Dec 7, 2011 | Arts Journal
Eyewitness: Ken Russell, by his son
We are privileged to publish the first family memoir of the late film director .
He was a flamboyant and often decried director, but he made some classic films that will live on for a long, long time and he gave British cinema an edge, often at times where there was nothing more than a soft pillow.
Gregory Weinkauf: In Memoriam Ken Russell: A Supergenius of Cinema Has Departed
Too often, people's concept of motion pictures involves heated discussions over totally disposable information such as which movie will be, fleetingly, #1 at the box-office. You know what? Who cares! Let us never forget that cinema, however entertaining, is an art form.
Farewell to wild man of cinema Ken Russell
The late film director Ken Russell with British model Twiggy on the set of 'The Boy Friend' in 1971.
The news are all over the web , the film director Ken Russell has died. Eternally controversial, enfant terrible, fiercely independent he will be remembered for films like Women in Love, The Billion Dollar Brain, The Devils, Lisztomania, Altered States or the opera rock Tommy.
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