The Swimmer (1968)

[Tayzlor]

IMDB Link (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0063663/)

Has anyone seen this thing? It has Burt Lancaster and Janice Rule (the pregnant women in "3 Women") in it and is supposed to be pretty good.

[dman476]

It sounds interesting.
I'll have to give it a rent some time...

[Lazy Boy]

8/10

It's really good. It follows the John Cheever story quite closely, but on screen, it plays a lot like a sad Twillight Zone episode. Very surreal, as you watch the Lancaster character go from this strong, strapping man to, with every new stopping point in his life, a frail being.

And that last shot....wow. Sad and horrifying, a killer combination that gets to me every time.

[Tayzlor]

Lazy Boy, that description has now pushed the six dollars out of the wallet. Thanks.

A brief Google search reveals not a single review that isn't high praise. Wow. Some of the descriptions remind of "The Graduate", but I suspect that its only because of the pool presence in both and their similar release dates.

[Weapon X]

I watched this film in my American Short Stories course. The whole class had a good laugh at the cornier moments.

[Tayzlor]

Everyone buy this one at DeepDiscountDVD (indeed if you are planning to buy it).

At $6, it's a third the price of Amazon's "Swimmer", not to mention the shipping costs.

[dman476]

Originally posted by Tayzlor
Everyone buy this one at DeepDiscountDVD (indeed if you are planning to buy it).

At $6, it's a third the price of Amazon's "Swimmer", not to mention the shipping costs.
Really? It's on deep?
I was going to buy it off amazon...
*looks around, makes sure the offer is real*

I'm buying right this instant! :)
But they have a really nice KINO sale going on and I need to get a few things there, which sucks because I am near broke this month.
Guess I shouldn't have bought that Body Snatchers dvd today.
Oh well, thank god it's my birthday. :)

[Tayzlor]

Kino sale!

Do you know how long this is going on?

I could get "The Art of Buster Keaton" for under $100!

[dman476]

Originally posted by Tayzlor
Kino sale!

Do you know how long this is going on?

I could get "The Art of Buster Keaton" for under $100!
Yeah, I know.
It's so upsetting considering the fact that most of my dvd wish list consists of Kino dvds. :(
And I have no idea how long it lasts, but my guess is until 07/18.
I would get the Keaton set, the Lang set, the German horror set, Asphalt, Les Bonnes Femmes, Scarlett Street, Dr. Mabuse - the Gambler, Counsellor at Law, L'Age d' Or, the Fanny Trilogy, and Man with a Movie Camera.
I wish I could get all of them, and I probably won't get half.
It's an amazing deal though - better than the criterion one.
But the Keaton set for 100?
Yowza!

I do know the KINO sale started yesterday or today though...