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Women in Love (1969)

Rate: 2
Viewed: 8/15

8/15: Ken Russell does a great job of making me scream, "No! No! No!" and run away whenever I see his name attached to a film.

Women in Love is the fourth of his oeuvre for me, and nothing works. Why can't he make something that's sensible just for once? I'm shocked that Glenda Jackson won the Oscar for Best Actress. What did she do...flash her boobs?

The most memorable is the wrestling scene between Alan Bates and Oliver Reed in the nude. I have to give them props for being intrepid. So, I guess the conclusion is foregone: they play homosexuals and are therefore in love with each other. Now, will it make sense to retitle this one as Men in Love? I can see Damon Wayans and David Alan Grier playing it up big on their show "Men on Films" for In Living Color.

All in all, Ken Russell's place in my Worst Directors List is firmly secure.

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