WIP - still-image sourced from Ken Russell's 1969 film "Women In Love" because what's a late-sixties classic-literature art movie without two best mates wrestling naked in front of a roaring fire? 🤷‍♂️

Well fuck, I thought there might be at least *one* Ken Russell die-hard out there. I guess not? He used to be considered a somewhat avant-garde, boundary-pushing film director in his time, but by today's standards maybe he's a bit of a tired old boomer.

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noooooooo i love ken russell
& women in love!

I love Ken Russell too. Even when he fails, he fails in interesting ways. "The Lair of the White Worm" and "Crimes of Passion", for instance. Neither of them great, but they have terrific moments and they're certainly not boring.

i've yet to see White Worm but they all are great to look at for sure. my faves so far are Salome's Last Dance, Dante's Inferno and Amelia & the Angel. he works really well in b&w too i think. & i'd love to see https://letterboxd.com/film/alice-in-russialand/ someone needs to dig through the tv archives

👀  that would be amazing!

russell is one of those directors i hold off watching all films because i need to know that i still have some films from them left that i haven't seen yet. i will probably die not having seen all of them in the end but that's okay 😅

"Lair of the White Worm" is good, cheesy, horror-comedy fun. Amanda Donohoe steals every single scene she's in and the movie is enjoyable precisely for that reason. I'm going to try to find "Alice in Russialand" ... !!