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Mahler (1974)

Posted on March 31, 2014 at 1:41 am by Jeff Kuykendall

Following the notoriety branded him by the one-two of The Music Lovers (1970) and The Devils (1971), hellion filmmaker Ken Russell pressed on with a string of smaller-scale and more accessible British films, but these nonetheless reinforced the fact that … Continue reading →

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Savage Messiah (1972)

Posted on August 24, 2012 at 6:00 am by Jeff Kuykendall

Savage Messiah (1972) charts the life of Henri Gaudier-Brzeska (1891-1915), a French sculptor and painter of the Vorticism movement whose promising career was cut short by tragedy. Most biopics have more decades of life from which to draw, which also … Continue reading →

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Lisztomania (1975)

Posted on August 18, 2012 at 2:09 pm by Jeff Kuykendall

“Ooh, sparkly!” So spoke my wife at the opening image of Lisztomania (1975), a metronome bedecked in glitter, ticking away on a table in a silvery bedchamber. How could she have doubted me? A moment earlier, she’d said, “This film … Continue reading →

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