Special Guests: Justin Bozung, Kate Buford, Preston Neal Jones
Guest Co-Hosts: Rob St. Mary, Elric Kane

The 1968 film by Frank and Eleanor Perry, The Swimmer (based on the John Cheever short story of the same name), stars Burt Lancaster as Ned Merrill, a Connecticut executive who decides to head back home by swimming through the pools of his neighbors, a "river" which he names "Lucinda" after his wife. Along the way, Ned is met with drinks, laughs, reminders of his affairs that went sour, and maybe even reminders that what he pretends to be may be no more.

Elric Kane and co-host emeritus Rob St. Mary join Mike to discuss the trouble production and ground-breaking ideas of The Swimmer.

Links:
Buy The Swimmer on Blu-Ray
Read The Swimmer: A prophetic modernist fable set in a fading Eden by Michael Atkinson
Read An Analysis of "The Swimmer" by John Cheever by Rebekah Nydam
Watch Man Fed Up with Commute Swims to Work
Read The Swimmer by John Cheever

Episode 338: The Swimmer (1968)

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