Ken Russell: his film career was one colossal, chaotic rhapsody
The defiant romantic of British cinema never lacked for critics but his prime inspiration was surely in musicPart glam rocker, part wild-haired conductor, Ken Russell was the populist maestro of the screen, the great defiant romantic of British cinema. Russell's films showed his great love for music and composers: Elgar, Tchaikovsky, Delius, Strauss, Liszt – and Sandy Wilson and Roger Daltrey. Other film-makers might have found their creative impetus in novels or plays; Russell's inspiration w...
Guardian Music — The defiant romantic of British cinema never lacked for critics but his prime inspiration was surely in musicPart glam rocker, part wild-haired conductor, Ken Russell was... more info