#The Swimmer

[nightly-productions]

The Swimmer and his shark Add-Ons

#art #myart #artist on tumblr #nightly productions #digtialart #fanart #off #off game #off oc #own chracter #The Swimmer

[theseventhveil1945]

the swimmer (1968) dir. frank perry

#the swimmer #the swimmer 1968

[gayzing-away]

Gal Ben Amra in The Swimmer (2021)

#gal ben amra #the swimmer #gifs

[mafaldaknows]

I just noticed something, and if nothing else it's a funny coincidence but, Tim➡️SNL➡️ Tiny horse ➡️Armie's last post 👀

Hello, Anon:

Armie’s first post after deleting everything from his IG and two days after Tim announced his appearance on SNL was such a wonderful surprise when it happened that some of us may not have connected those dots. I was focused on why he was on a Metro North train and wondering where he was going. He was watching The Swimmer (1968) starring Burt Lancaster, the plot of which is intriguing, especially in light of recent circumstances:

The Swimmer, Frank Perry (1968)

Ned Merrill swam so Oliver could … run?

Call Me By Your Name, Luca Guadagnino (2017)

I see your point, absolutely, Anon😏🐎🩳👀

There are some parallels in an ironic art-imitates-life (and vice versa) kind of way that I can’t help but see that Armie most likely identifies with Ned Merrill in more ways than just hanging out all day in swim shorts. It’s a little basket of Easter eggs on a Metro North train. The Universe winks. 💪✨🤘

Instagram: armiehammer | 11.01.23

Saturday Night Live | Episode 8, Season 46 | 12.12.2020

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Thanks for your keen observation. ☺️🐎❣️

#hello anon #armie hammer #timothée chalamet #instagram #snl #tiny horse #live from new york #metro north #the swimmer #burt lancaster #ned merrill #fascinating #rabbit hole #easter eggs #the universe winks #mafalda always looks for signs #tales from the charmiesphere

[lisamarie-vee]

#the swimmer #film #burt lancaster #1960s

[thebibliomancer]

So it’s a bit of Skeksis lore that they lost some vital attribute when they split from the urRu that hampers their chosen area of expertise

It’s most obvious with the Scientist where he’s got enough smarts to do mad science but struggles with coming up with ideas on his own. Once someone points him in a direction, he can get going.

Which is a good segue to skekSa the Mariner since I’m pretty sure she lost any navigational ability to urSan the Swimmer.

urSan’s biggest thing aside from swimming is drawing maps of everywhere she’s been.

In the YA novels that skekSa appeared most in, she needed EVERY Sifan navigator to help her flee the continent. And when that fell through she tried to steal urSan’s maps. (Did urSan swim across an entire ocean? Wow.)

No wonder she prefers living ships. It’s navigational easy mode.

And to take this to comedic exaggeration levels… no wonder she hates the castle! It’s described as labyrinthine in the movie novelization.

I can just imagine her getting lost on the way to dinner one too many times and deciding enough is enough. Screw this castle, she’s going to go live on a boat!

#dark crystal #skeksa #the Mariner #urSan #the swimmer #when skekSa kept running into the plot I’m sure no one was more surprised than her #her only crime was all the crimes and also being born before GPS

[burtlancster]

early 00s mermaid movie ass font

#aquamarine but it’s about a middle-aged suburban dad whose mistress just told him she faked her orgasms #the swimmer

[moviesbabe]

Burt Lancaster in The Swimmer (1968) dir. Frank Perry

#burt lancaster #the swimmer #1960s #frank perry #movie gifs #film #cinema #movies #my gifs :)

[uncahier]

I also finally got around to reading this today, and I’m a little miffed not one of my many English courses ever assigned it

#the swimmer #john cheever #unrealiable close third person narrator my beloved #short story #a good end of summer read

[womansfilm]

The Swimmer (1968) / The Age of Innocence (1993)

#whatever it makes sense to ME #the age of innocence #the swimmer #the swimmer 1968 #m #mfw it's more real to me here than if i went up #parallels

[byneddiedingo]

Burt Lancaster in The Swimmer (Frank Perry, 1968)

Cast: Burt Lancaster, Janet Langford, Janice Rule, Joan Rivers, Tony Bickley, Marge Champion, Kim Hunter, Bill Fiore, Rose Gregorio, Charles Drake, House Jameson, Nancy Cushman, Bernie Hamilton. Screenplay: Eleanor Perry, based on a short story by John Cheever. Cinematography: David L. Quaid. Art direction: Peter Dohanos. Film editing: Sidney Katz, Carl Lerner, Pat Somerset. Music: Marvin Hamlisch.

The Swimmer evokes that common anxiety dream in which you're naked or in your underwear in a familiar place like work or school. The people around you don't seem to notice, but you suspect that they're secretly laughing at you. The dream is produced, of course, by something that you don't want other people to know about you. Ned Merrill (Burt Lancaster) isn't naked, but he's exposed, wearing swim trunks and barefoot, when we first see him walking through the woods. He comes upon a group of his neighbors gathered around their swimming pool. They greet him heartily, commenting on how long it's been since they got together, serving drinks and making small talk. Ned suddenly has an idea: All of his neighbors have pools. Why couldn't he swim his way home, moving from pool to pool until he reaches his destination? The group cheers him on. Ned is an athletic middle-aged man (Lancaster was in his mid-50s when the film was made, but looked perhaps ten years younger), and the day is sunny and warm. But as he continues his pool-hopping, he injures himself slightly and the day gets darker and chillier, and so does the reception of the pool-owners he encounters. We begin to discover that Ned is in financial trouble and that the marriage he initially portrayed as happy has fallen apart. The John Cheever story on which the film is based is often read as a fable about suburban hypocrisy and male anxiety, and the movie supports those and other interpretations. Lancaster is perfect casting, not only because of his physical fitness but also because of the signs of aging that the camera inevitably reveals -- camera angles, for example, sometimes show the thinning of the hair at the crown of his head. But the film version lacks the Everyman quality of Cheever's story, missing some of the shock of recognition by the reader, an inevitability in its translation to a visual medium. It also ran into some trouble with producer Sam Spiegel, who had many scenes recast and reshot, firing director Frank Perry and replacing him with Sydney Pollack. It was not a success at the box office, being a little too oblique for audiences and some critics, but it has gained stature with time. 

#The Swimmer #Frank Perry #Burt Lancaster

[spepticle-but-everywhere]

#the swimmer #drowns and drowns and drowns and drowns

[theseventhveil1945]

the swimmer (1968) dir. frank perry

#video #the swimmer #the swimmer 1968 #burt lancaster #song is sour/sweet by lilacs & champagne

[gothsugarbunnidisco]

Returning the favour 6, 30 and 44?

thank you! <3

6. What are the top 5 most contrasting songs on your iTunes?

i’m gonna use my february playlist and say:

Eminem — Tone Deaf

Marilyn Manson — Target Audience (Narcissus Narcosis)

Hilary Duff — Wake Up

Billy Joel — Goodnight Saigon

Green Day — Macy’s Day Parade

30. Name 4 things you hope to see happen for you in the new year.

starting college and taking good classes there, getting a boyfriend (🤞🤞), getting a tattoo, and just generally me and my family being well and happy

44. 5 movies you thought you’d hate but ended up loving?

The Swimmer, The King Of Comedy, Blue Sky, After Hours, and Meet The Parents

#kittyposting #asks #man-kills-everything #em #eminem #marilyn manson #hilary duff #girlies #billy joel #green day #the swimmer #king of comedy #the king of comedy #blue sky #after hours #meet the parents #films

[polyanthea]

The Swimmer (1968)

#the swimmer #computer #dating #romance #burt lancaster #janet landgard #online dating

[cinemajunkie70]

The happiest of birthdays in the afterlife to Burt Lancaster!

#burt lancaster #atlantic city #the killers #the swimmer #from here to eternity #brute force #birdman of Alcatraz #field of dreams #tough guys #sweet smell of success #Scorpio #Valdez is coming #Vera Cruz #the professionals #seven days in May #gunfight at the ok corral #actor #the leopard