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This audacious, vulgar, freewheeling fantasia on the life of pianist Franz Liszt ranks among director Ken Russell's most outrageous efforts. Roger Daltrey, lead singer for The Who, is awkward yet likeable as the flamboyant piano performer with a bevy of fetching mistresses and groupies, while Paul Nicholas is completely outlandish as the scheming opera composer Richard Wagner. There's no nod to reality here: Liszt and Wagner were in fact friends, and Liszt, who became Wagner's father-in-law,
Jan 1, 1975 Wide
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This is Ken Russell unfiltered -- straight-up and unafraid to go wherever his mind leads him. Absolutely unique.
There's no reason to suggest that Russell was just earning a paycheck on Lisztomania; clearly his full attention was on the giant penis, or the giant penis marble columns, or the giant heavenly penis pedestal.
Ken Russell just being silly.
It's not for those who find Russell's zany antics a bit much.
If this had less singing sequences and more crazy Wagner-vampire-frankenstein sequences i would rate this even better. Neverless, good ol Ken Russell knows how to make a good bio pic. You will be missed sir.
August 4, 2011
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It is difficult to know what to take away from Lisztomania because of the sheer excess it exudes ? the viewer cannot singularly state if it is a film about organized religion, about fame, about fascism, about rock music, about emasculation as a guillotine for creativity, or any of the other multiple comic book
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