Ken Russell Movie Trailers
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Always on Sunday Trailer (1965)
28 June 1965
Always On Sunday is a bio-pic on Le (Henri) Douanier Rousseau, a French naive painter.
A British Picture: Portrait of an Enfant Terrible Trailer (1989)
20 March 1989
Moving with astonishing assurance through time and space, Russell recreates his life in a series of unconventional interconnected episodes – his thirties childhood in Southampton; his first sexual experience (watching Disney’s Pinocchio); his schooldays at the Nautical College, Pangbourne; early careers in the Merchant Marine and the Royal Air Force; dancing days at the Shepherds Bush Ballet Club; and of course his career as a filmmaker, beginning with an extraordinary interview with Huw Weldon for a job on Monitor.
Tales of Erotica Trailer (1996)
01 January 1996
Four erotic short films, all with similar unexpected endings: 'The Dutch Master': a woman who enters a living painting; 'The Insatiable Mrs.
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.
Director of Devils Trailer (2012)
19 March 2012
Behind the scenes of the making of Ken Russell's 1971 film 'The Devils. Shown are the construction of the sets, filming of the courtroom scene, the performance of the musical score for the execution scene.
The Mystery of Dr Martinu Trailer (1992)
16 May 1992
A biopic of Czech composer Martinu in two parts: the first part is a recurring dream; the second, a Freudian analysis of the dream.
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.
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 Secret Life of Arnold Bax Trailer (1992)
22 November 1992
Utilising the music of eminent composer Arnold Bax, this biographical docudrama focuses on Bax's complex relationships with pianist Harriet Cohen and dancer Annie.
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.
Il Mefistofele Trailer (1989)
01 January 1989
Arrigo Boito's most known work is Il Mefestefele, first performed in 1868. Russell's modern interpretation presented by the Genoese Opera has Faust as an ageing hippy, who smokes marijuana and is tormented by his lost youth.
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.
Don’t Shoot the Composer Trailer (1966)
09 January 1966
Far from an ordinary profile of Georges Delerue; it also serves as a calling card for Russell, whose work would define the 1970s as Delerue’s did in the 1960s.
Vaughan Williams: A Symphonic Portrait Trailer (1984)
08 April 1984
Ken Russell's engrossing examination of the great 20th-century composer tells Williams' story through the eyes of his widow, Ursula, with personal remberances from those who knew him.
Ken Russell's ABC of British Music Trailer (1988)
04 February 1988
A feat that fully matches its title, an alphabetical trawl through both the history of British music and Russell's own likes and dislikes, the latter summed up by a scene in which he takes a phone call and listens for a bit before concluding that 'it's either an obscene call or the beginning of Michael Tippett's Fourth Symphony.
A Kitten for Hitler Trailer (2007)
01 June 2007
A plucky young Jewish boy traverses the globe on a quest to warm the Führer's heart with the gift of a cuddly feline.
The Planets Trailer (1983)
30 January 1983
Based on the famous Gustav Holst musical suite, Ken Russell's musical delight takes viewers on a magnificent journey of the planets of the Solar System.
Dance of the Seven Veils Trailer (1970)
15 February 1970
Russell's composer biopics were usually labours of love. However, this was the opposite: Russell regarded the music of Richard Strauss 'bombastic, sham and hollow', and despised the composer for claiming to be apolitical while cosying up to the Nazi regime.
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.
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.
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.
In Search of the English Folk Song Trailer (1997)
14 November 1997
Filmmaker Ken Russell poses the question: "What is a true English folk song, if there is such a thing?" After recieving an indifferent response from his dog, Russell journeys around the English countryside seeking for an answer.
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.
Elgar: Fantasy of a Composer on a Bicycle Trailer (2002)
22 September 2002
Russell revisits the life of composer Edward Elgar, using his own music as the score and featuring evocative, visually rich scenes, often set in the Malvern Hills where Elgar grew up.
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.
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.
Road to Mandalay Trailer (1991)
01 January 1991
In his hometown of Southampton, Ken Russell takes his young son and his aunts out to dinner, but the new traffic restrictions mean he can't get near the place.
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.