tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5497928641398322495.post8050742267403275739..comments2024-02-04T20:47:06.984-05:00Comments on Junta Juleil's Culture Shock: Film Review: CRIMES OF PASSION (1984, Ken Russell)Sean Gillhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00537515557596273876noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5497928641398322495.post-56133274661951262352010-12-21T17:14:32.725-05:002010-12-21T17:14:32.725-05:00Gotta love Ken Russell. I am a huge WHITE WORM fa...Gotta love Ken Russell. I am a huge WHITE WORM fan, but from a serious cineaste's point of view, I have to bow down to THE DEVILS and THE MUSIC LOVERS as the best, THE MUSIC LOVERS occupying an unbudgeable spot in my all time top ten. There are not many directors who I think belong in the Sight and Sound Top Ten yet also have works that I'd reserve for a drunken Saturday night, but Ken Russell is definitely one of them, which may well be the measure of a truly great director!Sean Gillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00537515557596273876noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5497928641398322495.post-86136933324606054002010-12-21T10:52:29.655-05:002010-12-21T10:52:29.655-05:00Watching a Ken Russell film is akin to taking some...Watching a Ken Russell film is akin to taking some really bad acid. Or so I've been told.<br /><br />Truth be told, this is one of his more tamer efforts but still gonzo but normal standards. LAIR OF THE WHITE WORM is still my fave. Man, what an odd movie THAT is.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08164105442273577128noreply@blogger.com