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- Henry Kenneth Alfred Russell (3 July 1927 – 27 November 2011) [ 2 ][ 3 ] was a British film director, known for his pioneering work in television and film and for his flamboyant and controversial style. His films were mainly liberal adaptations of existing texts, or biographies, notably of composers of the Romantic era.
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Sep 3, 2024 · Critics scolded Ken Russell for the excesses of his Tchaikovsky biopic The Music Lovers, but his unfettered celebration of the music now looks like the flamboyant model for recent composer movies.
Contents. Ken Russell. For other people with the same name, see Kenneth Russell. Henry Kenneth Alfred Russell (3 July 1927 – 27 November 2011) [ 2 ][ 3 ] was a British film director, known for his pioneering work in television and film and for his flamboyant and controversial style.
Sep 16, 2024 · Reasons to Watch if You're Interested in Classical Composers: Director Ken Russell brings his signature flair for visual extravagance and imaginative storytelling to this 1975 musical biopic about Franz Liszt—a flamboyant virtuoso who becomes both wildly famous and controversial during his lifetime.
Nov 28, 2011 · Ken Russell was a larger than life character who was one of the most controversial directors in British cinema. He specialised in the interpretation of the great classical composers,...
Nov 20, 2019 · Russell would make many of his most memorable composer portraits for the BBC: Elgar (1962), Béla Bartók (1964), The Debussy Film (1965), Don’t Shoot the Composer (1966), Song of Summer (1968) and Dance of the Seven Veils (1970).
“The Music Lovers” is a 1971 drama film directed by Ken Russell, known for his often controversial and flamboyant style. The film tells the story of the tumultuous marriage between Russian composer Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (played by Richard Chamberlain) and his wife Antonina Milyukova (played by Glenda Jackson), a woman who is driven to ...
Nov 29, 2011 · It chronicles the relationship between a syphilitic composer -- blind, paralyzed, impossible -- and a young composer, Eric Fenby, who helped Delius write his final works.
