Films of Ken Russell - Matthew Melia (ed.) Screenplays & Screenwriting 'The Deck' (1962) short with

'The Deck' (1962) short with theme interracial romance

Delon delivers a haunted performance that is as stoic as the iconic assassin role he played in Le Samouraï though firmly within the Italian crime film poliziottesco framework

'The Big Country' Director: William Wyler (1958) includes commentary

- Making-of

- Storyboard-to-screen comparisons

Films of Ken Russell - Matthew Melia (ed.) Screenplays & Screenwriting 'The Deck' (1962) short with'The Films of Ken Russell' ReFocus series Edinburgh University Press (320 page paperback) Ken Russell was among the most provocative, creative, original and important directors in British film and television history but his career and legacy have long suffered under the media clichs of madman or enfant terrible of British cinema nicknames which have tended to delegitimise his status and pioneering role in post war film and television culture. This