The Swimmer (1968)

Movies Based on Short Stories (34 movies items)

" The Swimmer (1968), based on John Cheever’s “The Swimmer,” originally published in The New Yorker (1964). "

My trips to the cinema 2023 (410 movies items)

"SCREENING: 35mm, BFI Film on Film Festival DATE: June 10th CINEMA: BFI LOCATION: Southbank"

Films I've seen on celluloid in the digital era (398 movies items)

"FORMAT: 35mm CONDITION: ★★★½ NOTES: Technicolor dye transfer print, one of the older National Film & TV Archive prints. Colours are very slightly faded but look gorgeous, and until “This is my wagon” the print plays mostly smoothly despite quick changeovers, and so the print experiences a few cuts afterwards with red wear visible. This was the last time the print was ever shown publicly, due to shrinkage. DATE: June 10th 2023 CINEMA: BFI LOCATION: Southbank"

Totoro's 2022 Movie Diary (115 movies items)

" JANUARY 15, 2022 THE SWIMMER (1967, dir: Frank Perry) Cast: Burt Lancaster, Janet Landgard, Janice Rule, Marge Champion My rating: 8/10 Watched on THE CRITERION CHANNEL"

Movies Watched in 2021 (153 movies items)

"April 26th Directed by: Frank Perry Downloaded."

The Swimmer

“A box office failure in its heyday, 1968’s The Swimmer has since attained status as a cult film. Based on John Cheever’s short story of the same name, The Swimmer is an odd exploration of suburban malaise, the ennui of one man who has since been closed off from his privileged lifestyle, or a hallucinatory descent into purgatory. It one of the most experimental and weird films of Burt Lancaster’s career, and one of his absolute best.   The Swimmer is also an ode to Lancaster’s muscular body as he was headed towards 50. He wears the skimpiest of trunks throughout and little else, including one brief nude scene that proves his taunt body would be the envy of several men half his age. Lancaster’s muscularity and physical dynamism were frequently on proud display throughout his fil” read more

Mack's Movie Diary 2020 (40 movies items)

"Startlingly sad. I watched this one seven or eight years ago in college, it's definitely on one of my first watch lists here on listal. I felt caught up in a whirlwind the first time, unable to sense the looming dread hanging over this poor, desperate man basically from the first moment. It was more of an uncomfortable confusion on first viewing, probably just the state of mind I was in back then, way too depressed and watching 2-3 films per day just to get through school work. But even though "

Movies Watched In 2018 - To Infinity & Beyond! (365 movies items)

"Burt Lancaster is Ned Merrill, a guy who one day decides to swim his way home, via all his neighbours pools. He stops for chats, drinks and even a frolic in some woods with a buxom blonde teenager. It appears at first he is doing this for fun, then snippets of things that some neighbours say unveil a darker story. This is a weirder movie than it sounds, they way things happen and the interactions with the neighbours is occasionally surreal. It was a box office failure when it was released but ha"

Watched in 2018 (383 movies items)

"13.12 "

“*** This review contains spoilers ***On a lazy sunny afternoon, Ned Merrill (Burt Lancaster) embarks on an adventure in which he swims through every p”

Watched in 2017 (274 movies items)

"My Rating:9/10 "

Miika's Movie Diary - 2017 (250 movies items)

"20.7, PC Välillä korni (esimerkiksi Lancaster hyppimässä hidastetusti ratsastusesteiden yli imelän musiikin soidessa taustalla), mutta loppujen lopuksi uskottava, traaginen kuvaus Burt Lancasterin esittämästä päähenkilöstä. Pidin siitä, miten elokuvan edetessä ja kanssakäymisten lisääntyessä muiden hahmojen kanssa pääsee päähenkilöön aina paremmin ja paremmin sisälle. Hieno roolisuoritus Lancasterilta."

500 Essential Cult Movies (502 movies items)

" Burt Lancaster (as Ned Merril, titular main character) delivers the poetic script with solemnity, his vulnerable character clad only in a pair of swimming shorts and his heart upon his metaphorical sleeve. What's most fascinating is the lack of a sense of time- one can easily imagine Ned time-traveling as he slips into the icy blue waters of each pool until he arrives home again at an unspecified future date. "