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An archive of Ken Russell news. Click news above for the latest updates.
Ken's house sold
Ken's cottage, destroyed by fire, has been sold for £605,000. The buyer is an explorer, Neil McGrigor, who "completed a mission to find the source of the Nile". Didn´t Speke and Stanley find the source of the Nile in the 1850s? Click on the image for the article.
Ken writing for The Times Every Thursday Ken writes an article on films for The Times.
Highly recommended.
Ken recovered Ken suffered a minor stroke, following the distress of Nipper dying.
If you want to send Ken a message I will pass it to Ken (click
here). Thanks to Archie for the information. And thanks to
everyone who sent in get well messages.
Nipper dies Ken Russell's pet dog Nipper has died. Nipper appeared in a number of Ken's films- the two best appearances were him yawning as Ken lectures him on folk music (In Search of English Folk Music), and emerging from a body in The Fall of the Louse of Usher. This was greeted with cheers and applause at the premiere.
Sight and Sound magazine on Ken Russell (now on-line)
Coinciding with the BFI retrospective, the July 2007 issue of Sight and Sound has two articles on Ken Russell- The Sweet Swell Of Excess by Linda Ruth Williams on his films, and Portraits Of Artists by David Thompson on his works for the BBC's Monitor programme. You can now read one of the articles on-line- click on the image above. Thanks to Martin for the information.
Major Ken Russell photo exhibition
Those of you who saw the Teddy Girls exhibition of Ken's work in London and Rotterdam know how good he was as a photographer. Now you can see more in a major new exhibition, timed to coincide with the BFI retrospective. It is on from 4 July 2007 until September in the Proud Galleries, London. Thanks to Flora for the information. Click on the images for more details.
Time Out vote for favourite film about musicians Time Out, the London weekly listings magazine, is preparing an issue on films about musicians, so they are asking readers to name their favourite films about musicians. If you want to contribute email to musicfilm@timeout.com . Note that it is about real musicians, so Tommy is not valid, whereas Delius/Song of Summer etc are.
Shetland Film Festival, Scotland The Shetland Film Festival in Scotland features various of Ken's films
including Women In Love, The Devils and Tommy. Ken was to appear but
because of ill health will no longer be able to attend. But despite this
as well as the films there will be much more including Ken's editor Michael
Bradsell talking about his partnership with Ken.
Site disruption The site will shortly move to a larger server. This means it
may be down for a couple of days.
Madame Butterfly exhibition
In celebration of the 100th anniversary of Puccini’s opera Madama
Butterfly, the McNay Art Museum in San Antonio, Texas, USA has an exhibition
charting the history of the story. The exhibition features an array of
diverse works including manuscripts, photographs, posters, playbills, costumes,
and programs. Ken Russell's 1983 Madama Butterfly is also included. It is
on from 16 May- 29 July 2007. Click on the image for details. Major Ken Russell retrospective The British Film Institute in London host a major film retrospective in July. The films include: 1 Jul 2007 Isadora, Marie Rambert Remembers On 16 Jul 2007 Ken Russell and Melvyn Bragg are in
conversation. Thanks to Alex for the information. The retrospective was to include The Dance of the Seven Veils, but presumably even the BFI couldn't get past the censorship.
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