1812 Overture (according to Ken Russell)

[chrisMsimon]

Wish Tim Burton who did Alice in Wonderland relatively brilliantly with Mia Wasikowska,Johnny Depp, Helena Bonham Carter, Anne Hathaway, Stephen Fry, Alan Rickman: Would get together with all these actors who loved Ken Russell & arrest his script & casting list for Ken's Alice In Wonderland - The Musical - just APPROVED and BUDGETED before this great Master suddenly died! Ken Russell making Alice In Wonderland is TAILOR-MADE & would be OSCAR material. MUSIC? Interesting too..Maybe Pop/Electro?

[Bizarronumber4]

RIP Ken Russell,1927-2011.

[Messylin]

I hope he went out like this. Raise a glass to the Master!!!! 1927 - 2011

[machtrebel]

@Messylin I like your comment

[GreenshirtMr1023]

The 1812 Overture: Tchaikovsky doing "Leave Britney Alone" 107 years before the birth of Chris Crocker.

[GreenshirtMr1023]

The 1812 Overture: Tchaikovsky doing "Leave Britney Alone" 107 years before the birth of Chris Crocker.

[GOCHICOAPRODUCTIONS]

wtf did i just see

[x2mars]

best bells all time

[tornhill1]

At the end of June this year THE MUSIC LOVERS finally comes to DVD in the UK!

[SkeletorRAGE]

Guy with the cigar is awesome

[klavac]

???

[Pfaffenfresser1]

I ask again: which sort of drugs causes such phantasies as shown in this film?

[Pfaffenfresser1]

Please! I like to take the drugs which have been consumed by the people, who made this movie! Please! Please - and quick! I'm sadly gettin depressed again at the moment ...

[BrickLaneBetty]

@Pfaffenfresser1 Mahler, Elgar, Liszt, vintage films, sex , baby making, good food and champagne. Those are Ken's drugs!

[Michaeljahosaphat]

Hard to believe that this was a somewhat serious movie after this part...

[QuarterMasterGeneral]

Fantastic stuff. I was an young 16 year old extra playing a Russian soldier in this sequence. Russell had us pulling Chamberlin around the back lot at Bray Studios all day, something like 26 takes and ending up printing take 1 ...! The climax of the sequence with Chamberlin on the rooftops with the 1812 blaring out loudly on playback still ranks as one of the most moving moments in my life ...

[chh5555]

@QuarterMasterGeneral Great story!!! Thanks for sharing.

[TravellerFellow]

OMG !!!!! ha ha ha ha ha ***** and thanks for posting this, I had almost forgotten it.

[jonycuddlesgert]

Shining MASTERPIECE of filmmaking, by the Master of Fantasy: KenR. ... His very BEST of ALL was the true TRUE pastiche of the "holy roman church"... titled, of course: "THE DEVILS". Wondrous movie making. ... JF.

[presutton]

The film is in anamorphic widescreen, this 4.3 clip doesn't do it justice. It's a crime against English Art that Ken Russell's film of The Music Lovers isn't available to the pubic.

[dloverise]

where can i watch this film online

[stephengnelson]

i dont get it

[7come11two]

Hilarious. I loved it.

[PZK12]

Brilliant. Ken at his best.

Tchailovsky here is blowing away his critics. Like many composers he was trashed in the early days.

In order to make money he went on gruelling tour as a conductor. Which brought him wealth but no satisfaction as a composer.

Pity that no one is prepared to make films about composes now. Ken for a long time has wanted to make a film about Berlioz.

[JackDanielsFinest]

In Russia he was honored, in the West he was trashed.

[Stravinsky91]

That would have been great :D

[mahler151]

This'd probably make much more sense if I saw the rest of the movie up to this point...

[almadora]

happy 82 birthday ken, as of the 3rd of July. i want you to film my life story. seriously.

[pvssymaster]

Ken Russell was certainly one of the more unique directors out there. I think his British upbringing had something to do with this. Besides this movie, Russell made the Oscar-winning film Women in Love (1969), The Devils, based on Aldous Huxley's very interesting book (1971), The Who's Tommy (1975), and the sci-fi film Altered States (1980) as well as Whore and some other movies about composers (Liszt and Mahler) and the famouos dancer Nijinsky. His was a unique, if bizarre, style.

[tornhill1]

Simply jaw dropping...

[Gazzy150]

wow nice cars!!

ow wait, cars came in 1909. my bad.

[herakles120]

hahaha! i like those golden onion domes!

[sondano]

Such a freaking fantastic movie!

[demf4]

Tommy, the 1812 version.

[Anibaal]

Esta película es sobre la vida de P. I. TCHAIKOVSKY? Pues de ser así es una escena sumamente conmovedora. Al principio me causó gracia, pero luego, tiene su carga pesada sobrellevada por lo cómico, ya que Tchaikovsky era homosexual y se casó para tapar todo... Eso se puede ver, si de esto se trata, en el deseo de fuga del compositor, que luego es atrapado y... ¡a dirigir la batuta!

[ChalieChaplin]

Wonderful!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[kenubita]

KEN RUSSEL IS BRILLIANT

[pcw4711]

wy isn't it in E-flat =(

[cease2xist2]

Ken Russell - never short of energy!

[20038595]

lol friggen hilarious

[paladinblancocristo]

me gustaria preguntar que significa este trozo de pelicula

[edgarduberli]

Para mi, debe representar el escape de su funeral o de su matrimonio. Escogencia al gusto.

:-)

[tornhill1]

Marvelous!

[adriano6k]

What is this movie about? It looks kind a cool.

[BlueCougar]

Tchaikovsky.

[Targaeryen]

Don't know, but they blew off heads in a Monty Python kind of way, that's good enough for me

[sondano]

It's Ken Russell's interpretation of Tchaikowsky's life. I think the best movie ever.

[Bizarronumber4]

This is my favorite sequence in The Music Lovers. Pure Ken Russell!

[ltmikepowell]

Perhaps we should pay our tribute to Tchaikovsky for composed this cinematic and entertaining music piece.

[thecarrotdude]

wtf??

[Pfth]

I remember Glenda Jackson's performance in this - she was totally captivating - particularly during the sequences when she descends into insanity. I must have seen this about 20 years ago and I've never forgotten it. That surely is a testament to the film's lasting appeal...

[Pfth]

Whoops - just found out that it is available as a DVD. If you type "The Music Lovers (clip) 1812 overture" into the search box, you can find a link to an online catalogue of rare movies - couldn't tell you what the quality is like though - probably just conversions from VHS..?

[ECondit]

This was an old movie with Richard Chamberline on the biography of the quite gay Tchiovsky. I forget the name, but it was good. Anyone remember the name? I saw it years ago..

[Knightdragon13]

where can I get the full film???

[Pfth]

You can't get the full film anywhere - I've been trying to get one myself for about the last twenty years. God knows why it hasn't been released on DVD.

[monkynmee57]

This proves so much--That Ken Russell is brilliant, and that he is also completely, certifiably insane. I saw this movie in a revival theater a few years ago and felt more dizzy than when I watched all the Matrix films in one sitting. Awesome!

[chrisMsimon]

@monkynmee57 agreed, but disgusted by those now praising Russell, who ignored his portfolio genius. One of my all time schoolkid FAVES woz The Music Lovers. Ken had no F-book ;Twitter or Social Media. Neither did Tchaikovsky. He had a Matriarch supporting GENIUS! Ken Russell had many Matriarchs & MILLIONS of fans adoring VISION that was: Women In Love; The Devis; The Boyfriend; Mahler; Tommy; Gothic; Lair of the White Worm; Whore; ALTERED STATES! Make sequels in Heaven, Ken baby ^_^

[monkynmee57]

Yes! I remember when they had a "Russellfest" in the 90's, people were lined up around the block for "Altered States" but there were only a few of us for "Savage Messiah," which he offered (at least at the time) as being one of his personal favorites and the film was certainly an example of his more subtle abilities...and a hell of a film. His work was always original, inexhaustible and prolific and just too unique for the general public I guess.

[chrisMsimon]

@monkynmee57 thx 4 reply. Not sure insane. Rather, had Keith Moon been a DOP, he would be Ken Russell :) I just know, for me, Women In Love, The Music Lovers, The Devils, Mahler, Tommy, Gothic, Lair Of The White Worm, Lisztomania, Valentino were all big influencers on me at school & Art School. His biopic on Henri Gaudier-Brzeska..I remember Savage Messiah name & that Helen Mirren was in it (?) but never saw! I will now! Altered States made me buy a Float Tank ..Think saw rare Isadora Duncan (?)

[whatsamidgetdo]

would've been better if it was a battle

[plusplusplusplusp]

lol reminds me of "The Goodies"

[kendconcerto]

This is a freaking parody but very entertaining...hhahahaha

[sondano]

It's not a parody at all. It's just pure Ken Russell.

[Roncace]

Whoa! Incredible!

[ItalianDivo101]

Why, oh, why, oh, why isn't this film available on DVD?!?! :-(

[elquijote007]

Glenda Jackson: the best performance ever by any actress. She is unbelievable in this movie.

[sondano]

I think everyone is simply perfect. Even the smaller roles.

[langbry]

The first time I saw this movie, and particularly this scene, I couldn't believe what I was watching. Absolutely brilliant.

[chewie0000]

film

[chewie0000]

Bloody *ucking genius

I wanna see this file at Cinema

[PZK12]

Brilliant. Ken Russell is British film.

[hell00vis]

Otimo..

Muito bom!

[langbry]

Fucking genius.

[mesophyte]

Why was it that minor composers (i.e. Elgar and Delius) could inspire Ken Russell to the heights of cinematic artistry, whilst giants such as Tchaikovsky, Liszt, and Mahler elicited from him the most vile slander?

[langbry]

I see his films on Tchaikovsky and Mahler as loving tributes. The only two composers that he ever openly "slandered" in his films were Richard Strauss and Wagner. But you can't sugarcoat someone's life. If I were to do a film on John Lennon, I can't imagine leaving out his sex-life, drug use, and tormented childhood. Russell is saying that guys like Tchaikovsky and Liszt were the rock stars of their day.

[GoblinGirl]

True. Russell treats the artists like real people, and shows their flaws as well as their plusses. No whitewashing from the great Ken Russell.

[BrickLaneBetty]

I agree with langbry, Russell always treated his music bio subjects with reality and a harshness. Also Tch. in the Music Lovers was definitely not given the vanity treatment. i think Lisztomania just went to far with stylisim and 70's excess.

i did my own tribute to Liszt that you may enjoy ;)

[MichaelDPorter]

@mesophyte I know you made this comment four years ago, but it's an excellent comment, absolutely excellent!

[vandalissimus]

FANTASTIC FILM

[Ogobogo]

very great movie!!!

[Patcall7777]

I Love this film. Thanks for the video clip. Hoping it will come out on DVD soon.

[lawriejaffa]

Well on the contrary, the excess of Ken Russell's visual and creative forms may be financially bankrupt, but not so in terms of inspiration or popularity! Especially among many filmmakers in the UK and Europe :)

[rskershawe]

How is my comment contrary to yours?

[rskershawe]

Is it genius? Ken's films are as eccentric and flamboyant as the decadence of an C18th English Aristocrat's stately pile. They are English Treasures. Extravagance and folly are showcased and both, ultimately, went bankrupt.

[BrickLaneBetty]

I don't agree, he's an almost unrivaled cinematographer and he fought rabidly against English class conversations the way Lindsay Anderson did. Money or not he's still an incredible artist who is a mint original. Few if any current directors can claim that today.

[mascarada2007]

genial, I love this movies and Richard Chamberlain in this role. Thank you!

[donaldintn]

I'm glad I still have my laserdisc of this incredible film! It's among several Ken Russell films that deserves a DVD release, including THE DEVILS, THE BOYFRIEND and SAVAGE MESSIAH.

[ArchieMoore]

go here to petition Warner Bros to release THE DEVILS uncut: petitiononline(dot)com/mod_per­l/signed.cgi?Grandier&151

Has the HELL ON EARTH doco resurfaced anywhere? Want to view that again. That's meant to be on the DVD uncut release too I think

[vandalissimus]

they will never do it...no matter what

[futilityroom]

Ken Russell and proof of his genius!!

[julianveronica]

in a perfect world, his sister's white dress would be mine.