Ken Russell

Made films the shows talk about.

Wikidata Q55249: matched by corpus:resolve, told apart by Wikidata joins them to The Devils, which Physical Media Strikes Back With Tim Simons credits them on.

Counted as director, the making department they hold the most credits in. The films the hosts said they directed, which the two lists below run through too: Mahler (1974); The Devils (1977); Altered States; Crimes of Passion; The Boyfriend; Women in Love.

Draws on

What the speakers say they, or a film of theirs, drew on. Each is a speaker's account: “the maker said so” when they report the maker's own words, “the host's read” when the read is theirs.

No line says they, or a film of theirs, drew on anything.

Drawn on by

What the speakers say drew on them or a film of theirs, marked the same way.

Tár (2022): 2 lines

lineage (spiritual forebear) · them, directly: Ken Russell ⇒ Tár (the host's read). Russell's melodramatic operatic composer biopics like Mahler are a Tar precursor.
“He made a lot of, um, uh, like melodramatic, stylish operatic recreations of composers lives, like Mahler.”
The Big Picture · Physical Media Strikes Back With Tim Simons · 1:12:01 · Sean Fennessey (0.50 sure it was them)
lineage (precursor) · through Mahler (1974), which they directed: Mahler ⇒ Tár (the host's read). Ken Russell's composer-life films like Mahler are a precursor to Tar.
“It is kind of a tar precursor.”
The Big Picture · Physical Media Strikes Back With Tim Simons · 1:12:15 · Sean Fennessey (0.50 sure it was them)

What the speakers said they did

Directing (8) everyone in directing

director, Crimes of Passion (The Rewatchables, ‘The War of the Roses’ With Bill Simmons, Mallory Rubin, and Amanda Dobbins)
director, The Devils (The Big Picture, ‘Resident Evil’ Absolutely Rips!)
director, The Devils (The Big Picture, Physical Media Strikes Back With Tim Simons)
director, The Boyfriend (The Big Picture, Physical Media Strikes Back With Tim Simons)
director, Altered States (The Big Picture, Physical Media Strikes Back With Tim Simons)
director, Women in Love (The Big Picture, Physical Media Strikes Back With Tim Simons)
director, Mahler (The Big Picture, Physical Media Strikes Back With Tim Simons)
director, Crimes of Passion (Blank Check — Patreon, 2025 March Madness Update 1)

Other (1) everyone in other

director attached to a planned adaptation, A Clockwork Orange (Blank Check — Patreon, A Clockwork Orange with Alex Ross Perry (Ad-Free))

What was said about them, by kind

lineage (1)

lineage (spiritual forebear): Ken Russell → Tár. Russell's melodramatic operatic composer biopics like Mahler are a Tar precursor.
“He made a lot of, um, uh, like melodramatic, stylish operatic recreations of composers lives, like Mahler.”
The Big Picture · Physical Media Strikes Back With Tim Simons · 1:12:01 · Sean Fennessey (0.50 sure it was them)

people (1)

people (directed): The Devils → Ken Russell. The Devils is Ken Russell's, about France and the church, a psychotic opera of horror.
“This is Ken Russell's, I think 1977.”
The Big Picture · Physical Media Strikes Back With Tim Simons · 0:46:06 · Sean Fennessey (0.50 sure it was them)

unmapped (2)

unmapped (portal): The Devils → Ken Russell. The Devils is a portal to Russell's other 70s and 80s films, each with Russellian insanity.
“Like the devil's is a portal to other Ken Russell movies”
The Big Picture · Physical Media Strikes Back With Tim Simons · 0:49:33 · Tim Simons (0.60 sure it was them)
unmapped (earlier attempt): Ken Russell → A Clockwork Orange. Ken Russell was planning to make the book before Kubrick got it.
“Ken Russell, who's very logical at time, was planning on making this intro.”
Blank Check — Patreon · A Clockwork Orange with Alex Ross Perry (Ad-Free) · 1:19:31 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)

Fun items about them

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