ReFocus : The Films of Ken Russell / edited by Matthew Melia.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Melia, Matthew, editor.

Series:

ReFocus: the international directors series.

ReFocus

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Russell, Ken, 1927-2011--Criticism and interpretation.

Russell, Ken.

Motion picture producers and directors--Great Britain.

Motion picture producers and directors.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xvi, 304 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press Ltd, [2023]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

Ken Russell was among the most provocative, creative, original and important directors in British film and television history but his career and legacy have long suffered under the media clichés of 'Madman' or 'Enfant Terrible' of British cinema - nicknames which have tended to delegitimise his status and pioneering role in post-war film and television culture.<br><br>This scholarly edited collection refuses these terms and aims to not only reflect and further current critical research into Russell's work but to see Russell as the Renaissance man of British cinema. It brings together the work of new and established scholars as well as the reflections of those who knew and worked with Russell. <i>ReFocus: The Films of Ken Russell</i> offers new perspectives across the breadth of Russell's extensive career in television, film and other mediums, and seeks to better understand not only his reception, but the importance of collaboration to his practice, and the legacy of the man himself.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Figures

Notes on Contributors

Acknowledgements

Foreword

Introduction

Part 1 Contextualising Ken Russell

Chapter 1 Ken Russell: The Boy behind the Man

Chapter 2 Performed Masculinities: Oliver Reed in Ken Russell's Films of the 'Long 1960s'

Chapter 3 Ken Russell's Gothic Modernism

Part 2 Ken Russell and Television

Chapter 4 Ken Russell and Television Advertising

Chapter 5 Quartet: Ken Russell's Painter Biopics and How they Anticipate the Later Cinematic Work

Chapter 6 'An Authentic Part of the History of European Painting': Ken Russell's Early Engagement with the Pre-Raphaelites

Part 3 Design, Staging and Stardom

Chapter 7 Shirley Russell and the Role of The Boy Friend in 1970s Retro

chapter 8 'No Better Director to Learn From': The Collaboration and Parallel Careers of Ken Russell and Derek Jarman

Chapter 9 The Hermeneutics of Noise: The Sounds of Salvation in Ken Russell's Tommy

Chapter 10 Mythologising Valentino: Stardom, Biography and Performance in Ken Russell's Valentino

Part 4 Transgression and the Russell Legacy

Chapter 11 An Extraordinary Parallel: Ken Russell and Dennis Potter Side by Side

Chapter 12 Ken Russell and the Sexual Dimension of the Outsider Artist: An Exploration of Elgar: The Erotic Variations and Delius: A Moment with Venus

Chapter 13 A Short History of Ken Russell's Films in Japan

Chapter 14 Nicolas Winding Refn and the Ken Russell Style

Part 5 A Word from the Editor . . .

Chapter 15 Ken Russell's Song of Summer: The Virtue of Restraint

Index

Notes:

Includes index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-4744-7768-2

1-4744-7767-4

OCLC:

1371574002