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French to English: « Snowden » : Oliver Stone et l’antihéros General field: Art/Literary Detailed field: Journalism
Source text - French A 25 ans, Alexandre le Grand prenait Babylone. A 29 ans, Edward Snowden prenait l’avion pour Hongkong. Pour un cinéaste, et surtout pour Oliver Stone, passer de l’un à l’autre nécessite quelques ajustements. Depuis Salvador (1986) et jusqu’à Savages (2012) en passant par Wall Street (2010) et Alexandre (2004), Stone s’est fait le peintre de la démesure, au risque de l’emphase et du ridicule.
Aujourd’hui septuagénaire, l’ex-enfant terrible de Hollywood a tourné son regard vers un héros moderne qui ne présente aucun des traits habituels de ses personnages. Edward Snowden n’est ni ambitieux ni avide. C’est un jeune homme ordinaire qui a pris une décision extraordinaire, en abandonnant travail, famille et patrie pour rendre public un secret dont il était le détenteur accidentel.
L’intérêt et la limite de Snowden, le film de fiction qu’Oliver Stone a tiré de cet épisode, tiennent aux efforts exercés par le réalisateur afin de respecter la modestie de son sujet. Pas d’hyperbole, pas de violence, pas de lutte de pouvoir, rien que le cheminement intérieur d’un jeune technocrate. L’autodiscipline dont fait preuve Stone force le respect, mais ce mode de narration n’est pas le sien, et Snowden ne trouve jamais le juste rythme, la dimension qui conviendrait à son insaisissable héros.
Translation - English At 25, Alexander the Great conquered Babylon. At 29, Edward Snowden boarded a plane to Hong Kong. For a filmmaker, particularly Oliver Stone, switching from one character to the other requires some tinkering. From Salvador (1986) to Savages (2012), on to Wall Street (2010) and Alexander (2004), Stone transforms himself into a true conjurer of the outrageous, risking arrogance and ridicule.
Now in his seventies, the ex-Hollywood bad boy has turned his attention to a modern hero with none of the archetypal traits of his usual characters. Edward Snowden is neither ambitious nor passionate. He is your average Joe whose life took an extraordinary turn; abandoning work, family and country, to leak government secrets which he comes into contact with accidentally to the public.
The focus and limits of Snowden, the fictional film by Oliver Stone, based on these events. It transforms the efforts exerted by the director to capture the humility of its subject. Void of hyperbole, violence, and power struggle, the film depicts the introspective journey of a young technocrat. The self-control demonstrated by Stone commands respect, but the style of the narrative is not his own, and Snowden, in the end doesn’t quite find the right rhythm or scope to complement its elusive hero.
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