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Lisztomania Details

1975

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Starring	Roger Daltrey, Sara Kestelman, Paul Nicholas, John Justin
Director	Ken Russell
Genres	Music/Musical

Lisztomania

This audacious, vulgar, freewheeling fantasia on the life of pianist Franz Liszt ranks among director Ken Russell's most outrageous efforts. Roger Daltrey, lead singer for The Who, is awkward yet likeable as the flamboyant piano performer with a bevy of fetching mistresses and groupies, while Paul Nicholas is completely outlandish as the scheming opera composer Richard Wagner. There's no nod to reality here: Liszt and Wagner were in fact friends, and Liszt, who became Wagner's father-in-law, actually assisted in the production of Wagner's opulent productions. Russell, on the other hand, presents Wagner as Liszt's jealous rival ready to wreak havoc on the world by unleashing a cryogenic Viking (Yes keyboardist Rick Wakeman) and a horde of machine-gun wielding robot Nazis. In a finale out of Flash Gordon serials, Liszt saves the day after surviving a guillotine designed for phallic dismemberment. The film is fast and loud and wildly undisciplined, much like one of Liszt's Hungarian Rhapsodies. Look fast and you'll see Ringo Starr as the pope.~ Les Stone, All Movie Guide

Starring	Roger Daltrey, Sara Kestelman, Paul Nicholas, John Justin, Fiona Lewis, Ringo Starr, Oliver Reed, Rick Wakeman, Veronica Quilligan, Nell Campbell
Director	Ken Russell
Studio	DIGITAL CLASSICS DVD
Run time	DVD: 1 hr 41 mins
Certificate
Genres	Music/Musical
Language	DVD: English
Released	Production year: 1975 To Rent: DVD: 04 May 2009

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- LISZTOMANIA is the latest, most outrageous outing for Russell's fecund unconscious and, while we must pause to whisper, 'poor Franz', there's no denying the man is growing peculiarly interesting
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- - Chicago Sun
  - 31 Mar 2009 at 03:44
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  Fascinatingly awful
  
  To fans of Ken Russell this film will probably come as no surprise.
  
  One has to assume thought that either the standards of the day were very ... read more »
  
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  - 13 May 2009 at 12:40
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  LISZTOMANIA stinks!
  
  What a load of rubbish.
  
  Bad script and bad acting, if fact everything was bad. Not worth the time of day!
  
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  - 13 Nov 2010 at 17:05
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  "Piss off, Brahms!"
  
  Yes, that is a quote from the film. One of the more sensible ones. I've given this five stars not because it's a five-star movie, or even a good one, ... read more »
  
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  - 31 Mar 2010 at 07:29
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  More of Ken
  
  Let's face it, being disappointed in a Ken Russell movie is like being upset by an Alice Cooper gig, or a Hammer film. You know what you're going to get... read more »
  
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  This audacious, vulgar, freewheeling fantasia on the life of pianist Franz Liszt ranks among director Ken Russell's most outrageous efforts. Roger Daltrey, lead singer for The Who, is awkward yet likeable as the flamboyant piano performer with a bevy of fetching mistresses and groupies, while Paul ...