Ken Russell Movies

  • 1961
    London Moods

    London Moods

    London Moods

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    Ken Russell is often cited as one of the fathers of the music video, with Tommy (1975) widely recognised as one of the pivotal works in the...

    London Moods
  • 1997
    Ken Russell: In Search of the English Folk Song

    Ken Russell: In Search of the English Folk Song

    Ken Russell: In Search of the English Folk Song

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    This documentary begins with Ken Russell posing the question: "What is a true English folk song, if there is such a thing?" After recieving an...

    Ken Russell: In Search of the English Folk Song
  • 1962
    Pop Goes the Easel

    Pop Goes the Easel

    Pop Goes the Easel

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    Pop Goes the Easel was Ken Russell’s first full-length documentary for the BBC’s arts series Monitor. It focused on 4 British Pop Artists...

    Pop Goes the Easel
  • 1960
    A House in Bayswater

    A House in Bayswater

    A House in Bayswater

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    A personal and nostalgic film about an apartment building in Bayswater, where Russell once lived, and about the residents who inhabited it. The...

    A House in Bayswater
  • 1995
    Music for the Movies: Georges Delerue

    Music for the Movies: Georges Delerue

    Music for the Movies: Georges Delerue

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    Documentary covering the career of French composer Georges Delerue, famous for film scores for such films as Platoon, Contempt, Shoot the Piano...

    Music for the Movies: Georges Delerue
  • 2007
    10 Best Elgar

    10 Best Elgar

    10 Best Elgar

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    A line up of star performers celebrate the very best of Edward Elgar's music in the 150th anniversary year of his birth.

    10 Best Elgar
  • 2007
    A Kitten for Hitler

    A Kitten for Hitler

    A Kitten for Hitler

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    The result of a challenge from Melvyn Bragg to write a film that Ken Russell himself would be eager to see banned, was A Kitten For Hitler – a...

    A Kitten for Hitler
  • 1959
    Portrait of a Goon

    Portrait of a Goon

    Portrait of a Goon

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    Portrait of Spike Milligan, then part of The Goon Show examining his views on comedy,

    Portrait of a Goon
  • 1970
    PuzzleFace

    PuzzleFace

    PuzzleFace

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    PUZZLEFACE - 18min short film (CAN) Episode #7 from Spookey Ruben's Dizzy Playground TV series starring: Denis 'SNAKE' Belanger & VOIVOD, Ken...

    PuzzleFace
  • 1962
    The Lonely Shore

    The Lonely Shore

    The Lonely Shore

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    One of the most conceptually original of all the films that Ken Russell made for Monitor, this imagines an expedition of alien archaeologists...

    The Lonely Shore
  • 1960
    The Light Fantastic

    The Light Fantastic

    The Light Fantastic

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    While most of Ken Russell's documentaries for the BBC's Monitor arts strand focused on a single creative figure, he would also occasionally make more...

    The Light Fantastic
  • 1959
    From Spain to Streatham

    From Spain to Streatham

    From Spain to Streatham

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    Also known as Guitar Craze and the more evocative Hound Dogs and Bach Addicts, this Monitor item (Ken Russell's third for the pioneering BBC arts...

    From Spain to Streatham
  • 1956
    Knights on Bikes

    Knights on Bikes

    Knights on Bikes

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    A romance between a clumsy knight and a damsel in distress.

    Knights on Bikes
  • 1989
    Il Mefistofele

    Il Mefistofele

    Il Mefistofele

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    Arrigo Boito's Il Mefestefele was first performed in 1868 and his most known work. In Ken Russell's modern interpretation presented by the Genoese...

    Il Mefistofele
  • 1983
    Vaughan Williams: A Symphonic Portrait

    Vaughan Williams: A Symphonic Portrait

    Vaughan Williams: A Symphonic Portrait

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    South Bank Show documentary concerning the life and music of Ralph Vaughn Williams.

    Vaughan Williams: A Symphonic Portrait
  • 1966
    Russell at Work

    Russell at Work

    Russell at Work

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    Documentary shows Ken Russell at work on various BBC TV documentaries, with clips from Diary of a Nobody, The Debussy Film, Always on Sunday, Don't...

    Russell at Work
  • 2006
    Charlotte Brontë Enters the Big Brother House

    Charlotte Brontë Enters the Big Brother House

    Charlotte Brontë Enters the Big Brother House

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    A 'radical Brontë' ballet for young people.

    Charlotte Brontë Enters the Big Brother House
  • 2007
    Watch the Birdie

    Watch the Birdie

    Watch the Birdie

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    The work of professional photographer David Hurn, shown tackling a wide range of subjects from fashion to photojournalism to candid paparazzo shots.

    Watch the Birdie
  • 1959
    Scottish Painters

    Scottish Painters

    Scottish Painters

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    A double portrait of the painters Robert MacBryde and Robert Colquhoun, seen at work in their Suffolk studio while discussing their paintings.

    Scottish Painters
  • 1987
    Your Honour, I Object! Guccione V Russell

    Your Honour, I Object! Guccione V Russell

    Your Honour, I Object! Guccione V Russell

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    A courtroom 'drama' featuring Bob Guccione versus Ken Russell in a breach of contract case regarding disagreements over a script for a film version...

    Your Honour, I Object! Guccione V Russell