Ken Russell: The Great Composers (Region B)
A Dual Format Edition collection bringing together the career-defining work of Ken Russell at the BBC. Russellās work during the sixties for award-winning arts documentary seriesāĀ MonitorĀ andĀ OmnibusĀ was critically-acclaimed and often seen as a high point in his filmmaking.
The first of the three films,Ā ElgarĀ (1962), portrays in vigorous style the life of the English composer Sir Edward Elgar, with Huw Wheldon narrating his life story over beautiful mountain scenery.
The Debussy FilmĀ (1965), Russellās penultimate film forĀ Monitor, was an ambitious work about the composerās life, written by Melvyn Bragg and starring Oliver Reed as Claude Debussy.
Delius: Song of SummerĀ (1968) is generally regarded (not least by its director) as Russellās best television film ā with many critics citing it as his finest work in any medium. The story traces the life of Eric Fenby and is based on his memoirs of being amanuensis to the blind and paralysed composer Frederick Delius.
The films in this collection have been remastered to High Definition, and are presented on Blu-ray for the very first time.
ā¢Ā ElgarĀ commentary by Michael Kennedy and Ken Russell
ā¢Ā Delius: Song of SummerĀ commentary by Ken Russell
ā¢ Other extras TBC
ā¢ Illustrated booklet with essays and full credits
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$10.15Ken Russell: The Great Composers (Region B)
A Dual Format Edition collection bringing together the career-defining work of Ken Russell at the BBC. Russellās work during the sixties for award-winning arts documentary seriesāĀ MonitorĀ andĀ OmnibusĀ was critically-acclaimed and often seen as a high point in his filmmaking.
The first of the three films,Ā ElgarĀ (1962), portrays in vigorous style the life of the English composer Sir Edward Elgar, with Huw Wheldon narrating his life story over beautiful mountain scenery.
The Debussy FilmĀ (1965), Russellās penultimate film forĀ Monitor, was an ambitious work about the composerās life, written by Melvyn Bragg and starring Oliver Reed as Claude Debussy.
Delius: Song of SummerĀ (1968) is generally regarded (not least by its director) as Russellās best television film ā with many critics citing it as his finest work in any medium. The story traces the life of Eric Fenby and is based on his memoirs of being amanuensis to the blind and paralysed composer Frederick Delius.
The films in this collection have been remastered to High Definition, and are presented on Blu-ray for the very first time.
ā¢Ā ElgarĀ commentary by Michael Kennedy and Ken Russell
ā¢Ā Delius: Song of SummerĀ commentary by Ken Russell
ā¢ Other extras TBC
ā¢ Illustrated booklet with essays and full credits
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A Dual Format Edition collection bringing together the career-defining work of Ken Russell at the BBC. Russellās work during the sixties for award-winning arts documentary seriesāĀ MonitorĀ andĀ OmnibusĀ was critically-acclaimed and often seen as a high point in his filmmaking.
The first of the three films,Ā ElgarĀ (1962), portrays in vigorous style the life of the English composer Sir Edward Elgar, with Huw Wheldon narrating his life story over beautiful mountain scenery.
The Debussy FilmĀ (1965), Russellās penultimate film forĀ Monitor, was an ambitious work about the composerās life, written by Melvyn Bragg and starring Oliver Reed as Claude Debussy.
Delius: Song of SummerĀ (1968) is generally regarded (not least by its director) as Russellās best television film ā with many critics citing it as his finest work in any medium. The story traces the life of Eric Fenby and is based on his memoirs of being amanuensis to the blind and paralysed composer Frederick Delius.
The films in this collection have been remastered to High Definition, and are presented on Blu-ray for the very first time.
ā¢Ā ElgarĀ commentary by Michael Kennedy and Ken Russell
ā¢Ā Delius: Song of SummerĀ commentary by Ken Russell
ā¢ Other extras TBC
ā¢ Illustrated booklet with essays and full credits
