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Russell’s work could be shocking in the best possible sense of the word and more than lived up to his favourite dictum, “wake ‘em up”. Directors such as David Cronenbourg, John Landis and Terry Gilliam are among his admirers. In the words of the great Italian director himself, he was “the British Fellini”.
Nov 28, 2011 · Formidable film director with an impish sense of humour and a talent to entertain and provoke
Sep 11, 2023 · “Wake ’em up” was generally his watchword, and it was certainly true that you could seldom go to sleep in a Russell film. If you did, you had nightmares. Sex loomed large in many of them since he felt it was the mainspring of most things, and generally covered or tidied up by latterday English hypocrisy.
Nov 28, 2011 · Russell won them round with the pitch that it was about a nymphomaniac who falls in love with a homosexual. The graphic nude sequences caused outrage, and it was widely panned by the critics.
Nov 29, 2011 · Ken Russell was a maverick in every possible way. He courted controversy throughout his career, with his actions off-screen being as newsworthy as the contents of the films themselves.
Nov 29, 2011 · Ken Russell, who has died aged 84, was a fiercely independent film director who tested the boundaries of cinema and courted controversy with censors, critics and public alike, writes Tim...
Russell is best known for his Academy Award -winning romantic drama film Women in Love (1969); the historical drama horror film The Devils (1971); the musical fantasy film Tommy (1975), featuring the Who; and the science fiction horror film Altered States (1980).
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