{"id":21005,"date":"2019-06-05T12:51:24","date_gmt":"2019-06-05T10:51:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/leregardlibre.com\/?p=21005"},"modified":"2025-12-04T22:36:18","modified_gmt":"2025-12-04T21:36:18","slug":"rocketman-a-rocket-in-the-sky-delton-john","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/leregardlibre.com\/en\/cinema\/films\/rocketman-a-rocket-in-the-sky-delton-john\/","title":{"rendered":"\u00abRocketman\u00bb, a rocket in Elton John's sky"},"content":{"rendered":"

Cinema Wednesdays - Jonas Follonier and Lauriane Pipoz<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

A dapper man in a skyward-sweeping orange angel outfit strides forward, ready to enter what we imagine will be a grand stage. But the film's first big scene takes us by surprise: the extravagant character played by Taron Egerton arrives at a meeting of Alcoholics Anonymous. \u00abMy name is Elton Hercules John and I'm an alcoholic, a cocaine addict, sex addict<\/em>, bulimic...\u00bb The actor's face at the start of the film is deeply moving, his eyelids full of powder and terrifying grief foreshadowing the film's red thread.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

Red as the glow of her tinted glasses. Glasses to hide in, in the same way that parties<\/em> are a refuge for many shy young people who are totally lost in their hectic lives? No doubt. Elton John, as this film sufficiently demonstrates, is an introvert who disguises himself as an extrovert. A bit like Michel Polnareff - yes, him again<\/a>. When asked by a journalist whether in the seventies<\/em> he didn't consider himself to be France's Etlon John, Polnareff gave a doll-like \u00abno\" answer that left the journalist speechless: \"No, no, no. Elton John is the Polnareff of the world<\/em>.\u00bb To persuade you that this comparison between the two kings of pop is not a pipe dream, please refer to one of today's best rock critics and true heir of Lester Bangs, Bester Langs, and his article Michel Polnareff. Behind the glasses<\/a><\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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