Elgar. Debussy film. Always on Sunday. Isadora : the biggest dancer in the world. Dante's inferno. Song of summer.
Notes:
Title from container. Starring: Max Adrian, Peter Bowles, Peter Brett, Christopher Gable, Rowena Gregory, George McGrath, Vivian Pickles, Oliver Reed. 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.
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).
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.
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