost chances, etc. and sees just how empty his life is, as well as how out of touch he is with reality he is, even though he's appearing as a well-to-do kind of guy. I'm hoping I have that right.
Leonard Maltin Movie Guide Review:
The Swimmer (1968) - 3.5 out of 4 stars
"Middle-aged man swims from pool to pool on journey home during hot afternoon; each pool evokes past moments and events. Fascinating, vastly underrated film adapted from John Cheever short story; Lancaster is superb, and location filming in Connecticut perfectly captures mood. Script by Eleanor Perry."
On a whole, I like the film and liked Burt Lancaster's performance (was surprised Joan Rivers appears in this move) although I'm still trying to piece it together. The narrative and Burt's performance did engage me although I feel like it can be a little hard to make sense of what we're trying to get as the point of the story. I'll try not to post too much spoilers.
So it seems like this Ned guy is a well-to-do guy in a rich neighborhood swimming with friends. He gets an idea of going on a journey home on a specific path in just his swim trunks going from various neighbors', ex-girlfriend's and friends' houses swimming in their pools as he encounters the neighbors and friends. And as he makes conversation with these neighbors and friends, and before he swims in their pools, he really ends up on some journey of self-discovery involving regrets, mistakes, lost chances, etc. and sees just how empty his life is, as well as how out of touch he is with reality he is, even though he's appearing as a well-to-do kind of guy. I'm hoping I have that right.
Leonard Maltin Movie Guide Review:
The Swimmer (1968) - 3.5 out of 4 stars
"Middle-aged man swims from pool to pool on journey home during hot afternoon; each pool evokes past moments and events. Fascinating, vastly underrated film adapted from John Cheever short story; Lancaster is superb, and location filming in Connecticut perfectly captures mood. Script by Eleanor Perry."
