The Swimmer Blu-ray

'The Swimmer' Director: Frank Perry (1968) Indicator Blu-ray | 4K restoration

A sun-scorched and surreal suburban satire that boasts a fine performance from Burt Lancaster as Ned Merrill, the all-American man who one day determines to swim home to his Connecticut mansion via a series of pools in his neighbourhood. At each house, he is somehow confronted with a reminder of his romantic, domestic and economic failures.

Director Frank Perry imbues Eleanor Perry’s adaptation of John Cheever’s short story with stunning expressionistic flourishes.

Special features include:
- Audio commentary with Frank Perry biographer Justin Bozung
- Marge Champion on ‘The Swimmer’ (2013, 18 mins): onstage interview with the actor, conducted by filmmaker Allison Anders at the Turner Classic Movies Film Festival, TCL Chinese Theatre, Hollywood, after a screening of The Swimmer
- Against the Tide (2022, 11 mins): actor, comedian and filmmaker Richard Ayoade discusses the unique genius of the Perrys’ film
- ‘The Swimmer’ Read by John Cheever (2004, 26 mins): the original New Yorker short story read by the author
- Illeana Douglas trailer commentary (2019, 6 mins)
- Image galleries: storyboards, deleted scenes, promotional and publicity material