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  1. 3 days ago · Toby Standing. Sun 13 October 2024 11:00, UK. A director known for controversial, provocative works, Ken Russell, the filmmaker behind 1971’s The Devils and 1980’s Altered States, spent his 40-year career making movies that challenged audiences and critics across his works, using a blend of surrealism, religious themes, and sexuality to ...

  2. 4 days ago · Russell’s most controversial film, The Devils, based on the book The Devils of Loudun by Aldous Huxley, decimated the hubris and morality of organized religion. Crimes of Passion, which turns 40 ...

  3. 1 day ago · The Devilsis a historical horror-drama film released in 1971. Ken Russell wrote, produced, and directed The Devils, a historical horror-drama film released in 1971, which features Vanessa Redgrave and Oliver Reed in the lead roles. The latter plays the role of Urbain Grandier, a 17th-century Roman Catholic priest accused of witchcraft, whom we ...

  4. Sep 24, 2024 · Learn about Ken Russell, a controversial and sensational filmmaker who directed Women in Love, The Devils, Tommy, and more. Find out his background, style, and notable works in this article from Britannica.

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  5. 5 days ago · Ken Russell once lived in the house in the film, 30-32 Linden Gardens, the five stories then divided into flats, a house (according to the film) about to be demolished to make way for a bland Modernist office block.

  6. 6 days ago · As us horror movie fans celebrated the 50th anniversary of The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, there was a very real possibility that we might have had to break the law at one point in order to watch...

  7. Sep 24, 2024 · Strong was Ken Russells go-to scenic artist, staring with his breakthrough Women in Love (1969) and The Boy Friend, The Music Lovers and The Devils (all 1971), filling his films with...

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