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“one of the greatest British directors of all time”<\/em>, according to Bernard Rose in the Guardian<\/em> interview with Ken Russell – <\/strong>read more ><\/a><\/p>\nThe updated autobiography of Britain’s most controversial film director, the maker of Women in Love, The Devils, The Music Lovers, Tommy<\/em> and The Rainbow<\/em>, is as unconventional and brilliant as his best films.<\/p>\nMoving with astonishing assurance through time and space, Russell recreates his life in a series of interconnected episodes – his thirties childhood in Southampton, his first sexual experience (watching Disney’s Pinocchio), his schooldays at the Nautical College, Pangbourne, early careers in the Merchant Marine and the Royal Air Force, dancing days at the Shepherds Bush Ballet Club and of course his career as a film-maker, beginning with an extraordinary interview with Huw Weldon for a job on Monitor<\/em>.<\/p>\nFull of marvellously funny anecdotes and fascinating insights into the realities of the film director’s life, A British Picture<\/em> is a remarkable autobiography.<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/southbankpublishing.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/filmstrip_small.jpg\")
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Pub Date: July 2008
Extent: 320 pp
Format: 153mm x 224mm
Binding: Paperback
Price: \u00a312.99
ISBN13: 978-1-904915-32-4
Territory: UK & Commonwealth<\/p>\n
The updated autobiography of Britain’s most controversial film director, the maker of Women in Love, The Devils, The Music Lovers, Tommy<\/em> and The Rainbow<\/em>, is as unconventional and brilliant as his best films.<\/p>\n Moving with astonishing assurance through time and space, Russell recreates his life in a series of interconnected episodes – his thirties childhood in Southampton, his first sexual experience (watching Disney’s Pinocchio), his schooldays at the Nautical College, Pangbourne, early careers in the Merchant Marine and the Royal Air Force, dancing days at the Shepherds Bush Ballet Club and of course his career as a film-maker, beginning with an extraordinary interview with Huw Weldon for a job on Monitor<\/em>.<\/p>\n Full of marvellously funny anecdotes and fascinating insights into the realities of the film director’s life, A British Picture<\/em> is a remarkable autobiography.<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_4″ _builder_version=”3.25″ custom_padding=”|||” custom_padding__hover=”|||”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.5.1″]<\/p>\n Pub Date: July 2008<\/p>\n
Extent: 320 pp
Format: 153mm x 224mm
Binding: Paperback
Price: \u00a312.99
ISBN13: 978-1-904915-32-4
Territory: UK & Commonwealth<\/p>\n
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