Tag Archives: Ringo Starr
The Point (1971)
Everything has a point if you look closely enough. This was the revelation singer/songwriter Harry Nilsson discovered while tripping on acid and wandering into the woods near his home in early 1970. The trees had points, and their branches had … Continue reading
Posted in Late Night TV
Tagged 70's, Alan Thicke, Animation, Dustin Hoffman, Fantasy, Fred Wolf, Harry Nilsson, lovable animals, LSD, Made-For-TV Movie, Psychedelic, Ringo Starr, Surreal
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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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Lisztomania (1975)
“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
Posted in Theater Ballroom
Tagged 70's, biopic, Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Frankenstein, Ken Russell, Nietzsche, Oliver Reed, Psychedelic, Ringo Starr, Rock Musical, Roger Daltrey, slapstick, Vampire, Wagner
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