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UNITED KINGDOM · 1970
The Music Lovers
Ken Russell
Synopsis
The Music Lovers is a 1971 British drama film directed by Ken Russell and starring Richard Chamberlain and Glenda Jackson. The screenplay by Melvyn Bragg, based on Beloved Friend, a collection of personal correspondence edited by Catherine Drinker Bowen and Barbara von Meck, focuses on the life and career of 19th-century Russian composer Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky. It was one of the director's biogr
Cinema Atlas Connection
Ken Russell has always been a big influence, especially his use of sound and how he really pushed boundaries with historical drama. The Music Lovers is a prime example of his extreme style, which I find very inspiring for creating atmospheric worlds.
Ken Russell has always been a big influence, especially his use of sound and how he really pushed boundaries with historical drama. The Music Lovers is a prime example of his extreme style.
— Ken Russell · MUBI Notebook interview with Peter Strickland
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