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OT - Ken Russell RIP

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  1. smidgen

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  2. The FRENCH TICKLER

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    R.I.P. Made some good films.
     
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    It's a shame he died, but did he actually make any good films at all?

    He's famous for Tommy, but despite my love for The Who, I thought it was a crap film and I can't remember anything else he did that was any good?
     
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    The Devils is worth a watch
     
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    I think part of his esteem is because he helped push the boundaries of censorship by using the system as it existed rather than bludgeoned change, such as negotiating with the head of the board of censors John Trevelyan to get scenes kept in that would normally be cut.

    I guess it depends on your own perspective if that was a good or a bad thing.
     
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    Women In Love
    Altered States
    The Music Lovers
    The Boy Friend
    Savage Messiah
    Mahler
    Lisztomania
    Valentino
    Crimes Of Passion
    Gothic
    Lair Of The White Worm
     
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    No, I said good films. <whistle>
     
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    Such as Women In Love; Altered States; Mahler; The Devils. <ok>
     
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    I can remember seeing "Song of Summer" on TV in the late 1960's and it had a massive effect on me. It was a wart's an all depiction of such an unusual situation, and I never rated (or was interested) in much else for a few years after that.

    Not surprised that many people don't understand or rank him highly though; he should have gone on to much better things than some of the stuff he did. I can only count on one hand the films/pieces of the calibre of "Song of Summer". Strange that people always mention "Tommy" as if that says it all about him.

    A very, very clever man.
     
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