Ken Russell, filmmaker, provocateur, artist, died November 27, 2011 at the age of 84. He leaves behind a catalog of stunning, controversial, beautiful--and some not so good--films. The world is a better place for his vision and passion for the extreme and the fantastical.
Below: Scenes from the film adaptation of The Who's rock opera "Tommy"
starring Roger Daltrey, Ann-Margret, and Oliver Reed, directed by Ken Russell.
starring Roger Daltrey, Ann-Margret, and Oliver Reed, directed by Ken Russell.
Below: Scenes from the hallucinatory "Altered States"
starring William Hurt, directed by Ken Russell.
starring William Hurt, directed by Ken Russell.
Below: scenes from the infamous naked "wrestling" scene between Oliver Reed and Alan Bates
for Russell's adaptation of D.H. Lawrence's classic novel "Women In Love."
for Russell's adaptation of D.H. Lawrence's classic novel "Women In Love."
"Tommy" was, for me personally, a highly influential film on my development as a human, an actor, a writer, an artist, and believe it or not, as an interior designer.
