Episode 208: Ken Russell (feat. Samm Deighan)

Guest host Bill Ackerman invites author, film historian and Twitch Of The Death Nerve co-host Samm Deighan to discuss the work of Ken Russell, the visionary talent who directed groundbreaking profiles of artists for the BBC before attaining international acclaim and notoriety through bold, often controversial films like WOMEN IN LOVE, THE MUSIC LOVERS, THE DEVILS, THE BOY FRIEND, MAHLER, TOMMY and ALTERED STATES.

00:00 - 21:49 - Introduction

21:50 - 38:51 - Monitor, ELGAR and the early BBC years

38:52 - 46:30 - Early Theatrical Features and THE DEBUSSY FILM

46:31 - 59:09 WOMEN IN LOVE

59:10 - 1:09:19 DANCE OF THE SEVEN VEILS and World War II imagery

1:09:20 - 1:16:46 THE MUSIC LOVERS

1:16:47 -1:37:23 THE DEVILS

1:37:23 - 1:51:17 THE BOY FRIEND

1:51:18 - 2:00:17 SAVAGE MESSIAH and Andrzej Żuławski’s THE BLUE NOTE

2:00:18 - 2:17:10 MAHLER, TOMMY, LISZTOMANIA and VALENTINO

2:17:11 - 2:31:53 ALTERED STATES and Ken Russell in the 80s

2:31:54 - 2:44:15 W***E and the later films of Ken Russell

2:44:15 - 2:46:40 Favorite Ken Russell movies and conclusion

Follow Samm Deighan on Patreon

https://www.patreon.com/sammdeighan/posts

Listen to Twitch Of The Death Nerve:

https://cinepunx.com/podcast-episodes/twitch-of-the-death-nerve/

Buy The Legacy of World War II in European Arthouse Cinema by Samm Deighan:

https://mcfarlandbooks.com/product/the-legacy-of-world-war-ii-in-european-arthouse-cinema/

Read Samm Deighan’s Ken Russell Retrospective series at Diabolique Magazine:

https://diaboliquemagazine.com/category/columns/a-ken-russell-retrospective/

Listen to The Projection Booth Podcast on Ken Russell:

https://www.projectionboothpodcast.com/2020/03/special-report-tommy-1975.html?m=0

https://www.projectionboothpodcast.com/2014/05/episode-168-devils.html

https://www.projectionboothpodcast.com/2015/04/episode-216-altered-states.html?m=0

Director Joe Talbot on WOMEN IN LOVE:

https://www.criterion.com/current/posts/6435-more-is-more-lessons-in-excess-from-women-in-love

Elgar

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KPNrKx4dKfU

The Debussy Film

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KsdAIYmSHAg

Dance Of The Seven Veils

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLA3C645436B787602

The Music Lovers

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K8Tf31aOITI&t=2s

Mahler

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PGq7TFoxB4E&t=2s

Salome’s Last Dance

https://rarefilmm.com/2019/09/salomes-last-dance-1988/

The Blue Note (Andrzej Żuławski’s 1991 film about Frédéric Chopin)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z06E3HKnzAI

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