I watched The Swimmer tonight, the 1968 Burt Lancaster movie. It’s based on a John Cheever short story about a rich suburban guy who’s had a breakdown and decides to swim across a bunch of pools until he gets home. Except he’s not rich anymore and it’s not his home anymore. Each pool brings him more humiliation, more reminders of his failures. It’s very…
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