Vaughan Williams: A Symphonic Portrait (1983)
- Directed by
- Ken Russell
- Genre
- documentary, music
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Runtime
- 56 min
- Rating
- 6.0 of 10 from 1 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
How it feels
This is a television film about composer Ralph Vaughan Williams. Ken Russell directs a portrait of his life and music using dramatic scenes and visual elements.
whimsicalreverentplayfulvisually lushquirkynostalgicidiosyncratic
What happens
Vaughan Williams: A Symphonic Portrait is a 1983 British TV film directed by Ken Russell about Vaughan Williams. The New York Times said "the film is crammed with lovely touches". Novelist Julian Barnes, then television critic for The Observer, called it "predictable". (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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