Robert Aldrich

Japanese: アルドリッチ - あるどりっち(英語表記)Robert Aldrich
Robert Aldrich

American film director. Born in Cranston, Rhode Island, into a distinguished family related by marriage to the Rockefeller family. He entered the film industry in 1941 and worked as assistant director under many directors, including Jean Renoir and Charles Chaplin. After writing and directing for television, he made his film directorial debut in 1953 with Big Leaguer. In 1955, he established his own production company, and continued to make films with an independent spirit, such as setting up his own film studio with the profits from the hit of The Dirty Dozen (1967), and was highly acclaimed in Europe. He is known for his masculine works full of violent scenes, such as Vera Cruz (1954), Kill Me With a Kiss (1955), Attack (1956), Emperor of the North Country (1973), and The Longest Yard (1974), but he is also known for his films such as What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?, which depicts the feud between elderly sisters. She also broke new ground with women's films such as "What's Wrong with Me?" (1962), "A Bit of a Gap" (1968), which deals with female homosexuality, and "California Dolls" (1981), which is set in the world of women's professional wrestling.

[Fujii Yoshiko]

Document List of Director's Works (Released in Japan)

Big Leaguer (1953)
Apache (1954)
Vera Cruz (1954)
Kiss Me Deadly (1955)
The Big Knife (1955)
Autumn Leaves (1956)
Attack (1956)
The Garment Jungle (1957)
Ten Seconds to Hell (1959)
The Angry Hills (1959)
The Last Sunset (1961)
Sodom and Gomorrah (1962)
What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? (1962)
4 for Texas (1963)
Tremble and Sleep Hush... Hush, Sweet Charlotte (1964)
The Flight of the Phoenix (1966)
The Dirty Dozen (1967)
The Legend of Lylah Clare (1968)
The Killing of Sister George (1968)
Too Late the Hero (1970)
The Grissom Gang (1971)
Wild Apache Ulzana's Raid (1972)
Emperor of the North (1973)
The Longest Yard (1974)
Hustle (1975)
Twilight's Last Gleaming (1977)
The Choirboys (1977)
The Frisco Kid (1979)
California Dolls...All the Marbles (1981)

"Alain Silver and James UrsiniWhat Ever Happened to Robert Aldrich? : His Life and His Films (1995, Limelight Editions, New York)""Eugene L. Miller, Jr. and Edwin T. Arnold (ed.) Robert Aldrich : Interviews (2004, University Press of Mississippi, Jackson) " ▽ "Ephraim KatzThe Film Encyclopedia, 5th edition (2005, Collins, New York)

Source: Shogakukan Encyclopedia Nipponica About Encyclopedia Nipponica Information | Legend

Japanese:

アメリカの映画監督。ロードアイランド州クランストンで、ロックフェラー家と姻戚(いんせき)の名家に生まれる。1941年に映画界入りし、ジャン・ルノワールやチャールズ・チャップリンなど多くの監督の下で助監督を務めた。テレビの脚本と演出を経て、1953年、『ビッグ・リーガー』で映画監督デビュー。1955年には自身の製作会社を設立し、その後も『特攻大作戦』(1967)のヒットで得た収益により自ら撮影所を構えるなど、独立精神あふれる映画づくりを続け、ヨーロッパでの評価も高かった。『ヴェラクルス』(1954)、『キッスで殺せ』(1955)、『攻撃』(1956)、『北国の帝王』(1973)、『ロンゲスト・ヤード』(1974)などの暴力描写に満ちた男性的な作品で知られるが、他方で老姉妹の確執を描く『何がジェーンに起ったか?』(1962)や、女性同性愛を扱った『甘い抱擁』(1968)、女子プロレスの世界を舞台にした『カリフォルニア・ドールズ』(1981)といった女性映画でも未踏の境地を開いた。

[藤井仁子]

資料 監督作品一覧(日本公開作)

ビッグ・リーガー Big Leaguer(1953)
アパッチ Apache(1954)
ヴェラクルス Vera Cruz(1954)
キッスで殺せ Kiss Me Deadly(1955)
悪徳 The Big Knife(1955)
枯葉 Autumn Leaves(1956)
攻撃 Attack(1956)
ガーメント・ジャングル The Garment Jungle(1957)
地獄へ秒読み Ten Seconds to Hell(1959)
怒りの丘 The Angry Hills(1959)
ガン・ファイター The Last Sunset(1961)
ソドムとゴモラ Sodom and Gomorrah(1962)
何がジェーンに起ったか? What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?(1962)
テキサスの四人 4 for Texas(1963)
ふるえて眠れ Hush... Hush, Sweet Charlotte(1964)
飛べ! フェニックス The Flight of the Phoenix(1966)
特攻大作戦 The Dirty Dozen(1967)
女の香り The Legend of Lylah Clare(1968)
甘い抱擁 The Killing of Sister George(1968)
燃える戦場 Too Late the Hero(1970)
傷だらけの挽歌 The Grissom Gang(1971)
ワイルド・アパッチ Ulzana's Raid(1972)
北国の帝王 Emperor of the North(1973)
ロンゲスト・ヤード The Longest Yard(1974)
ハッスル Hustle(1975)
合衆国最後の日 Twilight's Last Gleaming(1977)
クワイヤボーイズ The Choirboys(1977)
フリスコ・キッド The Frisco Kid(1979)
カリフォルニア・ドールズ ...All the Marbles(1981)

『Alain Silver and James UrsiniWhat Ever Happened to Robert Aldrich? : His Life and His Films(1995, Limelight Editions, New York)』『Eugene L. Miller, Jr. and Edwin T. Arnold (ed.)Robert Aldrich : Interviews(2004, University Press of Mississippi, Jackson)』『Ephraim KatzThe Film Encyclopedia, 5th edition(2005, Collins, New York)』

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