The Devils
1971
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Children. 8 (2d; 6s) Henry Kenneth Alfred Russell (3 July 1927 – 27 November 2011) [2] [3] was a British film director, known for his pioneering work in television and film and for his flamboyant and controversial style. His films were mainly liberal adaptations of existing texts, or biographies, notably of composers of the Romantic era.
Ken Russell tried several professions before choosing to become a film director; he was a still photographer and a dancer and he even served in the Army, but film was his destiny. He began by making several short films which paved the way for his brilliant television films of the 1960s that are acclaimed for his attention to detail and opulent ...
- January 1, 1
- Southampton, Hampshire, England, UK
- January 1, 1
- Lymington, Hampshire, England, UK
- Jeremy Urquhart
- Feature Writer/Senior List Writer
- Ken Russell
- 'The Devils' (1971) Starring: Oliver Reed, Vanessa Redgrave, Dudley Sutton. Despite being called The Devils, this earth-shattering 1971 film is more of a drama than it is a horror movie, though it’s grisly and disturbing enough in parts to qualify, at least in part, as a work of horror.
- 'Altered States' (1980) Starring: William Hurt, Blair Brown, Bob Balaban. With Altered States, Ken Russell tried his hand at science fiction, and the results represent what might well be one of the filmmaker’s most accessible and popular movies.
- 'Women in Love' (1969) Starring: Alan Bates, Oliver Reed, Glenda Jackson. Standing as what’s likely Ken Russell’s best movie released in the 1960s, Women in Love is also up there with the filmmaker’s best-known works regardless of the decade released.
- 'The Boy Friend' (1971) Starring: Twiggy, Christopher Gable, Max Adrian. Being a little less bizarre than Tommy, but still feeling quite strange in places, The Boy Friend is another intriguing musical film directed by Ken Russell, and probably the director's best within the genre.
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Ken Russell. Director: The Devils. Ken Russell tried several professions before choosing to become a film director; he was a still photographer and a dancer and he even served in the Army, but film was his destiny. He began by making several short films which paved the way for his brilliant television films of the 1960s that are acclaimed for his attention to detail and opulent visuals. His ...
- July 3, 1927
- November 27, 2011
Nov 28, 2011 · Ken Russell was a larger than life character who was one of the most controversial directors in British cinema. He specialised in the interpretation of the great classical composers, extravaganzas ...
Nov 29, 2011 · Ken Russell, Director Fond of Provocation, Dies at 84. Ken Russell, the English filmmaker and writer whose outsize personality matched the confrontational brashness of his movies, among them ...
Apr 5, 2024 · Ken Russell (born July 3, 1927, Southampton, Hampshire, England—died November 27, 2011, Lymington, Hampshire) was a British motion-picture director whose use of shock and sensationalism earned him both praise and reprehension from critics. The son of a shoe-store owner, Russell became a cadet at the Nautical College at Pangbourne and ...
