Those 3 Colorful-Words, and Many More would Aptly and Accurately Embrace the Style that would Evolve in the Artistic-Auteur Film Career of the Steadily Controversial...Ken Russell.
He had that in Common...Controversial...With the Writer-Poet Oscar Wilde, Often Thought-Of as a Leading Wit of His Era. Wilde Wrote only 1 Novel...a Brilliant Horror Story..."The Picture of Dorian Gray" (1891)...Preferring Theatre and Poetry for His Humor and Scathing Social-Commentary.
His Play 'Salome" (1891), adopted from the Bible was Immediately Banned from Performance and Deemed Unlawful Commerce...But Wilde's Script Survived.
Ken Russell's Film Uses Almost All of Wilde's Words, Choosing to Artistically Contribute, in the Russell Way of Images, Costumes, and Make-Up. It's Quite the Fun and Flamboyant Partnership with the Limited but Hexing Visual Style is Color-Saturated, Decorative Erotica and Sexually-Decadent, Daring and Fun
All Lead Characters are Over-the-Top Excellent with Imogen Millais-Scott as Salome...Impish and Captivatingly Magnetic.
As an Extra-Treat, Russell Embellished (second nature for the playful Director) the Oscar Wilde Story Giving Oscar a Part in the Scenario as the Only Audience-Member, as the Play is Staged for Him Exclusively.
It's Lewd and Crude, it's Ken Russel for God's Sake, and in Honor of the Deity...Heavenly Beautiful to Look at, and After-All the Story is From the Bible.
Decapitation seems to be a YAHWEH Fetish.
A Number of Professional Critics Sight this as Russell's Worst Movie. Take that with No Credibility at all.
Most of the Film-Critic-Elite Hate His Movies Anyway.
He had that in Common...Controversial...With the Writer-Poet Oscar Wilde, Often Thought-Of as a Leading Wit of His Era. Wilde Wrote only 1 Novel...a Brilliant Horror Story..."The Picture of Dorian Gray" (1891)...Preferring Theatre and Poetry for His Humor and Scathing Social-Commentary.
His Play 'Salome" (1891), adopted from the Bible was Immediately Banned from Performance and Deemed Unlawful Commerce...But Wilde's Script Survived.
Ken Russell's Film Uses Almost All of Wilde's Words, Choosing to Artistically Contribute, in the Russell Way of Images, Costumes, and Make-Up. It's Quite the Fun and Flamboyant Partnership with the Limited but Hexing Visual Style is Color-Saturated, Decorative Erotica and Sexually-Decadent, Daring and Fun
All Lead Characters are Over-the-Top Excellent with Imogen Millais-Scott as Salome...Impish and Captivatingly Magnetic.
As an Extra-Treat, Russell Embellished (second nature for the playful Director) the Oscar Wilde Story Giving Oscar a Part in the Scenario as the Only Audience-Member, as the Play is Staged for Him Exclusively.
It's Lewd and Crude, it's Ken Russel for God's Sake, and in Honor of the Deity...Heavenly Beautiful to Look at, and After-All the Story is From the Bible.
Decapitation seems to be a YAHWEH Fetish.
A Number of Professional Critics Sight this as Russell's Worst Movie. Take that with No Credibility at all.
Most of the Film-Critic-Elite Hate His Movies Anyway.