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Ken Russell's Lewd and Lurid Cinema
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	Billion Dollar Brain Buy new: $13.49 / Used from: $4.95 1967. Third part in the Harry Palmer (Michael Caine) trilogy; Palmer and his old KGB rival must team up to combat crazed US general. Beautiful Finnish locations make this a worthwhile thriller.
	Women in Love Buy new: $13.49 / Used from: $6.13 1969. RUSSELL's MASTERPIECE. Oliver Reed, Alan Bates, Glenda Jackson. Remains best DH Lawrence on film.
	The Music Lovers [VHS] Buy used from: $18.25 1970. Richard Chamberlain stars as a conflicted (homosexual) Tchaikovsy who broods over loves past and present.
	The Boy Friend (1971) [VHS] Buy used from: $19.14 1971. Musical. Starring Twiggy. Manic 1920's acting troupe attempts to gain attention from Cecil B. DeMille who attends a matinee. Lots of vintage 1920's fantasy sequences.
	Devils, The [VHS] Buy used from: $7.18 1971. Battling Cardinals. One accuses the other of presiding over a convent full of writhing devil-worshipping nuns. Vanessa Redgrave and Oliver Reed star.
	Savage Messiah [VHS] Buy used from: $34.99 1972. Story of sculptor Henri Gaudier-Breszka who died during WWI.
	Mahler Buy used from: $39.79 1974. Very powerfully imagined life of the composer told in flashbacks as Mahler and wife, Alma, ride through countryside on train.
	Tommy (Superbit Collection) Buy new: $24.49 / Used from: $6.41 1975. The Classic Rock Opera filmed by the Classic Film Composer.
	Lisztomania [VHS] Buy used from: $11.82 1976. Roger Daltry as the composer. Quite a mess. But fun.
	Valentino Buy used from: $23.93 1977. Rudolph Nuryev stars as the sheik. Soft-core porn, pretty much.
	Altered States Buy new: $9.49 / Used from: $1.68 1980. William Hurt in one of the best 70's sci fi flicks. Sensory Deprivation Tank = de-evolutionary hallucinations
	Crimes of Passion Buy new: $9.98 / Used from: $3.67 1984. Kathleen Turner as China Blue a fashion designer by day and a high class call-girl by night. Unrated version is porned up but unrated or not this is as kinky as mainstream cinema gets.
	Gothic Buy new: $13.49 / Used from: $2.40 1986. Julian Sands as Shelley and Gabriel Byrne as Byron and Natasha Richardson as Mary Shelley on the night Frankenstein was hatched.
	Aria Buy used from: $14.50 1987. Collection of Operatic shorts. "Nessum dorma" is Russel's contribution; about an accident victim on operating table dreaming of becoming a bejeweled angel. Stunning and mystically kitschy.
	Salome's Last Dance Buy used from: $94.93 1988. Oscar Wilde arrives in a brothel only to see a production of his play staged for his enjoyment.
	The Lair of the White Worm Buy new: $13.49 / Used from: $4.69 1988. Hugh Grant and Amanda Donohue and Catherine Oxenburg in her very white underwear. .
	The Rainbow [ NON-USA FORMAT, PAL, Reg.2 Import - Great Britain ] Buy used from: $16.99 1989. Companion piece to Women in Love. Its actually a kind of prequel and not quite as good but worth a look .
	Whore [VHS] Buy used from: $3.91 1991. Theresa Russell as the title character. Another look at working girls; this time a lot grittier.
	Prisoner of Honor Buy new: $9.98 / Used from: $3.33 1991. Richard Dreyfus stars in this film about a French Jew (also named Dreyfus) who is used as a convenient scapegoat in a political game. Film chronicles the efforts to absolve him.
	Lady Chatterley Buy new: $25.99 / Used from: $15.00 1993. Celebrated return to DH Lawrence. Based on Lady Chatterly 's Lover + early drafts of the novel. Steamy Joely Richardson performance. Very liberal nude scenes for BBC.
	Dogboys Buy new: $6.99 / Used from: $1.99 1998. Evil Prison Warden(Bryan Brown) hunts prisoners for fun; prisoner (Dean Cain) and D.A. (Tia Carrere) team up to expose the warden's sick hobbies.
	The Fall of the Louse of Usher Buy new: $9.97 / Used from: $5.99 2002. Garage film (literaly made in Russell's garage w/ friends).

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