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Author : Richard Crouse
Publisher : ECW Press
ISBN 13 : 1770902813
Total Pages : 180 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (79 download)
Download or read book Raising Hell written by Richard Crouse and published by ECW Press. This book was released on 2012-11-08 with total page 180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Following the 2012 release of The Devils, Raising Hell examines the film from its inception through its reception.
Author : Joseph Lanza
Publisher : Chicago Review Press
ISBN 13 : 1569764824
Total Pages : 384 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (697 download)
Download or read book Phallic Frenzy written by Joseph Lanza and published by Chicago Review Press. This book was released on 2007-08-01 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ken Russell has made some of the most daring, disturbing, and beautifully photographed films of all time. Drawing from a wealth of historic and literary references, Russell's subjects are astounding: deranged Ursuline nuns in a 17th-century French province, the inner demons of Mary Shelley and Lord Byron, the sexual angst of Tchaikovsky, the emotionally drained life of Rudolph Valentino, the messianism of a pinball wizard, the fury of lesbian vampires, the introspections of prostitutes. Russell's movies offer not just brazen sensationalism but food for thought; they horrify yet inspire. And through it all, Russell maintains a simultaneously impish and intellectual sense of humor. The first full biography of the director, Phallic Frenzy is far from a dry, film-by-film analysis. It shows how Russell's real life has often been as engaging and vibrant as his film scenarios. Here you'll learn how Alan Bates and Oliver Reed compared their penis sizes for the nude wrestling scene in Women in Love; how Russell disfigured Paddy Chayevsky's script for Altered States by having the actors holler out the lines as fast as possible, accompanied by spewed food and streams of spittle; and how Russell was slated to direct Evita, starring Liza Minnelli, and the “creative differences” that ensued. A madcap tale full of wild ideas, surreal situations, and a cavalcade of colorful personalities, Phallic Frenzy is as thrilling a ride as any Ken Russell film.
Author : Kevin M. Flanagan
Publisher : Scarecrow Press
ISBN 13 : 0810869551
Total Pages : 307 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (18 download)
Download or read book Ken Russell written by Kevin M. Flanagan and published by Scarecrow Press. This book was released on 2009-08-03 with total page 307 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For more than 40 years, Ken Russell has directed some of the most provocative, controversial, and memorable films in British cinema, including Women in Love, The Music Lovers, Tommy, and Altered States. In this anthology, Kevin Flanagan has compiled essays that simultaneously place Russell's films within various academic contexts-gender studies, Victorian studies, and cultural criticism-on the one hand and expand the foundational history of Russell's career on the other. Ken Russell: Re-Viewing England's Last Mannerist recontextualizes the director's work in light of new approaches to film studies and corrects or amends previous scholarship. This collection tackles Russell's mainstream successes (Tommy, Altered States) and his seldom-seen masterpieces (The Debussy Film, Mahler), as well as his critical flops (Salome's Last Dance, Lady Chatterley's Lover). The book also includes information on Russell's most obscure television films, insights on his controversial films of the 1970s, and a new consideration of Russell's career in light of his recent return to amateur filmmaking. Representing a significant collaboration among scholars, Ken Russell: Re-Viewing England's Last Mannerist reflects a newly revived interest in the work of this important filmmaker.
Author : Ken Hanke
Publisher : Metuchen, N.J. : Scarecrow Press
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 492 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book Ken Russell's Films written by Ken Hanke and published by Metuchen, N.J. : Scarecrow Press. This book was released on 1984 with total page 492 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: To find more information about Rowman and Littlefield titles, please visit www.rowmanlittlefield.com.
Author : Ken Russell
Publisher : Bantam
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 360 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book Altered States written by Ken Russell and published by Bantam. This book was released on 1991 with total page 360 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: At age thirty-two, there was still no sign of Russell's talent as a movie director--until all these disjointed efforts of his youth fell into place after an unnerving but ultimately successful interview with the BBC for a position with the ground-breaking television film program Monitor. The show made Russell's career. Thirty years and fifty films later, Ken Russell looks back on a life filled with more than its share of highs and lows--a direct consequence of his inability to do anything in moderation. Written in the flowing, intercutting style of his films, this autobiography peels back the layers to explore the core Ken Russell. This is a man not instantly known on the streets as the director of the latest action sequel...but as a playful, sometimes serious, always inventive expander of the cinematic realm.
Author : Ken Russell
Publisher : Southbank Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9781904915324
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (153 download)
Download or read book A British Picture written by Ken Russell and published by Southbank Publishing. This book was released on 2008 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With a foreword by Melvyn Bragg. The updated autobiography of Britain's most controversial film director. Moving with astonishing assurance through time and space, Russell recreates his life in a series of interconnected episodes: his 30s childhood in Southampton, his first sexual experience (watching Disney's Pinocchio), his schooldays at the Nautical College, Pangbourne and early careers in the Merchant Marines and the Royal Air Force. Full of marvellously funny anecdotes and fascinating insights, this is a remarkable autobiography.
Author : Ken Russell
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780957246218
Total Pages : 166 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (462 download)
Download or read book Ken Russell's Dracula written by Ken Russell and published by . This book was released on 2012 with total page 166 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Written between Tommy and Altered States, Ken Russell’s screenplay for Dracula was one of Hollywood’s best kept secrets. It has been used to inspire two hit films and an internationally successful ballet. Now, available to the public for the very first time, Ken Russell’s re-imagining of Dracula is ready to inspire a whole new generation of artists.
Author : Gene D. Phillips
Publisher : Boston : Twayne Publishers
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 208 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book Ken Russell written by Gene D. Phillips and published by Boston : Twayne Publishers. This book was released on 1979 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Biography of Ken Russell, a British film director, known for his pioneering work in television and film and for his flamboyant and controversial style.
Author : Kenneth A. Russell
Publisher : Kogan Page Publishers
ISBN 13 : 9780749437336
Total Pages : 212 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (373 download)
Download or read book The Times Book of IQ Tests written by Kenneth A. Russell and published by Kogan Page Publishers. This book was released on 2002 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This sequel to the first "Times Book of IQ Tests" contains ten new sets of 40 questions each, compiled by UK IQ test experts and complete with a guide to assessing performance. By practising the different tests, everyone should be able to improve scores and increase IQ rating.
Author : Thomas R. Atkins
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 152 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)
Download or read book Ken Russell written by Thomas R. Atkins and published by . This book was released on 1976 with total page 152 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Ken Hanke
Publisher : Metuchen, N.J. : Scarecrow Press
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 478 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)
Download or read book Ken Russell's Films written by Ken Hanke and published by Metuchen, N.J. : Scarecrow Press. This book was released on 1984 with total page 478 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: To find more information about Rowman and Littlefield titles, please visit www.rowmanlittlefield.com.
Author : Paul Sutton
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780993177040
Total Pages : 566 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (77 download)
Download or read book Talking about Ken Russell (Expanded Edition) written by Paul Sutton and published by . This book was released on 2016-04-04 with total page 566 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Hundreds of exclusive interviews with Ken Russell and the people who worked with him, including 23 members of the cast and crew of The Devils. Paul Sutton also adds choice finds from his 10-year research into Russell's careers in photography, film and opera, and uncovers a treasure trove of previously unknown material. Lavishly illustrated.
Author : Roger Ebert
Publisher : Andrews McMeel Publishing
ISBN 13 : 0740792482
Total Pages : 384 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (47 download)
Download or read book I Hated, Hated, Hated This Movie written by Roger Ebert and published by Andrews McMeel Publishing. This book was released on 2013-07-30 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Pulitzer Prize–winning film critics offers up more reviews of horrible films. Roger Ebert awards at least two out of four stars to most of the more than 150 movies he reviews each year. But when the noted film critic does pan a movie, the result is a humorous, scathing critique far more entertaining than the movie itself. I Hated, Hated, Hated This Movie is a collection of more than 200 of Ebert’s most biting and entertaining reviews of films receiving a mere star or less from the only film critic to win the Pulitzer Prize. Ebert has no patience for these atrocious movies and minces no words in skewering the offenders. Witness: Armageddon * (1998)—The movie is an assault on the eyes, the ears, the brain, common sense, and the human desire to be entertained. No matter what they’re charging to get in, it’s worth more to get out. The Beverly Hillbillies * (1993)—Imagine the dumbest half-hour sitcom you’ve ever seen, spin it out to ninety-three minutes by making it even more thin and shallow, and you have this movie. It’s appalling. North no stars (1994)—I hated this movie. Hated hated hated hated hated this movie. Hated it. Hated every simpering stupid vacant audience-insulting moment of it. Hated the sensibility that thought anyone would like it. Hated the implied insult to the audience by its belief that anyone would be entertained by it. Police Academy no stars (1984)—It’s so bad, maybe you should pool your money and draw straws and send one of the guys off to rent it so that in the future, whenever you think you’re sitting through a bad comedy, he could shake his head, chuckle tolerantly, and explain that you don't know what bad is. Dear God * (1996)—Dear God is the kind of movie where you walk out repeating the title, but not with a smile. The movies reviewed within I Hated, Hated, Hated This Movie are motion pictures you’ll want to distance yourself from, but Roger Ebert’s creative and comical musings on those films make for a book no movie fan should miss.
Author : Lee Broughton
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN 13 : 150138757X
Total Pages : 192 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (13 download)
Download or read book Reappraising Cult Horror Films written by Lee Broughton and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2024-05-16 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Identifies key – and in some cases previously overlooked – cult horror films from around the world and reappraises them by approaching and interrogating them in new ways. New productions in the horror genre occupy a prominent space within the cinematic landscape of the 21st century, but the genre's back catalogue of older films refuses to be consigned to the motion picture graveyard just yet. Interest in older horror films remains high, and an ever-increasing number of these films have enjoyed an afterlife as cult movies thanks to regular film festival screenings, television broadcasts and home video releases. Similarly, academic interest in the horror genre has remained high. The frameworks applied by contributors to the collection include genre studies, narrative theory, socio-political readings, aspects of cultural studies, gendered readings, archival research, fan culture work, interviews with filmmakers, aspects of film historiography, spatial theory and cult film theory. Covering a corpus of films that ranges from recognised cult horror classics such as The Wicker Man, The Shining and Candyman to more obscure films like Daughters of Darkness, The Legend of the 7 Golden Vampires, Shivers, Howling III: The Marsupials and Inside, Broughton has curated an international selection of case studies that show the diverse nature of the cult horror subgenre. Be they star-laden, stylish, violent, bizarre or simply little heard-of obscurities, this book offers a multitude of new critical insights into a truly eclectic selection of cult horror films.
Author : Horace Newcomb
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1135194793
Total Pages : 2800 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (351 download)
Download or read book Encyclopedia of Television written by Horace Newcomb and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2014-02-03 with total page 2800 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Encyclopedia of Television, second edtion is the first major reference work to provide description, history, analysis, and information on more than 1100 subjects related to television in its international context. For a full list of entries, contributors, and more, visit the Encyclo pedia of Television, 2nd edition website.
Author : John Baxter
Publisher : Michael Joseph
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 248 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book An Appalling Talent written by John Baxter and published by Michael Joseph. This book was released on 1973 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Jeremy Mark Robinson
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781861714923
Total Pages : 820 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (149 download)
Download or read book KEN RUSSELL written by Jeremy Mark Robinson and published by . This book was released on 2015-10-19 with total page 820 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: KEN RUSSELL: ENGLAND'S GREAT VISIONARY FILM DIRECTOR AND MUSIC LOVER By Jeremy Mark Robinson. Foreword by actress Sammi Davis (star of The Rainbow) A filmmaker like no other, Ken Russell remains one of cinema's extraordinary talents, a creator of masterpieces such as The Devils, Tommy and The Music Lovers, and a body of work that flies from the pastoral, Romantic lyricism of Delius: Song of Summer and Elgar to the wild extremes of Lisztomania, Altered States and Mahler. Ken Russell is the greatest living filmmaker in Britain. Even though he died on November 27, 2011, he's still somehow very much alive. After the death of Michael Powell in 1990, who else was there? As an image-maker, Russell is not only a total natural, he has very few peers among filmmakers - not only in Britain; but also around the globe. Russell's inventiveness seems to know no bounds, and his films are cascades of images, so much that it can't all be taken in on the first viewing of a picture. Russell does everything a great director and a great artist should do, and then he does so much more. Why do we love Ken Russell's movies so much? For many reasons: the spirituality, such a rare commodity in recent British cinema: Russell's films are not afraid of addressing spiritual issues. The poetry. The music - no other filmmaker of the same era in Britain has been such a tireless and enthusiastic promoter of music. The dancing - no other British film director has included so much dance in their output (and very few directors anywhere!). The British popular culture elements. The English landscape. The romance and romantic sensibility His stories of artists and creativity. His interviews and public persona, appearing on everything from websites and YouTube to silliness like British TV's Big Brother. His encouragement to young filmmakers and his teaching. Ken Russell has been dubbed 'a fish and chips Fellini', 'the enfant terrible of British cinema' and 'the Wild Man of the BBC'. The two periods of 'classic' Ken Russell work would be the TV documentaries of the early-to-mid 1960s (with 1962's Elgar as the highpoint that everyone remembers), and the feature films of the late 1960s to late 1970s (with Women in Love and Tommy being the high watermarks among audiences if not critics). Certainly, it's with Women in Love that Ken Russell begins that extraordinary run of feature-length movies: Women in Love is followed by The Music Lovers (his favourite movie), which's followed by The Devils, which's followed by The Boy Friend, which's followed by Savage Messiah, which's followed by Mahler, which's followed by Tommy, which's followed by Lisztomania. That's a run of eight amazing movies. You could add Valentino and Altered States. This book explores all of Ken Russell's key movies and television productions, his themes and symbols, his filmic style and direction, and his use of music and visuals. Plus chapters on Ken Russell's unmade productions, a biography of the director, quotes by Russell, resources, video and DVD availability, the fans on Russell, and a Foreword from actress Sammi Davis (star of The Rainbow). Fully illustrated, with 291 images from all of Russell's films. Bibliography and notes. ISBN 9781861715081. 816 pages. www.crmoon.com"
