The Planets (film)

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The Planets is a 1983 TV film directed by Ken Russell based on Gustav Holst's musical suite of the same name. It was made specially for The South Bank Show , the weekly arts programme of the ITV network in Britain. It is a wordless collage that matches stock footage to each of the seven movements of the Holst suite. John Coulthart wrote "familiar Russell obsessions appear: Nazis, naked women and the inevitable crucifixion." [1] After essentially disappearing for decades, in 2016 the film was re-released on DVD by Arthaus Musik. [2]

It was also known as Ken Russell's view of "The Planets".

References

  1. ↑ "The Planets by Ken Russell". 6 May 2013. Retrieved 19 February 2017.
  2. ↑ Ken Russel (1983). The Planets (DVD: cat. no. 109168, Blu-ray: cat. no. 109169). Arthaus Musik. Archived from the original on 20 February 2017.


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