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Context Creator / KenRussell

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1	[[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/ken_russell.jpg]]
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3	Henry Kenneth Alfred "Ken" Russell (July 3, 1927 – November 27, 2011) was a flamboyant British film director, noted for his often-controversial films.
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5	Russell eventually passed away in November 2011 at the age of 84, having suffered a series of strokes.
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7	!!Films with pages on TV Tropes:
8	[[index]]
9	* ''Film/BillionDollarBrain'' (1967)
10	* ''Literature/WomenInLove'' (1969)
11	* ''Film/TheDevils'' (1971)
12	* ''Theatre/TheBoyFriend'' (1971)
13	* ''Film/SavageMessiah1972''
14	* ''Music/{{Tommy}}'' (1975)
15	* ''Film/{{Lisztomania}}'' (1975)
16	* ''Film/AlteredStates'' (1980)
17	* ''Film/{{Gothic}}'' (1986)
18	* ''Film/TheLairOfTheWhiteWorm'' (1988)
19	* ''[[Theatre/{{Salome}} Salome's Last Dance]]'' (1988)
20	[[/index]]
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22	!!Provides examples of
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24	* AnimalMotifs: He uses snakes and snake-related imagery in all of his films.
25	* AuthorAppeal: Nudity, of both sexes. It's not a Ken Russell film unless people get their kit off.
26	* CorruptChurch: A frequent theme in his entire oeuvre. It should be noted that Ken Russell converted to Catholicism and continued to identify himself as one for several decades, even when he made ''The Devils''.
27	* ShowWithinAShow: He uses this structure to frame his adaptations of ''The Boy Friend'' and ''Salome''. The former has a rundown theatre company trying to impress a big producer with their show, and the latter has the staff of a London brothel performing the play for Oscar Wilde himself.
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29	* SpiritualPredecessor: Some see Russell's works like ''Film/AlteredStates'' to share similarities with horror maestro Creator/CliveBarker of the ''Film/{{Hellraiser}}'' fame, except without the gothic macabre horror aspect. Even one of taglines for Barker's ''Film/{{Hellraiser}}'', "He'll tear your soul apart" on the original poster could have been a reference to Russell's 1975 film adaptation of ''Music/{{Tommy}}'', which features the same poster tagline in exactly the same font.
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Context Creator / KenRussell