Lost Weekend - The Lost Weekend

Japanese: 《失われた週末》 - うしなわれたしゅうまつ
Lost Weekend - The Lost Weekend

... In Hollywood, he lived in poverty after staying with actor Peter Lorre (1904-1964), who was known for his role in Fritz Lang's M, but in 1938 he began collaborating with Charles Brackett (1892-1969) to write screenplays for such sophisticated comedies as Mitchell Reisen's Midnight (1939), Ernst Lubitsch's The Eighth Wife (1938) and Ninotchka (1939), and Howard Hawks' Ball of Fire (1941). They became known as one of Hollywood's finest duos, writing screenplays for such sophisticated comedies as screwball comedies, which often had crazy themes such as reversing the roles of men and women. From 1942, he worked as a producer, director and screenwriter, producing the war thriller Secrets of the Desert (1943), the crime melodrama Midnight Confession (1944), known as the first masterpiece of film noir, and then The Lost Weekend (1945), said to be the first American film to directly depict alcoholism, for which he won the Academy Award for Best Picture, Best Director and Best Original Screenplay. He then won the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay for Sunset Boulevard (1950), a ruthless depiction of the inside story of the downfall of a former Hollywood star, but this was his last collaboration with Charles Brackett.

*Some of the terminology referenced in "The Lost Weekend" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

… ハリウッドではフリッツ・ラング監督の《M》で知られた俳優ピーター・ローレPeter Lorre(1904‐64)のところに転がり込んで貧窮の生活を送るが,38年からチャールズ・ブラケットCharles Brackett(1892‐1969)と脚本の共同執筆を始め,ミッチェル・ライゼン監督の《ミッドナイト》(1939),エルンスト・ルビッチ監督の《青髯八人目の妻》(1938),《ニノチカ》(1939),ハワード・ホークス監督の《教授と美女Ball of Fire》(1941)など,洗練された喜劇(男と女の地位の逆転などクレージーな主題のものが多かったので,〈スクリューボール・コメディ〉などと呼ばれた)の脚本を書いてハリウッド随一のコンビとうたわれた。42年からは製作者,監督,脚本家の三役を兼ねて,戦争スリラー《熱砂の秘密》(1943),〈フィルム・ノワール〉の最初の傑作として知られる犯罪メロドラマ《深夜の告白》(1944)をつくり,そしてそれにつづくアメリカ映画史上初めてアルコール中毒を正面切って描いたといわれる《失われた週末》(1945)でアカデミー作品・監督・脚本賞を受賞した。次いでハリウッド往年のスターの敗残の内幕を冷酷に描いた《サンセット大通り》(1950)でもオリジナル脚本賞を受賞するが,これがチャールズ・ブラケットとの最後の共同作業になった。…

※「《失われた週末》」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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