Mahler

Mahler (1974)

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Director Ken Russell made a number of biographical films of composers' lives including The Music Lovers, (about Tchaikovsky) and Lisztomania. Russell embellished the other films with certain characteristic flourishes, which include a focus on the composers' sexual obsessions, poetically… More

PG,
Directed By
Written By
Ken Russell
Genres
Musical & Performing Arts, Drama
In Theaters
Jan 1, 1974 Wide
Criterion Collection

Critic Reviews

  • Ken Hanke, Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)

    This is filmmaking -- and filmmaking of a kind we've rarely seen.

  • Dennis Schwartz, Ozus' World Movie Reviews

    Though the film like Mahler's music is clearly not for everyone it, nevertheless, rises in a crescendo of brilliant spectacle to overwhelm the usual timid biopic.

  • Shane Burridge, rec.arts.movies.reviews

    MAHLER's preponderance with visuals reminds us that Russell is more of a technical director than an actor's director

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