Underplayed Gems

Clouds of Glory (1978)

Clouds of Glory poster
Directed by
Ken Russell
Genre
drama
Country
United Kingdom
Length
1 season, 2 episodes
Rated
12
Rating
5.0 of 10 from 1 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
The 3D catalogue: film cases on wooden shelves, with the cat sitting at the counter next to its greeting.

The catalogue in 3D

The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this series is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.

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How it feels

Ken Russell directed two documentaries about the Romantic poets William Wordsworth and Samuel Taylor Coleridge. The first focuses on Wordsworth and his sister Dorothy. The second adapts Coleridge's famous poem The Rime of the Ancient Mariner.

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What happens

Clouds of Glory is a 1978 British television series of documentaries directed by Ken Russell. It was co-written by Melvyn Bragg. It was Russell and Bragg's fifth collaboration on a biographical work. Two episodes were produced, William and Dorothy (on William Wordsworth and his sister Dorothy) and The Rime of the Ancient Mariner (on Samuel Taylor Coleridge). The Los Angeles Times called it "flat out brilliant". A third planned episode, King of the Crocodiles (on Robert Southey) was cancelled for financial reasons. Filming locations included Derwentwater, Thirlmere, Troutbeck, and Borrowdale, and a cottage in Stonethwaite was used to represent the Wordsworths' home, Dove Cottage. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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