The Devils
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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.
- 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.
Ken Russell's overwrought film "Crimes of Passion", in which good performances and an interesting idea are metamorphosed into one of the silliest movies in a long time.
Known for his explorations of sexuality, religion, music and history via a prism of stylized excess, filmmaker Ken Russell was often hailed as a visionary and the successor to Fellini.
Tomatometer®Audience ScoreTitleCredit27%15%DirectorNo Score Yet74%Reverend Caleb Dane Calthrop (Character)51%42%Nightgown Man (Character)No Score Yet43%Unknown (Character), DirectorNov 28, 2011 · Mon 28 Nov 2011 09.37 EST. Ken Russell, who has died aged 84, was so often called rude names – the wild man of British cinema, the apostle of excess, the oldest angry young man in the business...
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.
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Nov 27, 2011 · Known for his explorations of sexuality, religion, music and history via a prism of stylized excess, filmmaker Ken Russell was often hailed as a visionary and the successor to Fellini.
