sandbox thread for Ken Russell
― sarahel, Monday, 28 November 2011 16:56 (twelve years ago) link
Mentioned in the obituaries thread, but not a bad idea to give him his own. A friend lent me Fall of the Louse of Usher to watch a while ago but I still haven't got around to it yet.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xV4SUd2EdeQ
― Illia Rump (emil.y), Monday, 28 November 2011 17:14 (twelve years ago) link
quite liked his Kathleen Turner-Tony Perkins wtf comedy-porn-thriller
― Dr Morbius, Monday, 28 November 2011 17:14 (twelve years ago) link
He was as clueless about sex as D.H. Lawrence.
― Lord Sotosyn, Monday, 28 November 2011 17:25 (twelve years ago) link
much love for The Devils, Tommy, Altered States, and especially Lisztomania. RIP you lunatic.
― Shakey Mo Collier, Monday, 28 November 2011 17:30 (twelve years ago) link
RIP
― yes this is the real (snoball), Monday, 28 November 2011 18:15 (twelve years ago) link
He was as clueless about sex as D.H. Lawrence
Hardly fair, and Ken was a lot funnier about it.
I'm sad he won't be around any more and I'm sadder the culture won't replace him now.
― Julie Lagger, Monday, 28 November 2011 18:17 (twelve years ago) link
I've never seen WiL, since I got 50 pages into the novel a couple years ago aaaaaand that was all.
― Dr Morbius, Monday, 28 November 2011 18:30 (twelve years ago) link
WIL is a great book but you wouldn't know it from the movie. Alan Bates was more than solid though.
― Lord Sotosyn, Monday, 28 November 2011 18:43 (twelve years ago) link
a great book that's clueless about sex? does not compute.
― Dr Morbius, Monday, 28 November 2011 18:45 (twelve years ago) link
But wise about male-male friendship, filial ties, and wrestling.
― Lord Sotosyn, Monday, 28 November 2011 18:49 (twelve years ago) link
Valentino one of the better gay panic movies.
― Eric H., Monday, 28 November 2011 19:23 (twelve years ago) link
Savage Messiah is stunning, probably one of the best relatively obscure films of the 70s.
― Sandbox Grisso-McCain, Tuesday, 29 November 2011 00:23 (twelve years ago) link
I am so sad about this.
Someone posted a bunch of his movies on YouTube. I watched The Devils on Thanksgiving.
― tokyo rosemary, Tuesday, 29 November 2011 03:17 (twelve years ago) link
Russell vs Kael on Kane:
http://chainedandperfumed.wordpress.com/2011/11/29/dig-the-critics-30/
― Dr Morbius, Tuesday, 29 November 2011 19:22 (twelve years ago) link
didn't russell hit a critic on TV once? anyway, RIP! he made some crazy movies. (that's a compliment.)
― tylerw_sandbox, Tuesday, 29 November 2011 19:25 (twelve years ago) link
Sure, he went against Townshend's suggestions -- casting Elton John instead of Stevie Wonder, and Eric Clapton instead of Charles Mingus -- but Tommy was so perfectly and wonderfully batshit. RIP.
― Tarfumes the Escape Goat, Tuesday, 29 November 2011 19:39 (twelve years ago) link
casting Elton John instead of Stevie Wonder,
lol @ Stevie Wonder complaining about being beaten by a deaf dumb and blind kid
― Shakey Mo Collier, Tuesday, 29 November 2011 19:45 (twelve years ago) link
such a monumentally stupid casting suggestion. Russell = 1, Townsend = 0
― Shakey Mo Collier, Tuesday, 29 November 2011 19:46 (twelve years ago) link
xp Was that what happened? I thought Wonder was up for it, but Russell nixed him for some reason.
― Tarfumes the Escape Goat, Tuesday, 29 November 2011 19:48 (twelve years ago) link
i just watched tommy a few days ago actually...iirc, elton doesnt play vs tommy, hes more like the emcee in that scene
― j crunchwrap supreme, Tuesday, 29 November 2011 19:49 (twelve years ago) link
No, Elton was the reigning champ, hence the crowd booing him/carrying him out at the end.
― Tarfumes the Escape Goat, Tuesday, 29 November 2011 19:51 (twelve years ago) link
Russell using "shrill" to refer to a woman.
― Lord Sotosyn, Tuesday, 29 November 2011 19:54 (twelve years ago) link
fine w/ me
― Dr Morbius, Tuesday, 29 November 2011 20:15 (twelve years ago) link