Thread: Ken Russell...we hardly knew ye.

So, I was on ebay the other day, probably looking for Howdy Doody memorabilia, and looked for DVD copies of The Devils, and yeah, some look really tempting and cheap. Maybe.

I have used ebay to get random stuff like El Topo (when the DVD hadn't been released) with mixed results, but sometimes its better than nothing.

But, yeah, I have been wanting to watch The Devils for a while. I think its considered to be part of the so called nunsploitation genre.

Hahaha! I watched this movie called Satánico pandemonium, which is probably Mexico's Citizen Kane, lol, and it did have nuns, satan, and weird stuff that makes me think that I am missing out by not being Catholic or something. Hahaha.

So I am really interested to see how Russell approached this type of thing. I know it's based on some book written Aldous Huxley, who I want to meet in the afterlife and drop acid with, so it's probably just all out weird. If my memory serve me correctly Warner was talking about releasing it some years ago on DVD and chickened out. I almost don't want to see this because it's one of those unless its one of the most outrageous things ever it will disappoint because of the taboo the films been made to be.

Don't mind me, I drank too much of the kool aid today.

Orph, have you seen many nunsploitation films? If so, any you recommend?

I think the only one I've ever seen is School Of The Holy Beast, which was pretty awesome.

Not anything besides the one I mentioned. I don't really know too much about those types of movies actually. :/

Well, ****.

Bah! It's all about what have you done for me lately around here.

No, no, it's just that I don't know anyone who knows their nunsploitation and I was hoping.

There's gotta be a letsgonusexploitin' somewhere on the internet.

A TRIBUTE TO KEN RUSSELL (1927 - 2011)

Director Ken Russell (1927 - 2011) was one of England's most iconoclastic, provocative and visually (and aurally) stunning directors. He first made a name for himself at the BBC, where he inaugurated a series of unconventional biopics of composers - a form he would continue to explore on the big screen. His breakthrough came in 1969 with the feature film adaptation of D.H. Lawrence's WOMEN IN LOVE, a taboo-shattering classic that garnered Russell an Oscar nomination. From that point on he embarked on one audacious masterpiece after another, including a rock opera with The Who (TOMMY), a science fiction head trip (ALTERED STATES) and more unorthodox treatments of composers' lives (THE MUSIC LOVERS, LISZTOMANIA, MAHLER).

Join us at the Cinematheque for a tribute to the work of Ken Russell, including the beloved yet controversial horror film THE DEVILS.

Damn. I'm tempted.

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