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Ken Russell at the BBC

DVD

2008

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Format:	DVD, Videorecording, Projected Medium, Visual Materials
Title:	Ken Russell [videorecording] : at the BBC / BBC Worldwide Ltd. ; produced and directed by Ken Russell.
Publisher, Date:	[Great Britain] : BBC Video : Burbank, Calif : Distributed in the USA and Canada by Warner Home Video Inc., c2008.
Description:	3 videodiscs (409 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in.
Summary:	Elgar: A partly dramatized account of the life of classical composer Sir Edward Elgar. The Debussy film: An impression of the music and life of the French composer Claude Debussy. Always on Sunday: An interpretation of the life of French primitive painter Henri Douanier Rousseau. Isadora : the biggest dancer in the world: A dramatized biography of the American dancer Isadora Duncan. Dante's inferno: A film showing the private life of the emotional poet and painter Dante Gabriel Rossetti. Song of summer: A biography of the last five years of Frederick Delius, the blind and paralyzed composer.
Subjects:	Elgar, Edward, 1857-1934. Debussy, Claude, 1862-1918. Rousseau, Henri, 1844-1910. Duncan, Isadora, 1877-1927. Rossetti, Dante Gabriel, 1828-1882. Delius, Frederick, 1862-1934. Documentary films. Biographical films.
Other Author:	Russell, Ken, 1927-2011. Burton, Humphrey, 1931- Bragg, Melvyn, 1939- Fenby, Eric, 1906-1997. Frazer, Austin. Stokes, Sewell, 1902-1979. Wheldon, Huw, 1916-1986. Adrian, Max, 1902-1973. Bowles, Peter, 1936-2022 Brett, Peter. Gable, Christopher. Gregory, Rowena, 1929- McGrath, George. Pickles, Vivian. Reed, Oliver, 1938-1999. Fenby, Eric, 1906-1997. Delius as I knew him. BBC Worldwide Ltd. BBC Video (Firm) Warner Home Video (Firm)
Other Title:	Elgar. Debussy film. Always on Sunday. Isadora : the biggest dancer in the world. Dante's inferno. Song of summer.
Notes:	Title from container. Song of summer based on Delius as I knew him by Eric Fenby. "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."--Container. Special features: Ken Russell in conversation; Late night line-up: Russell at work. Writers, Melvyn Bragg, Eric Fenby, Austin Frazer, Ken Russell, Sewell Stokes, Huw Wheldon ; Elgar producer, Humphrey Burton. Starring: Max Adrian, Peter Bowles, Peter Brett, Christopher Gable, Rowena Gregory, George McGrath, Vivian Pickles, Oliver Reed. DVD9 (2 discs), DVD (1 disc), NTSC, region 1, 4:3 aspect ratio; Dolby digital mono. English; closed-captioned for the hearing impaired.
Contents:	Disc 1. Elgar (1962) ; The Debussy film (1965) ; Always on Sunday (1965) -- Disc 2. Isadora : the biggest dancer in the world (1966) ; Dante's inferno (1967) -- Disc 3. Song of summer (1968).
ISBN:	141986856X 9781419868566
Publisher Number:	3000017038
Other Number:	259213431
System Availability:	1
Current Holds:	0
# Local items:	1
Control Number:	224303
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Call Number:	DVD TV Ken Russ
Medium:	[videorecording]

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