Double Feature: WOMEN IN LOVE & MAHLER August 22, 2010

Double Feature: WOMEN IN LOVE, 1969, MGM Repertory, 131 min. Director Ken Russell exploded on the international scene with this surprise crossover hit! In the 1920s British Midlands, Alan Bates is Rupert, a free-spirited intellectual writer who becomes enamored of feisty schoolteacher Ursula (Jennie Linden). Bates’ best friend, rich coal-mining heir Gerald (Oliver Reed) is in love with Ursula’s sculptress sister, Gudrun (Glenda Jackson, Best Actress Oscar winner). But only one of these couples is able to keep from spiraling into self-destruction.

Discussion between films with director Ken Russell.

MAHLER, 1974, 115 min. Dir. Ken Russell. The ailing Mahler recalls his fabulous triumphs and crushing defeats in Russell’s absorbing transition between his early biographies and later stylized fantasias.

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