Umhlaba wesinema uthi sala kahle Robert Redford, ohamba phambili eHollywood, ushone eneminyaka engu-89 lapho ehlala khona e-Utah. Lezi zindaba ziphume ngoLwesibili, Septhemba 16, 2025; ngokomkhulumeli wakhe. UCindi Berger (Rogers & Cowan PMK) Ngokusho kwabezindaba baseMelika, lo mhumushi ushone elele kanti imbangela ethile ibingakadalulwa.
Umlingisi, umqondisi, kanye nomgqugquzeli omkhulu wesinema ezimele, uRedford wayengubuso obudumile futhi, ngesikhathi esifanayo, umdali onendlela yakhe eyingqayizivele. Uwine i-Oscar ye-Best Director Abantu abavamile futhi waphakamisa Isikhungo kanye neSundance Film Festival, inkundla eyashintsha imephu ye-audiovisual e-US enesipiliyoni esingaphezu kwesigamu sekhulu ngemuva kwayo kanye namafilimu angaphezu kuka-50.
Ukuqinisekiswa okusemthethweni nokusabela kokuqala
Ukuqinisekiswa kokufa kwakhe kwavela I-New York Times namanye amaphephandaba ase-US, ecaphuna ummeleli wakhe. Kubuza umndeni ubumfihlo okwamanje, ngokuhambisana nokuqonda ukuthi umlingisi ubelokhu egcina ngokuphila kwakhe siqu.
Ukuthululwa kothando kwangena ngokushesha. Ozakwabo nabakhi bamafilimu batusa isimo sakhe sobuntu nesomsebenzi: Jane Fonda Wagcizelela ukuthi ubaluleke kangakanani kuye nasekuhlanganyeleni kwakhe nomphakathi, ngenkathi Meryl Streep Wamvalelisa “njengebhubesi” lobuciko besikhombisa. Ngakho-ke imboni ivalelisa kumfanekiso wezizukulwane ezimbalwa.
Umsuka nezinyathelo zokuqala
Uzalwe njengo UCharles Robert Redford Jr. Wazalelwa eSanta Monica, eCalifornia, ngo-Agasti 18, 1936, wakhulela eSan Fernando Valley. Ngemva kokuthola umfundaze we-baseball eNyuvesi yaseColorado, wayeka ukufunda waya eYurophu, lapho agxila khona kwezobuciko. eParis naseFlorence ngaphambi kokubuyela eNew York ukuyoqeqeshwa e-American Academy of Dramatic Arts.
Uqale umsebenzi wakhe ngezindima ezimfushane kumabonakude nasemidlalweni yeshashalazi, waze wagqama kuBroadway naye Barefoot epaki, ihlaya likaNeil Simon azoliletha nalo esikrinini esikhulu Jane FondaUkubonakala kwakhe kokuqala esikrinini esikhulu kwafika ekuqaleni kweminyaka engamashumi ayisithupha, ngezihloko ezifana nalezi Indaba Ende y Ukuzingela Kwempi, ngenkathi ehlanganisa isitayela sakhe esisangulukile nesikazibuthe.
Khuphukela Udumo: U-Newman, u-Pollack, nama-Great Classics
Udumo lomhlaba wonke lwafika ngo-1969 nge I-Butch Cassidy kanye neSundance Kid (amadoda amabili nesiphetho esisodwa), lapho i-chemistry yayo nayo Paul Newman kumakwe inkathi. Laba ababili baphinde bakhanya phakathi Ukushaywa (1973), lapho uRedford athola khona ukuqokwa kwakhe okuwukuphela kwe-Oscar njengomdlali, kuyilapho udumo lwakhe lwakhula ngemisebenzi efana Izinsuku Ezintathu zeCondor, Okhethiweyo y Wonke amadoda kaMongameli.
Ubudlelwano bakhe bokudala no USydney Pollack yayinquma ngokulinganayo: ndawonye basayina izihloko ezinjengokuthi Izigigaba zikaJeremiah Johnson, Njengoba sasinjalo, I-Electric Rider y Izinkumbulo ze-AfrikaNgokuhambisanayo, uRedford walwa nelebula elithi “heartthrob” futhi wafuna izinhlamvu nge izici zezombangazwe nezokuziphatha, ebeka indaba kuqala kunombukwane.
Ukuqondisa, ama-Oscar, kanye nokuzalwa kwe-Sundance
Ngo-1980 wenza i-directory yakhe yokuqala nge Abantu abavamile, okwamenza wathola U-Oscar wokuba Umqondisi Ongcono Kakhulu (1981) futhi waqinisekisa ithalenta lakhe ngemuva kwekhamera. Waqhubeka no Indawo ebizwa ngokuthi iSimangaliso, Umfula wokuphila - umfutho oyinhloko Brad Pitt-, Umbukiso Wemibuzo (The Dilemma), Indoda eyahlebela amahhashi y Inganekwane yeBagger Vance, izindikimba ezisondelene nezishintshanayo.
Ngo-1981 wahlwanyela lokho mhlawumbe umnikelo wakhe ohlala njalo: the I-Sundance Institute, lapho kuzovela khona iSundance Film Festival e-Utah. Leyo ecosystem—enezindawo, isiteshi, kanye nekhathalogi—yaba yiyona I-Mecca ye-cinema ezimele, ukuvundulula nokwethula inqwaba yababhali namafilimu abalulekile.
Umsebenzi wakamuva, umhlalaphansi kanye nokuqashelwa
Eminyakeni yakhe edlule, uRedford washintshana phakathi kwezindima ezibalulekile ezifana netilosi lika Lapho konke kulahlekile (2013) ngokungena kwe-superhero cinema: kwakunjalo Alexander Pierce en UCaptain America: Isosha Lasebusika (2014) futhi wenze ukubonakala kokugcina ku Ama-Avengers: I-EndgameNgo-2018 umemezele ukuthi uzothatha umhlalaphansi ngemuva kwalokho Ikhehla Nesibhamu, ukuvalelisa okufanele inganekwane yayo.
Uhlu lwakhe lwezimpumelelo luhlanganisa I-Honorary Oscar (2002), ukuqashelwa okuvela ku-Kennedy Centre (2005), i-French Legion of Honor (2010), kanye ne-Venice Golden Lion, phakathi kwabanye. Ngale kwemiklomelo, umthelela wayo ulinganiswa ngendlela evule ngayo iminyango futhi yashintsha ingxoxo ngokuthi iyiphi i-cinema engafinyelela izethameli.
Ukuzibophezela kwemvelo kanye nombono womphakathi
URedford wasebenzisa isipikha sakhe vikela imvelo kanye namalungelo abantu bomdabu. Kusukela ngeminyaka yawo-1970, ubebambe iqhaza ekukhankaseni amaphrojekthi anolaka maqondana nemvelo e-Utah futhi akhuthaze amandla ahlanzekile, esebenzisana nezinhlangano ezifana ne-Natural Resources Defense Council.
Intshisekelo yakhe empilweni yomphakathi nayo yabonakala kumaphrojekthi akhe nasezindabeni ezithile, ethi inkululeko yabezindaba kanye neqhaza lobuntatheli empilweni yentando yeningi, ukukhathazeka okuhambisana nomoya we Wonke amadoda kaMongameli.
Impilo yomuntu siqu kanye nezinyathelo eziseduze
Washada ngo-1958 Lola Van Wagenen, aba nezingane ezine: uShauna, uJames, u-Amy noScott (owashona ezinyangeni ezimbalwa kamuva). UJames washona ngo-2020, igalelo elaphawula umndeni. Ngo-2009, washada nomculi Sibylle SzaggarsUshiye emhlabeni unkosikazi, izingane ezintathu nabazukulu abaningi.
Uzinze amashumi eminyaka phakathi kwezintaba zase-Utah, waqamba ipulazi lakhe igama Sundance - ngokuhlonipha isimilo sakhe-futhi waguqula indawo yaba indawo yokudala. Phakathi neminyaka yawo-1960, waze wahlala isikhathi eside I-Malaga ne-Mijas, isiteji esakhulisa ukuzwela kwakhe kwezobuciko ngaphambi kokubuyela kwakhe okuqinisekile ezigabeni namasethi.
Isithombe somdlali onobuhle kanye nomqondisi odingayo sisekhona, kodwa futhi nesomeluleki okhuthaze amazwi amasha. Ngokudlula kwakhe emhlabeni, isiko lilahlekelwa umngane kanye neHollywood kwenye yezinkomba zayo zokuziphatha nezobungcweti, igama elifanele elihlanganisa impumelelo edumile, ukwahlulela kobuciko nokuzibophezela esikhathini sakho.
