Ken Russell, RIP

[SimonW]

Sad to see that Ken Russell (film version of "Tommy", etc.) has died at 84. An innovation and original film-maker.

[matt2matt2002]

I'll second that.
He was a true genius and radical

[BillShipton]

He certainly was an excellent director in his time though he became a bit of a cantankerous old git in old age (so unlike me!!). His early arts films really were the first of their kind and I can't see anyone being allowed to do anything that radical these days. I may be wrong but he could be rather self indulgent and by the end I think he rather believed he was a genius and couldn't understand why people didn't want to show his material any more. Times change. But I think anyone who has ever made (or watched) a messy film would have been proud of making the Ann Margret scene from Tommy.

[Mike Nomic]

But I think anyone who has ever made a messy film would have been proud of making the Ann Margret scene from Tommy.

Too bloody right!