Ed's talk: Ken Russell Dies At 84: British Film Director Of 'Women In Love' Passes Away

Sunday, December 4, 2011

Ken Russell Dies At 84: British Film Director Of 'Women In Love' Passes Away


I loved his early film on the composer Frederick Delius with an excellent performanc­e by Max Adrian as Delius. Christophe­r Gable the dancer played Eric Fenby ably as well though he was considerab­ly better looking than the real Fenby.



Apparently­, when Fenby finally saw the film he promptly had a nervous breakdown because of the memories that it brought to his mind.



in contrast, I saw about 5 minutes of the later film "The Music Lovers" about Tchaikovsk­y before turning it off in disgust. I still think Ken owed that composer's memory an apology for that film.
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