Tag Archives: 80’s
The Thief and the Cobbler: A Moment in Time (1992)
Richard Williams, the legendary Canadian-born animator who authored The Animator’s Survival Kit and won an Oscar for Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988), spent almost three decades of his life trying to complete an Arabian Nights-style adventure pushing the animated form … Continue reading
Posted in Theater Inkwell
Tagged 70's, 80's, 90's, Animation, Anthony Quayle, Arabian Nights, cyclops, Donald Pleasence, Fantasy, Psychedelic, Richard Williams, Surreal, Vincent Price, Witch
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24 Hours with Ken Russell
There is a Monty Python sketch which only lasts about twenty-five seconds, but that’s all it needs. Stately music plays on the soundtrack. It’s a simple country garden. A businessman enters the scene, pursued by a nude woman. They’re chased by … Continue reading
Posted in Marathon
Tagged 60's, 70's, 80's, Amanda Donohoe, Ann-Margret, Automaton, Christ, Christopher Gable, Comedy, demons, Drama, Elton John, Eric Clapton, Frankenstein, Gabriel Byrne, Glenda Jackson, horror, Hugh Grant, Imogen Millais-Scott, Jack Nicholson, Julian Sands, Ken Russell, Liszt, Madness, Mahler, Mary Shelley, Max Adrian, Michael Gough, Musical, Natasha Richardson, Oliver Reed, Oscar Wilde, Peter Capaldi, Peter Vaughan, Pinball, Richard Chamberlain, Ringo Starr, Rock Musical, Roger Daltrey, Surreal, Tchaikovsky, The Devil, The Who, Timothy Spall, Tina Turner, Tommy Tune, Twiggy, Vanessa Redgrave
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