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You can’t have an Oliver Reed-themed podcast without eventually dipping into the works of the legendary Ken Russell, and we stick our toes in for the first time with his 1969 melodramatic adaptation of D. H. Lawrence’s beloved – and controversial – 1920 novel, Women in Love. Starring Reed alongside Alan Bates, Glenda Jackson and Jennie Linden, the film examines love, sex and death in all manner of permutations, and manages to fit in some notorious nude man-on-man grappling just for fun. We go deep on the film’s explicit queerness, the difficulty of working with temperamental actors (and directors) and so much more. ENJOY!
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Check out these WOMEN IN LOVE-related articles referenced in the episode:
Death and Marriage and Sex: On Ken Russell’s Women in Love by Bruce LaBruce
More is More: Lessons in Excess from Women in Love by Joe Talbot
Women in Love: Bohemian Rhapsody by Linda Ruth Williams
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