Tuesday, March 22, 2011

The Swimmer - 1968 ****


Excellent. Another movie that I hadn't been looking forward to seeing and ended up being totally gripped by it. One of the strangest films I have seen for a long time, this will leave you questioning your life, and the people and situations that you come across. Burt Lancaster is mesmerising as Neddy, a man who has been away from his home for a long time. He appears at his neighbour's pool clad only in his swimming trunks with the idea of swimming home across each person's pool until he reaches his house. Along the way he makes some shocking discoveries and nothing is quite what it seems. You need to see this film more than once because there are far too many subtle little pieces of information to catch that you may end up missing something vital. Amazing film for it's time. I'm still thinking about it now.

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