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For more than 40 years, Ken Russell has directed some of the most provocative, controversial, and memorable films in British cinema, including Women in Love, The Music Lovers, Tommy, and Altered States. In this anthology, Kevin Flanagan has compiled essays that simultaneously place Russell's films within various academic contexts-gender studies, Victorian studies, and cultural criticism-on the one hand and expand the foundational history of Russell's career on the other. Ken Russell: Re-Viewing England's Last Mannerist recontextualizes the director's work in light of new approaches to film studies and corrects or amends previous scholarship.
This collection tackles Russell's mainstream successes (Tommy, Altered States) and his seldom-seen masterpieces (The Debussy Film, Mahler), as well as his critical flops (Salome's Last Dance, Lady Chatterley's Lover). The book also includes information on Russell's most obscure television films, insights on his controversial films of the 1970s, and a new consideration of Russell's career in light of his recent return to amateur filmmaking. Representing a significant collaboration among scholars, Ken Russell: Re-Viewing England's Last Mannerist reflects a newly revived interest in the work of this important filmmaker.
This collection tackles Russell's mainstream successes (Tommy, Altered States) and his seldom-seen masterpieces (The Debussy Film, Mahler), as well as his critical flops (Salome's Last Dance, Lady Chatterley's Lover). The book also includes information on Russell's most obscure television films, insights on his controversial films of the 1970s, and a new consideration of Russell's career in light of his recent return to amateur filmmaking. Representing a significant collaboration among scholars, Ken Russell: Re-Viewing England's Last Mannerist reflects a newly revived interest in the work of this important filmmaker.
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Table of contents
- Contents
- Foreword
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- PART I. RUSSELLāS PROGRESS
- Chapter 01. Ken Russell at the BBC, 1959ā1970
- Chapter 02. The Body Politic: Ken Russell in the 1980s
- Chapter 03. In Defense of the Amateur
- PART II. POP SCENE
- Chapter 04. Television, Contested Culture, and Social Control: Cultural Studies and Pop Goes the Easel
- Chapter 05. Smashing Our Guitars, Deconstructing Our Idols: The Pop Art Aesthetic in Tommy
- PART III. COMPOSER BIOGRAPHIES
- Chapter 06. āIl parait que cāetait un musicienā: Ken Russellās The Debussy Film
- Chapter 07. Fact, Fiction, Fever, Fantasy: Ken Russellās Mahler and the Bio-Film
- PART IV. CRITICAL RECONSIDERATIONS
- Chapter 08. Defending Rudy: Alternative Masculinities in Ken Russellās Valentino
- Chapter 09. As the (White) Worm Turns: Ken Russell as God and Devil of Rubber-Reality Horror Cinema
- Chapter 10. Behind the Last Veil: Forms of Transgression in Ken Russellās Salomeās Last Dance
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- Chapter 11. Complicating the Costume Drama: Lady Chatterley, Ken Russell, and the Conceits of Heritage
- PART IV. RUSSELL TODAY
- Chapter 12. Ken Russell at Work, 2006
- Chapter 13. āLe Phoenix Terribleā: A Ken Russell Season at the BFI, July 2007
- Bibliography
- Index
- About the Editor and Contributors