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ISBN-10: 1556526695
ISBN-13: 9781556526695
Edition: 2007
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A biography of director Ken Russell that details the wild ideas, surreal moments, personal faith, and cavalcade of colorful personalities surrounding this eccentric filmmaker—on and off the set. Best known for the acclaimed moviesAltered States,The Devils,Gothic,The Music Lovers,Tommy, andWomen in Love, Russell redefined cinema in the 1960s, ’70s, and ’80s, working with magnetic actors such as Jack Nicholson, Michael Caine, Ann-Margret, William Hurt, Gabriel Byrne, Vanessa Redgrave, and Glenda Jackson, who won a Best Actress Oscar for her role inWomen in Love. Russell’s imagery, dialogue, and erotic metaphors are both outrageous and thought provoking, and he has explored the lives and works… of such literary and musical luminaries as Claude Debussy, D.H. Lawrence, Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Mary Shelley, Gustav Mahler, and Oscar Wilde. This intimate biography ranges over Russell’s entire life and career and highlights how creative differences stopped production of a movie version ofEvita, how he grappled with censors and got accused of blasphemy for his adaptation of Aldous Huxley’sThe Devils, how he creatively staged the love duet between Faust and Helen over a bowl of pasta in the operaMephistopheles, and how Alan Bates and Oliver Reed compared their penis sizes before diving intoWomen in Love’s nude wrestling scene.nbsp;