The Lion's Mouth (2000)

Original title

Lion's Mouth

Directed by

Ken Russell

Genre

drama, music

Country

United Kingdom

Runtime

27 min

Rating

9.0 of 10 from 1 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A British filmmaker retreats to his own home and finances a small movie himself. He makes it exactly as he wants without outside interference.

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What happens

The Lion's Mouth is a 2000 British film directed by Ken Russell. During production it was known as Leomania. Russell made it in his own house with his own money for a budget of £20,000. It launched Russell on a series of self financed "underground" films, a return to the sort of movies he made at the start of his career. During the making of the film Russell said "I haven't enjoyed the experience of making a film since Amelia and the Angel. Everything in between had its ups and downs, but somehow I think this is really me, this film... I'm totally responsible for it and I didn't want to do it any other way." (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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