even as a kid back in the 70's I remember looking at that poster and thinking: "oh no they didn't...". But YES, I think they did!
...it really helped spark an interest in all things (uh hum): subliminal...what did you think I was gonna say? (no, please don't even bother answering!)
how true GSW! your comment really brought a smile to my ugly mug...it's a shame people like him and Nicholas Roeg can't seem to get a movie made anymore...maybe it's for the best...they had their moment(s) of glory I guess...besides what would they make? Transformers XVI?
you are both forgetting that Ken Russell worked regularly from 1959 to 1970 making arts documentaries for Monitor and Omnibus. Among his best-known works from this period were: Elgar (1962), The Debussy Film (1965), Isadora Duncan, the Biggest Dancer in the World (1967), Song of Summer (about Frederick Delius and Eric Fenby) (1968) and Dance of the Seven Veils (1970), a film about Richard Strauss. He has recently said that the best film he ever made was Song of Summer, and that he would not change a single shot. The Elgar film proved to be ground-breaking because it constituted the first time that an arts program (Monitor) showed one long film about an artistic figure instead of short items, and also it was the first time that re-enactments were used.
It is also said that Russell's ground-breaking BBC work, along with that of Peter Watkins, influenced many directors in British cinema in the 1960s, particularly Stanley Kubrick, who admired the settings for his films, which he used in Barry Lyndon.
Ken Russel also made a documentary on the French composer Georges Delerue. Russell had already used Delerue´s music in French Dressing. Later Delerue would provide the music for Women in Love. I knew Delerue and he told me about the hilarious shooting and imagine me sitting in a theatre watching Women in Love with Delerue sitting next to me.
Well, no more of that, no more of that... We have heard the chimes at midnight, Master Rocket.
... and don't forget Ken Russell's cult acid movie "Altered States" influence on TV series "Fringe"... the isolation tank which plays a major role in the first season of Fringe...
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even as a kid back in the 70's I remember looking at that poster and thinking: "oh no they didn't...".
But YES, I think they did!
...it really helped spark an interest in all things (uh hum): subliminal...what did you think I was gonna say? (no, please don't even bother answering!)
Thanks for this one Rocket. I don't think Ken Russell ever did anything subliminal in his entire life. He always let it all hang out... so to speak.
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ReplyDeleteyou are both forgetting that Ken Russell worked regularly from 1959 to 1970 making arts documentaries for Monitor and Omnibus. Among his best-known works from this period were: Elgar (1962), The Debussy Film (1965), Isadora Duncan, the Biggest Dancer in the World (1967), Song of Summer (about Frederick Delius and Eric Fenby) (1968) and Dance of the Seven Veils (1970), a film about Richard Strauss. He has recently said that the best film he ever made was Song of Summer, and that he would not change a single shot. The Elgar film proved to be ground-breaking because it constituted the first time that an arts program (Monitor) showed one long film about an artistic figure instead of short items, and also it was the first time that re-enactments were used.
ReplyDeleteIt is also said that Russell's ground-breaking BBC work, along with that of Peter Watkins, influenced many directors in British cinema in the 1960s, particularly Stanley Kubrick, who admired the settings for his films, which he used in Barry Lyndon.
Ken Russel also made a documentary on the French composer Georges Delerue. Russell had already used Delerue´s music in French Dressing. Later Delerue would provide the music for Women in Love. I knew Delerue and he told me about the hilarious shooting and imagine me sitting in a theatre watching Women in Love with Delerue sitting next to me.
Well, no more of that, no more of that... We have heard the chimes at midnight, Master Rocket.
... and don't forget Ken Russell's cult acid movie "Altered States" influence on TV series "Fringe"... the isolation tank which plays a major role in the first season of Fringe...
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Thanks Jim! Very keen observations...soooo, you hobnobbed w/ Mr. Delerue...very cool!
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