Criterion Reflections – Episode 62 – Ken Russell’s The Devils

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Criterion Reflections is David Blakeslee’s ongoing project to watch all of the films included in the Criterion Collection in chronological order of their original release. Each episode of this third season of the podcast features conversations with a variety of guests offering insights on movies that originally premiered in 1971 and were destined to eventually bear the Criterion imprint. In this episode, David is joined by Richard Doyle, Josh Hornbeck, Jon Laubinger and Brad McDermott to discuss The Devils, directed by Ken Russell.

Episode Links:

Ken Russell

• The Criterion Collection
• Wikipedia
• BFI
• Film Comment (1970 interview)
• Alfred Eaker
• Off Screen (2011 interview with Ken Russell and Lisi Tribble)
• Ranker
• Savage Messiah
• New York Times (obituary)

Aldous Huxley and “The Devils of Loudon”

• Wikipedia
• Faded Page (text of Huxley’s novel available in multiple formats)

The Devils

• The Criterion Channel
• Wikipedia
• “Hell on Earth: The Desecration & Resurrection of THE DEVILS” (Mark Kermode documentary)
• CineFantastique (1972)
• Cleveland Press (1971)
• Judith Crist (1971)
• New York Times (1971)
• Roger Ebert (1971)
• Archive.org
• AV Club
• Battleship Pretention
• British Horror Films
• Cagey Films
• The Catholic Herald
• CineClandestino (Italian)
• CineOutsider
• Cool Ass Cinema
• Dangerous Minds
• Daily Motion
• Distant Voices
• E-Film Blog
• Electric Sheep
• EOFFTV Review
• Every 70s Movie
• Fanboy Nation
• Ferdy on Films
• FilmFracture
• Film School Rejects
• IndieWire
• Music Web International
• J to the Power of 7
• Junta Juleil’s Culture Shock
• Kermode Uncut
• MacGuffin
• Mondo Digital
• Mountain Express
• Oh, the Horror!
• Ozu’s World/Dennis Schwarz
• PopMatters
• Reeling Reviews
• Rock! Shock! Pop!
• Book: “Raising Hell – Ken Russell and the Unmaking of The Devils”
• Paper: Censorship Devils – Brunel University Research Archive

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