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金·維多

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金·維多

金·沃利斯·維多(1894年2月8日-1982年11月1日)是一位美國電影導演、製片人及編劇[1]。維多生於加爾維斯敦。他的祖父是1848年匈牙利革命難民[2]。 維多的母親具有蘇格蘭-英格蘭血統,是戴維·克羅克特第二任妻子的親戚[3] 。維多六歲時曾親身經歷1900年加爾維斯頓颶風[4][5] 維多曾五次獲得奧斯卡最佳導演獎提名。1979年,他被授予奧斯卡榮譽獎[6]

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  1. ^ Berlinale Retrospective 2020: "...he was actively involved in making movies for 67 years." And "allowed the material to define the style." And on "auteur": "Vidor's status as an auteur is definitely underscored by his independence and by the passion he brought to films. ...Vidor was indeed at times something of an auteur filmmaker..." And on "humane": "There is also a whole series of motifs that repeatedly turn up in his films, and which reflect the things he cared about – issues of class, as well as the issue of race in the US, which he incorporated into his films with a humanist bent..." WSWS Reinhardt 2020: "What distinguished him as an artist was his instinct for substantial and relevant social topics and conflicts." Gustaffson 2016: "At his best, Vidor "made films about the human condition, about human's moral and physical battles, and the battle between us and nature. Baxter 1976, p. 41: "...Vidor adapted well to sound."
  2. ^ Thomson, 2007: "His father was a well-off lumberman..." Baxter, 1976, pp. 4–5: His father "a dealer in South American lumber" at time of Vidor's birth. Durgnat and Simmon, 1988 p. 19: His father "owned a hardwood forest in the Dominican Republic ... quite prosperous at the time of Vidor's birth...but soon after, his [father's] fortunes declined ..."
  3. ^ Durgnat and Simmon, 1988 p 19: Index lists Vidor's mother as "Kate", not Katherine. Elizabeth Crockett was Vidor's maternal great-grandmother. On Vidor's Crockett ancestry see this link: https://medium.com/save-texas-history/honoring-a-widow-of-the-alamo-elizabeth-crocketts-land-legacy-d364da8f8f0b Retrieved June 22, 2020.
  4. ^ Flint, Peter B. King Vidor, 88, Director of Films for More Than 40 Years, Is Dead. The New York Times. November 2, 1982. 
  5. ^ Larson, Erik. Isaac's Storm. Random House Publishing. 1999. ISBN 0-609-60233-0. 
  6. ^ King Vidor. IMDb.