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French Dressing
UNITED KINGDOM · 1963

French Dressing

Ken Russell
British cinema avant-garde filmmaking creative adaptation 1960s culture experimental direction
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Synopsis

Henry Kenneth Alfred Russell (3 July 1927 – 27 November 2011) was a British film director, known for his pioneering work in television and film and for his flamboyant and controversial style. His films were mainly liberal adaptations of existing texts, or biographies, notably of composers of the Romantic era. Russell began directing for the BBC, where he made creative adaptations of composers' li

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