Ken Russell

[poliphilo]

The Devils is the best British movie of the past 40 years.

And Liztomania is the second best.

Song of Summer and Dance of the Seven Veils are the best films ever made for television.

All right, maybe I'm being a little unreasonable, but Ken Russell just died and I don't want to be thinking about anybody else's work right now.

I watched the Devils this afternoon. 40 years old? 40 years ahead of us, more like. 

The history of postwar British cinema goes like this. First there was Michael Powell, then there was Ken Russell. The End.

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[poliphilo.livejournal.com]

Maybe. The only Jarman I've seen is Caravaggio. I love Caravaggio (the painter) and thought Jarman got him completely wrong.

Jarman designed the set for The Devils. It's one of the stars of the film.

[petercampbell.livejournal.com]

And Terence Davies, don't forget him!

Maybe with Russell's death his movies will come back into fashion again. I can't think of many directors who have lost favour with the critical establishment so completely.

[poliphilo.livejournal.com]

I think Russell is just too big a talent not to come back into fashion.