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==Reception==

Russell said the film was "just two people talking". He said it and ''[[Songs of Summer]]'' helped get him the job of directing ''Altered States'' because it showed he could handle actors.<ref>I thought I was all washed up
The Guardian 9 July 1981: 13. </ref>
==Bibliography==
==Bibliography==
*[[Dilys Powell]] "The sorcerer's apprentice" (film review in ''The Sunday Times''; 17 Sept. 1972)
*[[Dilys Powell]] "The sorcerer's apprentice" (film review in ''The Sunday Times''; 17 Sept. 1972)

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Savage Messiah
Directed byKen Russell
Written byH. S. Ede (book)
Christopher Logue
Produced byKen Russell
StarringDorothy Tutin
Scott Antony
Helen Mirren
CinematographyDick Bush
Edited byMichael Bradsell
Music byMichael Garrett
Distributed byMetro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Release date
  • September 1972 (1972-09)
Running time
103 min.
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish
Budget$705,000[1]

Savage Messiah is a 1972 British biographical film of the life of French sculptor Henri Gaudier-Brzeska, made by Russ-Arts and distributed by MGM. It was directed and produced by Ken Russell, with Harry Benn as associate producer, from a screenplay by Christopher Logue, based on the book Savage Messiah by H. S. Ede. Much of the content of Ede's book came from letters sent between Henri Gaudier-Brzeska and his lover Sophie Brzeska.

The musical score was by Michael Garrett (though music by Claude Debussy, Alexander Scriabin, and Sergei Prokofiev was also used), and the cinematography by Dick Bush. The sets were designed by Derek Jarman.

Cast

Reception

Russell said the film was "just two people talking". He said it and Songs of Summer helped get him the job of directing Altered States because it showed he could handle actors.[2]

Bibliography

  • Dilys Powell "The sorcerer's apprentice" (film review in The Sunday Times; 17 Sept. 1972)
  • Richard Combs "Savage Messiah" (review) in: Monthly Film Bulletin; 1972, p. 217

==References]]

  1. ^ Mills, Bart (16 July 1972). "Looking at the London Movie Scene". New York Times. p. D20.
  2. ^ I thought I was all washed up The Guardian 9 July 1981: 13.

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