Aldo Lado

Aldo Lado
Born(1934-12-05)5 December 1934
Fiume, Italy
(present-day Rijeka, Croatia)
Died25 November 2023(2023-11-25) (aged 88)
Rome, Italy
Other namesGeorge B. Lewis
Occupations
  • Director
  • screenwriter
  • author
Years active1968–2023

Aldo Lado (5 December 1934 – 25 November 2023) was an Italian film and television director, screenwriter and author.[1] He was known internationally for his contributions to the giallo genre during the 1970s, through his films Short Night of Glass Dolls (1971) and Who Saw Her Die? (1972). Several of his films are considered cult classics.

Biography

Aldo Lado was born in Fiume, Italy (today Rijeka, Croatia) on 5 December 1934.

Lado came up through the film industry as an assistant director, notably to Bernardo Bertolucci on The Conformist (1970).[2] After writing the story for the 1971 giallo The Designated Victim, he made his directorial debut later that year with Short Night of Glass Dolls. Lado took the job after two previous directors, Maurizio Lucidi and Antonio Margheriti, fell through.[3] The film was a success, and he followed it with another giallo, Who Saw Her Die?.

Lado's subsequent films were in a variety of genres, including drama (Woman Buried Alive,[4] The Cousin), romance (La cosa buffa), and horror (Last Stop on the Night Train). In 1979, he directed the Star Wars cash-in The Humanoid, for which he was credited under the George Lucas-esque pseudonym "George B. Lewis".[5] In 1981, he directed the Alberto Moravia adaptation La disubbidienza.

In 2013, after a 20-year hiatus, he directed the film Il Notturno di Chopin.

Lado published his first short story in 2016, in the anthology Nuovi delitti di lago. In 2017 he published I film che non vedrete mai ('The films you will never see'), a compilation based on Lado's own unproduced screenplays.

Lado died at his home in Rome on the morning of 25 November 2023, at the age of 88.[6][7][8][9]

Legacy and recognition

In 2024, Vespertilio Awards founded the Aldo Lado Award. The award is given to the film that best reflects the maestro's ideas and views on cinema.[10]

Filmography

Film

Year Title Notes
1971 Short Night of Glass Dolls
1972 Who Saw Her Die?
La cosa buffa
1973 Woman Buried Alive
1974 The Cousin
1975 Last Stop on the Night Train
1976 Born Winner
1979 The Humanoid
1981 La disubbidienza
1987 Scirocco
1989 Rito d'amore
1992 Alibi perfetto
1993 Venerdì nero
1994 La chance
2013 Il Notturno di Chopin

Television

Year Title Notes
1978 Il prigioniero Television film
1979 Il était un musicien 1 episode
1980 Delitto in Via Teulada Television film
1982 La pietra di Marco Polo
1986 I figli dell'ispettore Television film
1991 La stella del parco 13 episodes

Bibliography

  • Il gigante e la bambina, in Nuovi delitti di lago, Morellini Editore, 2016, ISBN 978-88-6298-439-3
  • Cold Case sul Lago Maggiore, in Delitti di lago, vol. 3, Morellini Editore, 2017, ISBN 978-88-6298-493-5
  • I film che non vedrete mai, Angera Films, 2017, ISBN 978-88-942777-0-8
  • Un pollo da spennare, Angera Films, 2018, ISBN 978-88-942777-2-2
  • Hotel delle cose, Angera Films, 2018, ISBN 978-88-942777-6-0
  • Il mastino, Angera Films, 2018, ISBN 978-88-942777-4-6
  • Ombre scure sotto la Rocca di Angera, in Delitti di lago, vol. 4, Morellini Editore, 2020, ISBN 978-88-6298-744-8
  • Storie di donne: MIRIAM, Edizioni Angerafilm 2020, ISBN 979-12-80098-01-6
  • IL RIDER, Edizioni Angerafilm 2020 , ISBN 979-12-80098-00-9
  • Storie di donne: COSTANZA, Edizioni Angerafilm 2021, ISBN 979-12-80098-02-3
  • Il tombarolo in Delitti di Lago 5, Morellini Editore 2021, ISBN 9788862988650
  • Il luccio in Delitti di Lago 7 , Morellini Editore 2023, ISBN 9791255270782

References

  1. ^ "Aldo Lado". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times. 2016. Archived from the original on 19 March 2016.
  2. ^ Jefferson Kline, Thomas (1994). I film di Bernardo Bertolucci: cinema e psicanalisi. Gremese Editore. ISBN 978-88-7605-797-7.
  3. ^ "Aldo Lado: "Monica Vitti? Voleva fare un film con me, ma era una rompiscatole e le dissi di no"". Movieplayer.it (in Italian). Retrieved 12 March 2023.
  4. ^ "» "Sepolta Viva". Ode alla seduzione". Retrieved 12 March 2023.
  5. ^ Hughes, Howard (2011). Cinema Italiano: The Complete Guide from Classics to Cult. Bloomsbury Publishing. ISBN 978-0-85771-978-2.
  6. ^ "È morto Aldo Lado, regista cult del Guerre stellari italiano "L'umanoide"". Rai News (in Italian). 26 November 2023.
  7. ^ "Morto il regista Aldo Lado, maestro dell'horror anni 70: suo 'Sepolta viva' con Agostina Belli". La Repubblica (in Italian). 26 November 2023.
  8. ^ "È morto il regista e sceneggiatore Aldo Lado, noto soprattutto per i suoi film horror". Il Post (in Italian). 26 November 2023.
  9. ^ "Addio al regista Aldo Lado, dal grande schermo al buen retiro ad Angera". Varese News. 25 November 2023. Retrieved 25 November 2023.
  10. ^ "Vespertilio Awards 3ª edizione". Nocturno. 5 April 2024. Retrieved 15 June 2024.


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