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Ken Russell's "Lisztomania" has little, if anything, to do with the life and music of Franz Liszt - or of Wagner, Beethoven, Chopin and the other unfortunates it tramples on the way to its manic conclusion. No, this isn't a biography, not even in the sense that Russell ravaged poor Tchaikovsky in "The Music Lovers." It's a berserk exercise of demented genius, and on that level (I want to make ...
Lisztomania is a total mess, but it's a mess with Ken Russell's typical grandiosity and oddness of vision. Sep 1, 2019 Full Review Read all reviews Audience Reviews View All (70) ...
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Ultimately, Lisztomania is less a film than a comic boot pastiche. Its humor is, by turns, dazzling and lead-footed. Compared to THE MUSIC LOVERS (another Russell bio-pic, this time about Tchaikovsky), Lisztomania is, for all it gleeful, lip-smacking gusto, a rather tired affair, largely because it's metaphors are so pedantic and literal-minded.
Lisztomania is a total mess, but it's a mess with Ken Russell's typical grandiosity and oddness of vision. Full Review | Sep 1, 2019 Jesús Fernández Santos El Pais (Spain)
Lisztomania is a 1975 British surreal biographical musical comedy film written and directed by Ken Russell about the 19th-century composer Franz Liszt. The screenplay is derived, in part, from the book Nélida by Marie d'Agoult (1848), about her affair with Liszt. Depicting the flamboyant Liszt as the first classical pop star, Lisztomania ...
Jan 29, 1976 · Lisztomania: Directed by Ken Russell. With Roger Daltrey, Sara Kestelman, Paul Nicholas, Ringo Starr. Composer and pianist Franz Liszt (Roger Daltrey) attempts to overcome his hedonistic life-style while repeatedly being drawn back into it by the many women in his life and fellow composer Richard Wagner (Paul Nicholas).
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Jul 11, 2022 · Oh, and, unlike Mozart, Franz Liszt has a spaceship. Few films pack as much anarchy and anachronism into two hours as Lisztomania. It’s the kind of high budget, low commercial potential, hard R-Rated film ultimately rendered extinct by the blockbuster business model of Jaws and Star Wars. The film does contain a surprising amount of genuine ...
