Ken Russell Movie Trailers
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Mr Chesher’s Traction Engines Trailer (1962)
01 July 1962
Explores the worldview of A.W. Chesher, who has a special interest in painting steam traction engines.
Knights on Bikes Trailer (1956)
01 January 1956
A romance between a clumsy knight and a damsel in distress.
100 Greatest Sexy Moments Trailer (2003)
29 November 2003
Documentary, based on a British poll, listing the 100 sexiest movie and TV moments. Supplemented by new interviews with performers, filmmakers, and authors/critics.
Dante's Inferno Trailer (1967)
22 December 1967
The story of the influential 19th century British poet Dante Gabriel Rossetti and his troubled and somewhat morbid relationship with his wife and his art.
French Dressing Trailer (1964)
10 April 1964
A deck-chair attendant at a British resort promotes a film festival featuring a French sexpot.
Salome's Last Dance Trailer (1988)
06 May 1988
London, England, November 5th, 1892, Guy Fawkes Night. The famous playwright Oscar Wilde and his lover Lord Alfred Douglas discreetly go to a luxury brothel where the owner, Alfred Taylor, has prepared a surprise for the renowned author: a private and very special performance of his play Salome, banned by the authorities, in which Taylor himself and the peculiar inhabitants of the exclusive establishment will participate.
Peepshow Trailer (1956)
29 March 1956
A parable made in the manner of an old silent comedy about artistry and illusion.
Always on Sunday Trailer (1965)
28 June 1965
Always On Sunday is a bio-pic on Le (Henri) Douanier Rousseau, a French naive painter.
Lotte Lenya Sings Kurt Weill Trailer (1961)
21 April 1961
Ken Russell directed a short document of German actress (and widow of famed composer Kurt Weill) Lotte Lenya performing many of Weill's best known compositions for BBC TV series "Monitor.
Dogboys Trailer (1998)
04 April 1998
Marine veteran and former middleweight boxing champion Julian Taylor loses control in a bar fight and ends up serving time for aggravated assault.
Prokofiev Trailer (1961)
13 March 1961
Subtitled 'Portrait of a Soviet Composer', this is the second of Ken Russell's composer biopics.
Hell on Earth: The Desecration & Resurrection of The Devils Trailer (2002)
24 November 2002
Hell on Earth is a documentary about Ken Russell's 1971 film, The Devils. Film critic Mark Kermode chats to Russell as well as two of the film’s stars, Georgina Hale and Murray Melvin.
Watch the Birdie Trailer (2007)
17 February 2007
The work of professional photographer David Hurn, shown tackling a wide range of subjects from fashion to photojournalism to candid paparazzo shots.
Walk With The Damned Trailer (1961)
02 June 1961
Gangsters run rampant until they encounter a gutsy minister.
Vem Var Dracula Trailer (1996)
02 October 1996
A look at "Dracula" in the arts and his supposed real-life inspiration Vlad Tepes.
Dance of the Seven Veils Trailer (1970)
15 February 1970
Russell’s composer biopics were usually labours of love. This was the opposite: he regarded Strauss’s music as 'bombastic, sham and hollow', and despised the composer for claiming to be apolitical while cosying up to the Nazi regime.
Boudica Bites Back Trailer (2009)
06 August 2009
A cine-opera retelling of the legend of Boudica, warrior queen and her uprising against the Roman occupiers of Britain.
The Insatiable Mrs. Kirsch Trailer (1995)
01 January 1995
A writer taking a rest in a country hotel is obsessed with a strange woman in the same hotel. The woman seems to observe him in provocative ways, but he does not dare to approach her.
The Aristofrogs Trailer (2010)
19 August 2010
A short promotional film for the 2010 Oldenburg Film Festival consisting of various actors and film personalities telling a joke about an exceptionally talented frog.
A British Picture: Portrait of an Enfant Terrible Trailer (1989)
20 March 1989
The updated autobiography of Britain’s most controversial film director, the maker of Women in Love, The Devils, The Music Lovers, Tommy and The Rainbow, is as unconventional and brilliant as his best films.
Antonio Gaudí Trailer (1961)
12 March 1961
A study of Antoni Gaudí's architecture (especially the Church of the Holy Trinity in Barcelona), his sources of inspiration and his influence on Picasso.
A Turnip Head's Guide To The British Cinema Trailer (1986)
01 January 1986
Documentary presenting Alan Parker’s view of British cinema with comments from Richard Lester and others and location report from King’s Lynn on the making of Hugh Hudson’s Revolution, starring Al Pacino, Donald Sutherland, and Nastassja Kinski.
Elgar: Fantasy of a Composer on a Bicycle Trailer (2002)
22 September 2002
Ken Russell revisits the life of Elgar, with musical background provided by the composer's works.
Treasure Island Trailer (1995)
27 September 1995
Enchanted by the idea of locating treasure buried by Captain Flint, Squire Trelawney, Dr. Livesey and Jim Hawkins charter a sailing voyage to a Caribbean island.
The Debussy Film Trailer (1965)
18 May 1965
An actor is playing Claude Debussy in a film about the composer's life, and finds himself identifying with his subject very closely.
The Planets Trailer (1983)
30 January 1983
Based on the famous Gustav Holst musical suite, this musical film takes watchers on a magnificent journey of the planets of the Solar System.
Charlotte Brontë Enters the Big Brother House Trailer (2006)
01 January 2006
A 'radical Brontë' ballet for young people.
The Preservation Man Trailer (1962)
20 May 1962
The Preservation Man is about useless objects but here they're part of the artist Bruce Lacey's collection of random junk that is incorporated into his art with their original function is irrelevant.
The Diary of a Nobody Trailer (1964)
12 December 1964
Ken Russell's silent film treatment of the 19th century comic novel by the Brothers Grossmith - George and Weedon.
Lourdes Trailer (1958)
01 January 1958
About modern day pilgrims to Lourdes, France, and Our Lady of Lourdes, that brings out the religious hysteria and the commercialism of the alleged healings.
Don’t Shoot the Composer Trailer (1966)
09 January 1966
DON’T SHOOT THE COMPOSER is far from an ordinary profile of Georges Delerue. It also serves as a calling card for Ken Russell, whose work would define the 1970s as Delerue’s did in the 1960s.
John Betjeman: A Poet in London Trailer (1959)
01 March 1959
Poet John Betjeman is shown visiting locations including Vauxhall Park, Aldersgate Street station, Camden Town and Hatfield, where he recites a handful of his poems.
London Moods Trailer (1961)
05 November 1961
Ken Russell is often cited as one of the fathers of the music video, with Tommy (1975) widely recognised as one of the pivotal works in the development of the form.
Pop Goes the Easel Trailer (1962)
25 March 1962
Pop Goes the Easel was Ken Russell’s first full-length documentary for the BBC’s arts series Monitor.
Portrait of a Goon Trailer (1959)
28 August 1959
Portrait of Spike Milligan, then part of The Goon Show examining his views on comedy,
Variations on a Mechanical Theme Trailer (1959)
21 April 1959
An illustration of various mechanical instruments, from the musical-box to 1950s electronica.
The Lonely Shore Trailer (1962)
14 January 1962
One of the most conceptually original of all the films that Ken Russell made for Monitor, this imagines an expedition of alien archaeologists (represented only by the soundtrack commentary) examining various artefacts strewn along a stretch of Britain's coastline and musing on their possible significance.
A House in Bayswater Trailer (1960)
26 August 1960
A personal and nostalgic film about an apartment building in Bayswater, where Russell once lived, and about the residents who inhabited it.
Shelagh Delaney's Salford Trailer (1960)
25 September 1960
Short documentary about Shelagh Delaney and her hometown Salford.
A Bedlington Miners' Picnic Trailer (1960)
03 July 1960
In 1960, Ken Russell visited Bedlington Colliery, Northumberland to make one of his first documentary films, following life in the mining community.
Vaughan Williams: A Symphonic Portrait Trailer (1983)
01 January 1983
South Bank Show documentary concerning the life and music of Ralph Vaughn Williams.
The Light Fantastic Trailer (1960)
18 December 1960
While most of Ken Russell's documentaries for the BBC's Monitor arts strand focused on a single creative figure, he would also occasionally make more wide-ranging surveys of the state of a particular art.
From Spain to Streatham Trailer (1959)
07 June 1959
Also known as Guitar Craze and the more evocative Hound Dogs and Bach Addicts, this Monitor item (Ken Russell's third for the pioneering BBC arts strand) offers a whistle-stop tour of how Britons are enthusiastically taking up the guitar in all sorts of ways.
Scottish Painters Trailer (1959)
25 October 1959
A double portrait of the painters Robert MacBryde and Robert Colquhoun, seen at work in their Suffolk studio while discussing their paintings.
The Miners' Picnic by Ken Russell Trailer (2005)
17 March 2005
Ken Russell revisits the location of his 1960 documentary about coal mining in Northumberland and catches up with some of the people who appeared in the film.
Alice in Russialand Trailer (1995)
01 January 1995
Documentary by Ken Russell that shows Alice traveling through a century of Russian's history, from the period of Tsarism, through Socialism and Glasnost.