Ken Russell: A true British original
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, extravaganzas which matched powerful images with a dramatic score.They were not for the faint-hearted. Audiences would be regaled with the sight of women cavorting naked in railway carriages, nude actors wresting in front of roaring fires and nuns indulging in orgies.
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He is best known for his Oscar-winning film Women in Love (1969), The Devils (1971), The Who's Tommy (1975), and the science fiction film Altered States (1980). Classical musicians and conductors held him in high regard for his story-driven biopics of various composers, most famously Elgar, Delius, Liszt and Mahler.
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