Guest host Bill Ackerman invites author, film historian and Twitch Of The Death Nerve co-host Samm Deighan to discuss the work of Ken Russell, the visionary talent who directed groundbreaking profiles of artists for the BBC before attaining international acclaim and notoriety through bold, often controversial films like WOMEN IN LOVE, THE MUSIC LOVERS, THE DEVILS, THE BOY FRIEND, MAHLER, TOMMY and ALTERED STATES.
00:00 - 21:49 - Introduction
21:50 - 38:51 - Monitor, ELGAR and the early BBC years
38:52 - 46:30 - Early Theatrical Features and THE DEBUSSY FILM
46:31 - 59:09 WOMEN IN LOVE
59:10 - 1:09:19 DANCE OF THE SEVEN VEILS and World War II imagery
1:09:20 - 1:16:46 THE MUSIC LOVERS
1:16:47 -1:37:23 THE DEVILS
1:37:23 - 1:51:17 THE BOY FRIEND
1:51:18 - 2:00:17 SAVAGE MESSIAH and Andrzej Żuławski’s THE BLUE NOTE
2:00:18 - 2:17:10 MAHLER, TOMMY, LISZTOMANIA and VALENTINO
2:17:11 - 2:31:53 ALTERED STATES and Ken Russell in the 80s
2:31:54 - 2:44:15 W***E and the later films of Ken Russell
2:44:15 - 2:46:40 Favorite Ken Russell movies and conclusion
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Director Joe Talbot on WOMEN IN LOVE:
https://www.criterion.com/
Elgar
https://www.youtube.com/watch?
The Debussy Film
https://www.youtube.com/watch?
Dance Of The Seven Veils
https://www.youtube.com/
The Music Lovers
https://www.youtube.com/watch?
Mahler
https://www.youtube.com/watch?
Salome’s Last Dance
https://rarefilmm.com/2019/09/
The Blue Note (Andrzej Żuławski’s 1991 film about Frédéric Chopin)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?
