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Photos in London. The Devils, Savage Messiah and seven
other films in New York with Ken present. A new book Ken Russell: Re-Viewing
England's Last Mannerist. Your updates
are welcome. Send details
here. Last update
15 Jul 2010.
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Ken's photos
There is another exhibition of Ken's photos, before he went into
films, at the Proud Gallery in London.
The photos, all black and white, come from his pre film days. There are three
types of photos
- the Teddy Girl series. The teddy girls are young teenagers, and Ken really
does reveal the character of the girls in the stylish pictures. Similar photos
are of young children on Portobello Road, London (near where I live but I can't
recognise the locations from the photos).
- posed series, such as "other uses of a bicycle"- lots of photos of a Penny
Farthing with people using it as anything but a bike. Others are very good, such
as a photo of the door of a private detective, with the shadows of two men on
the door. Very Alfred Hitchcock, I thought of the opening of Don't Shoot the
Composer
- the rest. This includes a brush with films and celebrity, a photo of Richard
Burton, in a Roman centurions costume from the set of Alexander the Great,
released in 1956.
Click on the image
for more details. Note the photos on the Proud site are bad- seemingly a
small image enlarged. The originals in the gallery are sharp and in focus.
Highly recommended.
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Ken Russell: Re-Viewing England's Last Mannerist
A new book on Ken Russell, Ken Russell: Re-Viewing
England's Last Mannerist is published by Scarecrow Press,
USA. The book is edited by Kevin M. Flanagan.
The book "on the one hand, explores areas of Russell's
career that have been somewhat overlooked or marginalized, and on the other
expands the applicability of Russell's films to academic film study. Roughly
half of the essays in the book are "academic" while the other half, though still
scholarly, could be seen as more popular and historical. Topics covered include
an elucidation of all of Russell's Monitor films, a new framework for reading
Russell's whole career (as a champion of the amateur aesthetic), an essay on
Russell's approach to 1980s horror, a reconsideration of Salome's Last Dance,
and many, many more. Contributing writers include Barry Keith Grant, John C.
Tibbetts, Joseph A. Gomez, Paul Sutton and John Kenneth Muir. Thanks to Kevin for the information.
You can buy it here.
Lisztomania on DVD
Lisztomania is available on DVD, with a commentary. You can
buy it here.
BBC films on DVD in
USA
Some of the best and rarest of Ken's work is released on DVD. The films are The Debussy Film, Dante's Inferno,
Always on Sunday, Isadora: The Biggest Dancer in the World, A Song of Summer and
Elgar. It is a USA release. Originally it was to include Dance of the Seven Veils
but obviously the Strauss estate blocked it and Elgar was substituted.
Thanks to Michael for the info. Click on the image for more info.
You can buy it here.
In Search of the
English Folk Song on DVD
Gaudi
on DVD
BBC films on DVD
In Search of the English Folk Song is on DVD, American
format.
Ken's film on architect Gaudi is available along with Hiroshi
Teshigahara's Gaudi film.
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Recent
changes to the site:
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Too late- you missed it:
The Devils on DVD?
There is a lot of activity going on which may suggest The
Devils is about to come out on DVD- possible with the additions of the cut
scenes.
Some things: the film was for sale on iTunes briefly, and
will be shown on 30 Jul 2010 at the Walter Reade Theater, New York.
Ken's photos
There is an exhibition of Ken's photos, before he went into
films, at the Lucy Bell Gallery in St Leonards on Sea. Click on the image
for more details. Highly recommended.
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