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Film6.5BelgeselA portrait of the life and work of the great Hungarian composer Béla Bartók, exploring both his music and his passionate interest in his country's folklore.
Bela Bartók
1964 · 2 votes
Film7.1DramBelgeselAn astonishing documentary of the life of classical composer Sir Edward Elgar. This partly dramatised account is remarkable for its sensitive portrayal of the rise of a young musician from an underprivileged background to international fame.
Elgar
1962 · 10 votes
FilmBelgeselMarking Play for Today’s 50th anniversary, Drama Out of a Crisis is a compelling exploration of the series, its origins, achievements, controversies and legacies. Featuring a rich and surprising range of archive extracts and original interviews with many who created the series, including producers Kenith Trodd, Margaret Matheson and Richard Eyre, and directors Mike Leigh, David Hare and Ken Loach.
Film7.0BelgeselMüzikA documentary about the BBC Radiophonic Workshop, responsible for creating some of the most memorable television and radio music in British popular culture, including "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy" and Doctor Who (1963).
The Alchemists of Sound
2003 · 3 votes
Film6.7TV MovieBelgeselA study of Antoni Gaudí's architecture, his sources of inspiration and his influence on Picasso.
Antonio Gaudí
1961 · 3 votes
Film6.3TV MovieBelgeselPop Goes the Easel was Ken Russell’s first full-length documentary for the BBC’s arts series Monitor. It focused on 4 British Pop Artists - Peter Blake, Peter Philips, Pauline Boty and Derek Boshier.
Pop Goes the Easel
1962 · 3 votes
Film7.0Ken Russell directed a short document of German actress (and widow of famed composer Kurt Weill) Lotte Lenya performing many of Weill's best known compositions for BBC TV series "Monitor."
Lotte Lenya Sings Kurt Weill
1961 · 2 votes
Film6.5BelgeselSubtitled 'Portrait of a Soviet Composer', this is the second of Ken Russell's composer biopics.
Prokofiev
1961 · 2 votes
FilmBelgeselInterviews with and performance footage of conductor Sir John Barbirolli.
Film9.0BelgeselThe Preservation Man is about useless objects but here they're part of the artist Bruce Lacey's collection of random junk that is incorporated into his art with their original function is irrelevant. Sensibly, Russell and commentator Huw Wheldon keep analysis to a minimum, preferring to use the film as an excuse to spend a quarter of an hour in Lacey's amiable company.
The Preservation Man
1962 · 1 votes
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Mrs Wilhelmina Sterling shows her vast collection of pre-Raphaelite paintings, pottery and other artefacts at her home in Battersea.
Old Battersea House
1961 · 1 votes