Ken Russell at the BBC
(DVD)

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Movie (Informational) - North Wing Basement709.05 K33#1-3On Shelf

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Format
DVD
Physical Desc
3 videodiscs (409 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
UPC
883929019694

Notes

General Note
Song of summer based on Delius as I knew him by Eric Fenby.
General Note
The visionary award-winning English director, Ken Russell, is best known for his attention to detail and his flamboyant and controversial style. As the first documentary film maker to use re-enactments, he established himself as a ground-breaking pioneer. The early Ken Russell works in this collection set new standards in documentary filmmaking and paved the way for a brilliant career that has spanned six decades.
General Note
Special features of this DVD set: Ken Russell in conversation (disc 1) ; Late night line-up: Russell at work (disc 2).
Creation/Production Credits
Writers, Melvyn Bragg, Eric Fenby, Austin Frazer, Ken Russell, Sewell Stokes, Huw Wheldon ; Elgar producer, Humphrey Burton.
Participants/Performers
Max Adrian, Peter Bowles, Peter Brett, Christopher Gable, Rowena Gregory, George McGrath, Vivian Pickles, Oliver Reed.
Description
Elgar: A partly dramatized account of the life of classical composer Sir Edward Elgar.
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The Debussy film: An impression of the music and life of the French composer Claude Debussy.
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Always on Sunday: An interpretation of the life of French primitive painter Henri Douanier Rousseau.
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Isadora : the biggest dancer in the world: A dramatized biography of the American dancer Isadora Duncan.
Description
Dante's inferno: A film showing the private life of the emotional poet and painter Dante Gabriel Rossetti.
Description
Song of summer: A biography of the last five years of Frederick Delius, the blind and paralyzed composer.
Target Audience
Not rated.
System Details
DVD.
Language
Closed captioned for the hearing impaired.

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Citations

APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)

Elgar, E., Debussy, C., Rousseau, H., Duncan, I., Rossetti, D. G., Delius, F., Burton, H., Adrian, M., Bowles, P., Brett, P. V., Gable, C., Gregory, R., McGrath, G., Pickles, V., Reed, O., & Russell, K. (2008). Ken Russell at the BBC . Warner Home Video.

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Edward Elgar et al.. 2008. Ken Russell At the BBC. Warner Home Video.

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Edward Elgar et al.. Ken Russell At the BBC Warner Home Video, 2008.

MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)

Elgar, Edward, et al. Ken Russell At the BBC Warner Home Video, 2008.

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