Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky is given the Ken Russell treatment in The Music Lovers, which means that there is plenty of music, plenty of passion, plenty of debauchery, and plenty of excess. Tame by Russell's later standards (Lisztomania), The Music Lovers nevertheless thrives on creative and sexual anguish. Richard Chamberlain plays Tchaikovsky with a bug-eyed intensity as a composer consumed by his art -- so consumed that his romantic attachments become bisexual and irrational. He falls in love with Nina (Glenda Jackson), the hysterical trollop he marries with dire consequences. As he explodes emotionally, his public performance of Piano Concerto in B flat minor becomes a cue for flashbacks to a series of discomforting childhood events that suggest incestuous relations with his sister. Back in real time, Tchaikovsky has to deal with Nina's outbursts while juggling his homosexual urges and his almost hidden desire for Count Anton Chiluvsky (Christopher Gable). The film also details the curious relationship between Tchaikovsky and his rich patroness, the middle-aged widow Madame Nadedja von Meck (Isabella Telezynska), who loves Tchaikovsky deeply, but refuses to meet him -- their only communication being through letters, even though he lives on her estate. Andre Previn and the London Symphony Orchestra perform Tchaikovsky's music.




STARS.........: Richard Chamberlain, Glenda Jackson, Max Adrian 
DIRECTOR......: Ken Russell
WRITERS.......: Melvyn Bragg
GENRE.........: Biography | Drama | Music
RATING........: 7.2/10  1,670 votes
IMDB link.....: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0066109
RUNTIME.......: 2h 3mn
SIZE..........: 2.99GB
VIDEO CODEC...: x264 ([email protected])
RESOLUTION....: 1280x540
ASPECT RATIO..: 2.35:1
BITRATE.......: 3170 Kbps
FRAMERATE.....: 23.976 fps
AUDIO.........: English 2.0 AC3+ 224kbps
CHAPTERS......: Yes
SUBTITLES.....: English
SOURCE........: DVD9
ENCODED BY....: Sartre





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