Song by phoenix released in february 2009 from the wolfgang amadeus phoenix album. Composer and pianist franz liszt roger daltrey attempts to overcome his hedonistic lifestyle while repeatedly being drawn back into it by the many women in his life and fellow composer richard wagner paul nicholas. Lisztomania directed by ken russell available on dvd. Roger daltrey, lead singer for the who, is awkward yet. Its a berserk exercise of demented genius, and on that level i want to make. Lisztomania is concerned with the composers adult life, starting with his affair with the countess marie dagoult fiona lewis, then into a concert where the audience is populated by screaming young girls causing me to flash back to the final concert scenes of a hard days night, then onward through his years of fruitful creativity. The film begins during the time when franz would give. Released 1975, lisztomania stars roger daltrey, sara kestelman, paul nicholas the r movie has a runtime of about 1 hr 44 min, and received a score of out of 100 on metacritic, which collated. But opulent, midnightmovie spectacle is obviously the point. He is ultimately commanded by the pope ringo starr to exorcise evil german composer richard wagner paul nicholas, who plans to. The following is an excerpt from the oxford online article about liszt. The album was later upgraded as the real lisztomania by wakeman because he was dissatisfied with. Depicting the flamboyant liszt as the first classical pop star, lisztomania features contemporary rock star roger daltrey of the who as franz liszt.
Ken russells lisztomania has little, if anything, to do with the life and music of franz liszt or of wagner, beethoven, chopin and the other unfortunates it tramples on the way to its manic conclusion. The film is fast and loud and wildly undisciplined, much like one of liszts hungarian rhapsodies. 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. Tutti possono arricchire tranne i poveri 1976 film completo italiano enrico montesano biancorossonero e non.
Ken russells totally bonkers, outrageously conceived rock opera is a glorious mess of a musical that reimagines the life of hungarian composer franz liszt roger daltrey of. We liked the idea that its just a mashup, that our songs bring in influences from everywhere. Lisztomania 1975 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. Even ken russell fans tend to shy away from lisztomania 1975. One of the clips shown that evening was a reel of lisztomania 1975, the very first movie released in dolby stereo. While this may have been necessary back in the era of vhs tape on. And maybe it was the fact that we grew up in versailles and we were. Centerlabel states rick wakeman in capitol wording rearcover states rick wakeman big on top. Looking back, movies like lisztomania seem pretty silly, paintbynumbers. Filmtips, accessed 6 september 2011 translated from german wikipedia. Lisztomania was the first film to be released with a dolby optical stereo soundtrack and this has been reproduced here as a dolby 2. Ein ausschnitt aus dem film lisztomania 1975, regie.
Information and translations of lisztomania in the most comprehensive dictionary definitions resource on the web. Heavy rain and thunder sounds black screen, dark screen, relaxing, relax, sleep, white noise, study duration. The asheville film society will screen lisztomania on tuesday, jan. Roger daltrey and pete townshend in lisztomania 1975. Ken russells erotic electrifying rocknroll movie about classicalcomposer franz. Ken russell mit roger daltrey als franz liszt, paul nicholas als richard wagner, veronica quilligan. Composer and pianist franz liszt roger daltrey attempts to overcome his hedonistic lifestyle while repeatedly being drawn back into it by the many women in. The doors live at the isle of wight festival east afton farm, isle of wight, uk sun.
The screenplay is derived, in part, from a kissandtell book, nelida by marie dagoult 1848, about her affair with liszt. Phoenix singer thomas mars told the washington dc free newspaper express source lisztomania songfacts. No, this isnt a biography, not even in the sense that russell ravaged poor tchaikovsky in the music lovers. It was held in a restored movie palace, where film clips were shown and heard, everything from fantasias fantasound and fourtrack magnetic stereo to dolby sr.
It outtommys tommy a sendup of the bawdy life of romantic composerpiano virtuoso franz liszt, with ubiquitous phallic imagery and a good portion of the film devoted to liszts friendship with fellow composer richard wagner. Audiences seem uncomfortable with many aspects of the film, perhaps most of all with the idea that he takes the classic russell subject the life of a great composer but films it in the rock opera style of tommy 1975, his previous and. Lisztomania 1975 stream and watch online moviefone. Wagner as hitler, ringo starr as the pope, and an anatomical anomaly that suggests an unfortunate mishearing this. Ken russells never been known for cinematic restraint, but in lisztomania, he goes ballstothewalls literally, and pulls out all the stops, producing a film so utterly loony, it practically defies description ostensibly based on the life of composer franz liszt, russell starts off with the thinnest of historical templates, and then applies layer upon layer of psychosexual, musical, and. Lisztomania 1975 pelicula completa en espanol online gratis repelis lisztomania 1975 pelicula online gratis sin registrarse. Looking back, movies like lisztomania seem pretty silly, paintby numbers. With roger daltrey, sara kestelman, paul nicholas, ringo starr. One scene in lisztomania seems to be inspired by the stage version of rocky horror, as mad scientist wagner builds a thor who is not unlike dr. This is phoenix lisztomania by 35east on vimeo, the home for high quality videos and the people who love them. So sentimental not sentimental, no romantic, not disgusting yet darling, im down and lonely when with the fortunate only ive been looking for something else do let.
Ken russells lisztomania has little, if anything, to do with the life and music of franz liszt or of wagner, beethoven, chopin and the other. Lisztomania is a 1975 film by ken russell, drawn from a biography of franz liszt world famous hungarian composer, virtuoso pianist and teacher. Lisztomania ost is a music studio album recording by rick wakeman symphonic progprogressive rock released in 1975 on cd, lp vinyl andor cassette. Rodney dangerfield at his best on the tonight show starring johnny carson 1983 duration. My concern here is that the film has been severally matted for the letterboxing making watching it on a modern widescreen television a bit disconcerting. The term lisztomania was coined by the german romantic literary figure heinrich heine to describe the massive public. This audacious, vulgar, freewheeling fantasia on the life of pianist franz liszt ranks among director ken russells most outrageous efforts. Lisztomania is certainly a curious film, and very watchable in its curiousness, but its ultimately a hectoring film. The shaggymaned idol rips into his songand the audience screams with excitement. Lisztomania internet movie firearms database guns in. Some ecstatic fans storm the stage, wanting simply to touch him.
Lisztomania 1975 pelicula completa en espanol latino hd. It features wakemans score for ken russells film lisztomania, itself a. It is seen as the point where russell goes too far and collapses into selfparody. Lisztomania is used to describe the frenzy surround liszt when he was most popular. The film begins during the time when franz would give piano performance to a crowd of shrieking teenage fans while maintaining affairs with his multiple. Lisztomania 1975 composers franz liszt roger daltrey and richard wagner paul nicholas live wildly, surrounded by groupies and mistresses. Lisztomania is one of ken russells wonderful out of control 70s extravaganzas. Lisztomania is a 1975 film by ken russell about the nineteenth century composer franz liszt. Lisztomania trama cast recensione scheda del film di ken russell con paul nicholas, roger daltrey, veronica quilligan, ringo starr, fiona lewis, anderews. After a sensational series of concerts in the singakademie attended by mendelssohn, meyerbeer and spontini, as well as the entire prussian. Lisztomania is a surrealist 1975 musical directed by ken russell billion dollar brain that chronicles a fantasy of hungarian composer franz liszt roger daltrey spending years like a rock star before deciding to compose religious music for the catholic church. Richard wagners auferstehung lisztomania 1975 youtube. It features wakemans score for ken russells film lisztomania, itself a biography of the hungarian composer franz liszt some tracks feature the whos roger daltrey singing lead vocals. Lisztomania or liszt fever was the intense fan frenzy directed toward hungarian composer franz liszt during his performances.
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