Kirk Douglas

Xan Brooks and Stephanie Convery “Kirk Douglas, Hollywood legend and star of Spartacus, dies aged 103” https://www.theguardian.com/film/2020/feb/06/kirk-douglas-hollywood-legend-and-star-of-spartacus-dies-aged-103
“Kirk Douglas, Hollywood legend, dies at 103” https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-51394855
“Obituary: Kirk Douglas” https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-11009244
David Thomson “Kirk Douglas obituary” https://www.theguardian.com/film/2020/feb/06/kirk-douglas-obituary

ハリウッドの伝説的名優にしてマイケル・ダグラス*1の父、カーク・ダグラス*2が他界。享年103歳*3。
『ガーディアン』のXan BrooksとStephanie Converyによる記事からちょっとコピペ；

Kirk Douglas, the self-styled “ragman’s son” who became the last great star of Hollywood’s golden age, has died at the age of 103.

His son Michael announced the news in a statement posted on Instagram on Wednesday evening*4.

“To the world, he was a legend, an actor from the golden age of movies who lived well into his golden years, a humanitarian whose commitment to justice and the causes he believed in set a standard for all of us to aspire to,” the statement said.

“But to me and my brothers Joel and Peter he was simply Dad, to Catherine, a wonderful father-in-law, to his grandchildren and great grandchild their loving grandfather, and to his wife Anne, a wonderful husband.”

“Kirk’s life was well lived, and he leaves a legacy in film that will endure for generations to come, and a history as a renowned philanthropist who worked to aid the public and bring peace to the planet,” Michael said. “Let me end with the words I told him on his last birthday and which will always remain true. Dad – I love you so much and I am so proud to be your son.”

カーク・ダグラスというと、『OK牧場の決斗』*5であり、『炎の人ゴッホ』であり、（スタンリー・キューブリックの）『突撃』であり、『ヴァイキング』であるのだけど、少なからぬメディアが代表作として言及している（やはりキューブリックの）『スパルタカス』は未見なのだった（汗）。

OK牧場の決斗 [DVD]

炎の人ゴッホ [DVD]

突撃 [DVD]

ヴァイキング HDリマスター版 [DVD]

さて、カーク・ダグラスがレイシズム社会のサヴァイヴァーだったことも記さなければならない。それは、そもそものIssur Danielovitch Demskyが如何にもWASP風にKirk Douglasと創氏改名しなければ生きていけなかったことに表れている（Cf.越智道雄『ワスプ（WASP）』）。

ワスプ(WASP)―アメリカン・エリートはどうつくられるか (中公新書)

*1:See also https://sumita-m.hatenadiary.com/entry/20130718/1374107370 https://sumita-m.hatenadiary.com/entry/20131009/1381348641

*2:See eg. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kirk_Douglas https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%AB%E3%83%BC%E3%82%AF%E3%83%BB%E3%83%80%E3%82%B0%E3%83%A9%E3%82%B9 See also https://sumita-m.hatenadiary.com/entry/20071019/1192774519 https://sumita-m.hatenadiary.com/entry/20091003/1254594984 https://sumita-m.hatenadiary.com/entry/20101116/1289921511

*3:See https://www.facebook.com/MichaelDouglasOfficial/posts/2801257449969053?__tn__=-R

*4:https://www.instagram.com/p/B8NCr7Ah40N/

*5:Mentioned in https://sumita-m.hatenadiary.com/entry/20100530/1275205297 https://sumita-m.hatenadiary.com/entry/20100716/1279307633 https://sumita-m.hatenadiary.com/entry/20110814/1313322168