Sunday, October 06, 2019

TV review - "The Secret Life of Arnold Bax" (1992) **

Ken Russell got to make a film a year for The South Bank Show - all directors should be so lucky.
Some of this is amateurish - all the time Russell/Bax throws down whisky, some of the acting and playing. It's great when Jackon is on scene less so when it's Russell and the girl. The plot has him live with Jackson then go away and lech after a young woman. I didn't know much about Bax so it was a bit interesting - fascinating to see Russell in the lead. Not that flamboyant. There is a woman doing a strip scene/fan dance.

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