Finally available on DVD for the first
time, The Devils is presented in the original UK X certificate version with
many extras:
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Audio commentary with Ken Russell, Mark Kermode, Michael
Bradsell and Paul Joyce
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Hell on Earth (Paul Joyce, 2002, 48 mins): documentary
exploring the film's production and history
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Director of Devils (1971, 22 mins): documentary featuring
interviews with Ken and footage of Sir Peter Maxwell Davies
recording his score
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On-set footage with Michael Bradsell commentary (2012, 8 mins)
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On-stage Q&A with Ken Russell (2012, 13 mins): the
director in conversation with Mark Kermode at the NFT in 2004
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Amelia and the Angel (Ken Russell, 1958, 26 mins): one of
Ken's first amateur films
Original UK and US trailers
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Fully illustrated booklet featuring new essays by Mark
Kermode, Craig Lapper (BBFC), and editor Michael Bradsell, with original
production materials and on-set photographs. Original aspect ratio 2.35:1 (16x9 enhanced).
Region 2. Highly recommended.
This set contains the films he created for The South Bank
Show - Britain s longest-running arts programme, presented throughout by
Melvyn Bragg. Setting a new standard for arts coverage in the UK it provided
an outlet for Russell's later works, covering Holst, Bruckner, Vaughan
Williams, Bax and Elgar among others. Also included is is 'Portrait of an
Enfant Terrible', a documentary profile of Ken Russell... by Ken Russell.
Region 2. Available for pre-order, it will be issued in July 2012 (now
put back to December 2013).
A constant stream of visual imagination, LisztOmania is
the most unconventional and unique of Ken Russell's output. With Liszt
Russell finds the freedom for full unhinged expression. It must take the
cake as the most peculiar biography ever made about a classical composer.
Russell's film depicts Liszt as the first classical pop star, complete with
fanatical pubescent fans and groupies. The movie darts in and out of music
and film references, historic fact and allegory-all presented in a
hyberbolic comic strip fashion. Yes it's often tasteless and crude but
that's all a part of the fun.
The DVD includes a commentary. Region 2.
The Music Lovers, region
2. No extras. Click on the link to order.
Savage Messiah is available on DVD. It is region 1. Click on
the link to order.
The Boyfriend is available on DVD. It is region 1. Click on the
link to order.
Gothic in 3D (I kid you not) is available on DVD. It is region 1.
Click on the link to order.
Gothic in 3D (I kid you not) is available on DVD. It is region 1.
Click on the link to order.
Ten directors were each assigned to create a short film
based around opera music. The directors were Robert Altman, Derek
Jarman, Jean-Luc Godard, Julien Temple, Charles Sturridge, Bruce Beresford,
Bill Bryden, Franc Roddam with Nicolas Roeg and of course Ken Russell.
Ken's pays hommage to Metropolis. The DVD is a special edition and
includes a documentary featuring interviews with producers and directors and
a commentary by Producer Don Boyd.
This is a UK release. There is a USA DVD but
without extras.
An good collection of films that Ken did for the BBC.
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. Region 1.
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