Author Archives: Jeff Kuykendall
Sadko (1952)
Aleksandr Ptushko’s Russian fairy tale spectacular Sadko (1952), recipient of the Silver Lion for Best Director at the Venice International Film Festival, has a purity of purpose, a grand vision, and a childlike innocence – this is the sort of … Continue reading
Posted in Theater Fantastique
Tagged 50's, Aleksandr Ptushko, fairy tale, Fantasy, Phoenix, Russian, Surreal, Undersea Kingdom, Vikings
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Sampo (1959)
Longtime readers of this website (are there such things?) may recall that I have reviewed several Soviet-made fairy tale films in the past. Well, hoist your shields, lift your swords to the air, and invoke the firebird, because we’re about to … Continue reading
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Tagged 50's, Aleksandr Ptushko, fairy tale, Fantasy, Finnish, Russian, Sampo, Surreal, Sword and Sorcery, Witch
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24 Hours with Ken Russell
There is a Monty Python sketch which only lasts about twenty-five seconds, but that’s all it needs. Stately music plays on the soundtrack. It’s a simple country garden. A businessman enters the scene, pursued by a nude woman. They’re chased by … Continue reading
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Tagged 60's, 70's, 80's, Amanda Donohoe, Ann-Margret, Automaton, Christ, Christopher Gable, Comedy, demons, Drama, Elton John, Eric Clapton, Frankenstein, Gabriel Byrne, Glenda Jackson, horror, Hugh Grant, Imogen Millais-Scott, Jack Nicholson, Julian Sands, Ken Russell, Liszt, Madness, Mahler, Mary Shelley, Max Adrian, Michael Gough, Musical, Natasha Richardson, Oliver Reed, Oscar Wilde, Peter Capaldi, Peter Vaughan, Pinball, Richard Chamberlain, Ringo Starr, Rock Musical, Roger Daltrey, Surreal, Tchaikovsky, The Devil, The Who, Timothy Spall, Tina Turner, Tommy Tune, Twiggy, Vanessa Redgrave
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