Underplayed Gems

The Lion's Mouth (2000)

The Lion's Mouth poster
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
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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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