{"id":532462,"date":"2026-05-15T07:30:00","date_gmt":"2026-05-15T05:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/leregardlibre.com\/?p=532462"},"modified":"2026-05-15T09:47:14","modified_gmt":"2026-05-15T07:47:14","slug":"operation-epic-fail-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/leregardlibre.com\/en\/cinema\/operation-epic-fail-chronique\/","title":{"rendered":"Coming soon: \u00abOperation Epic Fail\u00bb"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-drop-cap\"><strong>A l\u2019heure o\u00f9&nbsp;\u00abl\u2019excursion\u00bb&nbsp;en Iran de l\u2019arm\u00e9e am\u00e9ricaine est en train de faire passer George W. Bush pour un strat\u00e8ge lucide, j\u2019entrevois d\u00e9j\u00e0 la prochaine com\u00e9die politique hollywoodienne.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>J\u2019ose&nbsp;une&nbsp;pr\u00e9diction:&nbsp;dans quelques ann\u00e9es, un acteur iconique (je propose Ben Affleck, au hasard) endossera le r\u00f4le du secr\u00e9taire am\u00e9ricain de la D\u00e9fense Pete Hegseth, dans une com\u00e9die dramatique caustique et acerbe de la deuxi\u00e8me administration Trump. Com\u00e9die qui rappellera&nbsp;<em>Vice<\/em>&nbsp;(2019), le film o\u00f9 Christian Bale campait le vice-pr\u00e9sident Dick Cheney, ou&nbsp;<em>War Machine<\/em>&nbsp;(2017), dans lequel Brad Pitt caricaturait le g\u00e9n\u00e9ral Stanley McChrystal, commandant des forces de l\u2019OTAN durant la guerre d\u2019Afghanistan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On y retrouvera le m\u00eame ton grin\u00e7ant, la m\u00eame d\u00e9nonciation de l\u2019aveuglement et de l\u2019incomp\u00e9tence, l\u2019arrogance et les absurdit\u00e9s qui caract\u00e9risent les guerres am\u00e9ricaines depuis le Vietnam. Ce film, qu\u2019on pourrait nommer&nbsp;<em>Epic Fail<\/em>&nbsp;ou&nbsp;<em>Epic Folly<\/em>, d\u2019apr\u00e8s l\u2019op\u00e9ration actuelle en Iran (Epic Fury), remportera peut-\u00eatre quelques Oscars, sera fustig\u00e9 par les adeptes de Donald Trump et les va-t-en-guerre conservateurs, lou\u00e9 par les d\u00e9mocrates, \u00e9visc\u00e9r\u00e9 par des critiques qui lui reprocheront son manque de subtilit\u00e9, puis s\u2019estompera, \u00e0 l\u2019instar de la prolifique filmographie hollywoodienne des pr\u00e9c\u00e9dentes&nbsp;\u00abexcursions\u00bb&nbsp;am\u00e9ricaines au Proche-Orient.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Vice<\/em>, par exemple, retrace avec une certaine fid\u00e9lit\u00e9 la transformation du parti r\u00e9publicain, depuis le traumatisme du scandale de Richard Nixon, en un mouvement extr\u00e9miste et messianique pr\u00eat \u00e0 tout pour s\u2019emparer du pouvoir, et qui a hiss\u00e9 \u00e0 la t\u00eate de la plus grande puissance mondiale le sinistre Dick Cheney et ses sbires n\u00e9oconservateurs, pr\u00e9cipitant le monde dans les bourbiers irakiens et afghans.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<form method=\"post\" action=\"https:\/\/newsletter.infomaniak.com\/external\/submit\" class=\"inf-form\" target=\"_blank\"><input type=\"email\" name=\"email\" style=\"display:none\" \/><input type=\"hidden\" name=\"key\" value=\"eyJpdiI6IlZXRVJGMlRGQUU2alNqUE81bitIUk5adnNVa0c4MllFTStzOHdHT1FQZ3c9IiwidmFsdWUiOiJIYzhwMUVCK1pTNnlhY3MyMmhuZlhReWJqemEwNk93blMxTjFHc0s2VHZrPSIsIm1hYyI6ImVhYTQ5N2I1M2NiYWE4NzBmNjk2NzgzYjliM2Y5NmYzM2E2ZmU3NGQxNTU1ZDFkMTU1MzY5NTdjYjE3ZTJmNTUifQ==\"><input type=\"hidden\" name=\"webform_id\" value=\"7291\"><style> .inf-main_3000311ca56a1cb93397bc676c0b7fff{ background-color:#f5f5f5; padding:25px 20px; margin:25px auto; } .inf-main_3000311ca56a1cb93397bc676c0b7fff .inf-content { margin-top:13px;} .inf-main_3000311ca56a1cb93397bc676c0b7fff h4, .inf-main_3000311ca56a1cb93397bc676c0b7fff span, .inf-main_3000311ca56a1cb93397bc676c0b7fff label, .inf-main_3000311ca56a1cb93397bc676c0b7fff input, .inf-main_3000311ca56a1cb93397bc676c0b7fff .inf-submit, .inf-main_3000311ca56a1cb93397bc676c0b7fff .inf-success p a { color:#555555; font-size:14px; } .inf-main_3000311ca56a1cb93397bc676c0b7fff h4{ font-size:18px; margin:0px 0px 13px 0px; } .inf-main_3000311ca56a1cb93397bc676c0b7fff h4, .inf-main_3000311ca56a1cb93397bc676c0b7fff label{ font-weight:bold; } .inf-main_3000311ca56a1cb93397bc676c0b7fff .inf-input { margin-bottom:7px; } .inf-main_3000311ca56a1cb93397bc676c0b7fff label { display:block;} .inf-main_3000311ca56a1cb93397bc676c0b7fff input{ height:35px; color:#999999; border: 1px solid #E9E9E9; border:none; padding-left:7px; } .inf-main_3000311ca56a1cb93397bc676c0b7fff .inf-input.inf-error label, .inf-main_3000311ca56a1cb93397bc676c0b7fff .inf-input.inf-error span.inf-message{ color: #cc0033; } .inf-main_3000311ca56a1cb93397bc676c0b7fff .inf-input.inf-error input{ border: 1px solid #cc0033; } .inf-main_3000311ca56a1cb93397bc676c0b7fff .inf-input input { width:100%;} .inf-main_3000311ca56a1cb93397bc676c0b7fff .inf-input.inf-error span.inf-message { display: block; } .inf-main_3000311ca56a1cb93397bc676c0b7fff .inf-submit { text-align:right;} .inf-main_3000311ca56a1cb93397bc676c0b7fff .inf-submit input{ background-color:#777777; color:#ffffff; border:none; font-weight: normal; height:auto; padding:7px; } .inf-main_3000311ca56a1cb93397bc676c0b7fff .inf-submit input.disabled{ opacity: 0.4; } .inf-btn { color: rgb(85, 85, 85); border: medium none; font-weight: normal; height: auto; padding: 7px; display: inline-block; background-color: white; box-shadow: 0px 1px 1px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.24); border-radius: 2px; line-height: 1em; } .inf-rgpd { margin:25px 0px 15px 0px; color:#555555; } <\/style> <div class=\"inf-main_3000311ca56a1cb93397bc676c0b7fff\"> <h4>NEWSLETTER DU REGARD LIBRE<\/h4> <span>Recevez nos articles chaque dimanche.<\/span> <div class=\"inf-success\" style=\"display:none\"> <h4>Votre inscription \u00e0 notre infolettre hebdomadaire a \u00e9t\u00e9 enregistr\u00e9e avec succ\u00e8s !<\/h4> <p> <a href=\"#\" class=\"inf-btn\">&laquo;<\/a> <\/p> <\/div> <div class=\"inf-content\"> <div class=\"inf-input inf-input-text\"> <input type=\"text\" name=\"inf[1]\" data-inf-meta = \"1\" data-inf-error = \"Merci de renseigner une adresse email\" required=\"required\" placeholder=\"Email\" > <\/div> <div class=\"inf-submit\"> <input type=\"submit\" name=\"\" value=\"S\u2019inscrire\"> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/form>\n\n\n\n<p><em>War Machine<\/em>, quant \u00e0 lui, d\u00e9peint cette Am\u00e9rique imbue de sa propre sup\u00e9riorit\u00e9, incapable de comprendre les dynamiques locales, qui tente de&nbsp;\u00abgagner&nbsp;les c\u0153urs et les&nbsp;esprits\u00bb&nbsp;des Afghans en leur offrant des ballons de football tout en rasant leurs villages. Du McDo, du napalm et de l\u2019agent orange, strat\u00e9gie d\u00e9j\u00e0 employ\u00e9e au Vietnam, avec le m\u00eame succ\u00e8s.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-les-avertissements-ignores-de-hollywood-contre-la-guerre\"><strong>Les avertissements ignor\u00e9s de Hollywood contre la guerre<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Aucun de ces films pourtant n\u2019aura servi d\u2019avertissement le 28 f\u00e9vrier 2026, lorsque les bombes se sont mises \u00e0 pilonner T\u00e9h\u00e9ran. Pas plus que la minis\u00e9rie&nbsp;<em>Generation&nbsp;Kill<\/em>&nbsp;(HBO, 2008), qui suit un journaliste embarqu\u00e9 avec une unit\u00e9 de reconnaissance des Marines durant l\u2019invasion de l\u2019Irak en 2003. Cette s\u00e9rie expose l\u2019incomp\u00e9tence crasse des planificateurs militaires et politiques, les ordres contradictoires, la cha\u00eene de&nbsp;commandement d\u00e9connect\u00e9e&nbsp;du terrain. Ou encore&nbsp;<em>Sand Castle<\/em>&nbsp;(2017), dans lequel des soldats charg\u00e9s de r\u00e9parer une station de pompage d\u2019eau en Irak se heurtent \u00e0 l\u2019absurdit\u00e9 logistique et \u00e0 l\u2019indiff\u00e9rence de leur hi\u00e9rarchie.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dans&nbsp;<em>War&nbsp;Dogs<\/em>&nbsp;(2016), bas\u00e9 sur des faits r\u00e9els et injustement boud\u00e9 par la critique, le duo Jonah Hill et Miles Teller incarne des opportunistes devenus du jour au lendemain des trafiquants d\u2019armes richissimes gr\u00e2ce aux largesses de l\u2019arm\u00e9e am\u00e9ricaine durant la guerre en Irak. Le Pentagone nage dans l\u2019argent et approuve des appels d\u2019offres \u00e0 la louche, sans se pr\u00e9occuper des marges faramineuses du complexe militaro-industriel qui en profite sans vergogne.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h6 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-a-lire-aussi-la-liberte-dans-l-objectif-des-realisateurs-iraniens\">A lire aussi | <a href=\"https:\/\/leregardlibre.com\/cinema\/realisateurs-iraniens\/\" type=\"post\" id=\"532218\">La libert\u00e9 dans l\u2019objectif des r\u00e9alisateurs iraniens<\/a><\/h6>\n\n\n\n<p>Voil\u00e0 pour l\u2019absurdit\u00e9, mais n\u2019oublions pas que ces errances am\u00e9ricaines laissent dans leur sillage des centaines de milliers de victimes. Si Kathryn Bigelow ou Sam Mendes soulignent les vies bris\u00e9es des soldats am\u00e9ricains dans des films tels que&nbsp;<em>The Hurt Locker<\/em>&nbsp;(2008) ou&nbsp;<em>Jarhead<\/em>&nbsp;(2005), on peut aussi se d\u00e9centrer de l\u2019Am\u00e9rique en d\u00e9couvrant&nbsp;<em>Mosul<\/em>&nbsp;(2019), excellente production turque de Netflix qui suit une unit\u00e9 d\u2019\u00e9lite de l\u2019arm\u00e9e irakienne dans l\u2019enfer de la reconqu\u00eate de la ville sur Daech.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Un spectateur averti aurait \u00e9galement compris la difficult\u00e9 \u00e0 s\u2019en prendre au r\u00e9gime iranien en visionnant&nbsp;<em>Tehran<\/em>, sur Apple TV (2020), qui suit une agente du Mossad d\u2019origine iranienne infiltr\u00e9e \u00e0 T\u00e9h\u00e9ran pour saboter un r\u00e9acteur nucl\u00e9aire. Cette s\u00e9rie isra\u00e9lienne offre une repr\u00e9sentation \u00e9tonnamment nuanc\u00e9e de l\u2019Iran, exposant la diversit\u00e9 de la soci\u00e9t\u00e9 iranienne, des \u00e9lites du pouvoir corrompues et oisives, \u00e0 la classe moyenne qui survit en courbant l\u2019\u00e9chine, des \u00e9tudiants rebelles qui se droguent lors de raves clandestines aux femmes qui fuient la violence patriarcale dans des refuges pr\u00e9caires&#8230; La s\u00e9rie est aussi r\u00e9v\u00e9latrice de la brutalit\u00e9 des Isra\u00e9liens et de leur obsession s\u00e9curitaire qui confine \u00e0 l\u2019irrationnel envers le programme nucl\u00e9aire iranien.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Tous les mois, notre critique cin\u00e9ma <strong>Jocelyn&nbsp;Daloz<\/strong> explore le septi\u00e8me&nbsp;art dans son contexte socio-historique.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h6 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-vous-venez-de-lire-une-chronique-en-libre-acces-tire-de-notre-edition-papier-le-regard-libre-n-126-debats-analyses-actualites-culturelles-nbsp-abonnez-vous-nbsp-a-notre-media-de-reflexion-pour-nous-soutenir-et-avoir-acces-a-tous-nos-contenus\">Vous venez de lire une chronique en libre acc\u00e8s, tir\u00e9 de notre \u00e9dition papier (<a href=\"https:\/\/leregardlibre.com\/cpt-editions\/le-regard-libre-126-plaisir-sante\/\" type=\"link\" id=\"https:\/\/leregardlibre.com\/cpt-editions\/le-regard-libre-126-plaisir-sante\/\"><em>Le Regard Libre <\/em>N\u00b0126<\/a>). D\u00e9bats, analyses, actualit\u00e9s culturelles:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/leregardlibre.com\/abonnement\/\">abonnez-vous<\/a>&nbsp;\u00e0 notre m\u00e9dia de r\u00e9flexion pour nous soutenir et avoir acc\u00e8s \u00e0 tous nos contenus.<\/h6>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>At a time when the U.S. military's \u00abexcursion\u00bb into Iran is making George W. 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