{"product_id":"the-music-lovers-blu-ray","title":"Music Lovers, The (UK Import Region B BLU-RAY)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eUK Import. Blu-Ray disc is Region B locked, will only play on All Region Blu-Ray players.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eGuided throughout by the swells and dips of Tchaikovsky’s music, Ken Russell’s \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eThe Music Lovers\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e examines the tragedies of Tchaikovsky’s life through opulent and fantastic musical sequences running alongside a narrative of the composer’s life between 1875 and 1881. Touching on his disastrous marriage with Antonia Miliukova, his relationship with his patroness Nadezhda von Neck, and his repressed homosexuality, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eThe Music Lovers\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is anchored by magnetic central performances from Glenda Jackson following her Academy Award for \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eWomen in Love\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, coupled with Richard Chamberlain as a neurotic Tchaikovsky.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eForming part of Ken Russell’s collection of experimental composer biopics, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eThe Music Lovers\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e features plenty of his signature provocation and excess, but ultimately takes a sympathetic lens to Tchaikovsky’s life in a repressive Russian society.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eExtras\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul class=\"a-unordered-list a-vertical\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePresented in High Definition\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eNewly recorded audio commentary by film historian Matthew Melia\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eInterview with Alexander Verney-Elliott (2024, 20 mins): Ken Russell's son looks back upon his father's work, and remembers his own appearance in \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eThe Music Lovers\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eEmily Bronte Enters the Big Brother House\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e (2007, 16 mins): Ken Russell staged, directed and filmed this 'Radical Bronte' ballet for young people, illustrating Jane Eyre\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eThe Guardian Interview: Melvyn Bragg\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e (1988, 76 mins): ten years after the inception of The Southbank Show, Melvyn Bragg discusses his career in television and film writer Ronald Harwood, at the National Film Theatre in London\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eGalina Ulanova in \"Swan Lake\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e (1940, 6 mins): one of the greatest ballerinas of all time is seen performing a dance from \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eSwan Lake\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e in this rare film held by the BFI National Archive\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eMusical Highlights from USSR Today\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e (10 mins): edited highlights from three editions of the Soviet newsreel, gathering items about Tchaikovsky and Russian musical arts\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eCostume designs (2024, 2 mins): original sketches by Shirley Russell\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eOriginal trailer\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"BFI","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44760095260872,"sku":"BFIB1518","price":42.99,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0598\/8486\/3688\/files\/musicloversbd.jpg?v=1757617445","url":"https:\/\/videomatica.com\/es\/products\/the-music-lovers-blu-ray","provider":"Videomatica Ltd (since 1983)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}